In "I'll Meet you at Noon North of August among the Oranges," a man deals with separation from his wife. He'll have to give up the house in Malibu because without his wife's income, he won't be able to afford the high rent.
In "Under the Cyclops Moon," a young man got his girlfriend pregnant and now faces marriage for the first time. He works for his fiancée's father but hates it. What was once good has become awful. He contemplates suicide.
In "A Garden of Zero Roses," a woman's body was found in the garden. But who was she?
