Characters Peter and Dorothy, “A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion”

“A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion” focuses on Peter and Dorothy, a couple who is engaged to be married. Although they want a very simple wedding, they are forced by social pressures into having a highly elaborate and ‘traditional’ one. Ultimately, Peter and Dorothy are unbothered, for they are simply grateful for their loving relationship.

Yoni, “We Men of Science”

“We Men of Science” follows a scientific researcher named Yoni. He is married, and his wife is pregnant, but he finds that his relationship with his wife has become somewhat unfulfilling. One day, after building a door to an alternate dimension, he begins to fall in love with a woman in that dimension who is very different form his wife.

Heather and West, “These Are Facts”

Heather, the point-of-view character of “These Are Facts,” is a sixteen-year-old girl on...