The dog barks there. Oh, if you think it ’s a cat, it ’s a plastic bag. The uncle was laughing somehow. I know a lot about this city, but I don't know much about it.

Motomiya, an older Japanese man, narrates the story of his life in Tokyo with Raquel, a university student from Spain, several decades his junior.

The story revolves around the initial fear and trepidation of Mrs Lee, an elderly taiwanese lady who comes to Singapore for the first time in search of her grandfather's tombstone in the nation's only Hakka cemetery. We follow her desperate journey to find her grandfather before the cemetery gets relocated.

In this dark comedy of manners set in a surreal world, meticulously-coiffed soccer moms Jill and Lisa vie for perfect children, perfect husbands, and most importantly, perfect teeth.

In a cramped suburban apartment in Mumbai, an eccentric patriarch and his family consider killing and eating their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their normal lives.

On a mission to Mars, Dave discovers he’s being teamed up with a sentient melon who outshines him in intelligence and charm. Not only a brilliant strategist but also the reincarnation of a fashion designer, the melon encroaches on Dave’s jurisdiction, driving him to the brink of paranoia and insanity.

Sometimes we aren’t born into the right body, which is why 10-year-old Tom prefers to be known as Mrs McCutcheon, even if it does add extra challenges to starting at a new school.