Bear Kosik

Two people on a sofa spar with one another over whose fault it is until one of them breaks the unmentioned rule that their words must by monosyllabic.

A young woman dives into the task of hiding the victims of her serial killer roommate until she discovers that he's not going to be able to pay his share of the rent.

The day before Ruth Bader graduates from high school, her mother dies. Ruth finds herself before the bench of the Supreme Court where her mother Celia Bader is acting as Marshal of the Court. Ruth begins her journey of many steps packing for college. At Cornell, she meets Marty Ginsburg. They develop a strong friendship that evolves into romance. After they are married and have their first child, Ruth enters law school. Celia and the Justices of the Supreme Court (nine male and nine female) observe, comment on, and participate in Ruth's struggles to establish her legal career. Law firms and federal judges are biased against her because she is female, married, a mother, and Jewish. She finds her way by becoming a law school professor and co-director of the women's rights office created by the ACLU. Ruth's own experience lays the foundation for her advocacy of equal treatment of both sexes, which leads to adoption of the constitutional standards to evaluate sex discrimination. She is recognized for this by an appointment to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in 1980. There she develops a close friendship with Antonin Scalia, her opposite in interpreting the Constitution. Her jurisprudence and Marty's behind-the-scenes efforts lead to her nomination to the Supreme Court in 1993. Ruth develops a reputation as a forceful dissenter against the questionable holdings of the conservative majority on the Court. Her entire life has been touched by cancer: her mother's, Marty's two diagnoses, and her own. Before her death, she defends her evaluation of Roe v. Wade that almost lost her the SCOTUS nomination and privately expresses her feelings on the Senate Majority Leader's decision not to consider a replacement for Scalia until after the 2016 election. An advocate to the end and after, Ruth appears one last time before the bench of the Supreme Court to argue for adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment to protect her accomplishments in the area of sex discrimination.

The weekend for the International Gay Rodeo Association event in suburban Denver arrives. Ron and Fred have been partners for four years. Ron is annoyed by Fred’s lack of interest in their relationship; he has essentially told Fred it is over. However, he still loves Fred and can’t bear to throw him out. Ron arrives at Chutes, host bar for the rodeo, and sees Paul and Martin, two physics PhDs from Baltimore. Martin has just been divorced and his girlfriend left him because he has been exploring a bisexual side he is coming to grips with. Paul, Marty’s gay friend, has arranged for them to attend the rodeo weekend to help Marty “learn the ropes” of meeting men. The bartender, Dane, regrets never having settled down. He is friends with Derik, a beverage delivery truck driver and weekend cowboy, who only knows how to pick men for sex. Gurney, a middle-aged drag queen, is close friends with Dolly, the owner of Chutes. Also at the bar are Rebecca and Tina, together one year, are ready to take their relationship to the next level. Brace, an older woman who owns a leather goods store, arrives at her usual time. As the evening and weekend unfold, Ron makes a move on Marty who is also eyed by Dolly. Rebecca and Tina become engaged and demonstrate what a healthy relationship looks like. Derik and Dane alternately complain to Gurney and Brace about never having found the right one while chasing Paul for NSA sex. Fred keeps trying to demonstrate he still loves Ron unsuccessfully until Ron discovers he's the one who needs to change his attitude about the relationship.

Mark’s PTSD has been triggered after his disability benefits are cut prematurely. That’s just the tip of the iceberg concerning stress factors in his life. His sister Caridad picks up their younger sister Esperanza, who has been hospitalized for psychological evaluation. Esperanza's return and their mother’s recent move to senior living spark an honest, playful investigation of new and old family issues. All the while, Mark is curious about the expected house call of the new psychiatrist in town, Dr. Greene. Mark is confronted with his perceptions of reality when Dr. Greene tells him he has no sisters. Except they do exist and Dr. Greene was mistaken. Although the confusion surrounding the morning’s events is resolved, Mark starts to question how he can tell if something is real.

A Turkish traveler is interviewed by a customs inspector whose comically oblique methods bewilder the traveler.

Five women waiting to use the restroom have decided to play the alphabet game to pass the time. If only they had agreed on the rules before they started. Each woman has her own distinct way of handling this challenge while trying to remain on friendly terms.

Five adults meet to play "Duck, Duck, Goose" as a way to choose sexual partners. The newest player loses first and tries to sort out how the game is played. The others continue playing until another woman loses, leaving two men and a woman. They decide to end the game and go off. Before long, the third woman is back and they all commiserate about how much control they really have in the game. Meanwhile, the men finish, providing one with a novel experience. All together once more, they debate the advantages of just playing alone before choosing to start the game over.

Tom and Dick, two older men, have just finished wrestling in a hotel room. Now they have a chance to get to know each other, find out why they are each involved in this activity, and talk about the gay wrestling subculture. Dick says he spends down time looking for his future self. It's an offhand comment until a younger man, Harry, stops by to say hello before his match with Adolfo, a wrestler notorious for not showing up for matches. Tom ends up going to see Adolfo to find out if he is 'real' while Harry reveals to Dick he thinks Tom is his (Harry's) future self.

Mark spends mornings in a coffee bar sparring with Diane, the proprietor. Two students, Alexander and Chloe, enter. Alexander becomes interested in Mark’s fascination with obituaries. Feeling ignored Chloe leaves but returns to shame the men for treating death as meaningless.

Some say it's been a good week if one hasn't had to hide any bodies. Actually, it can be a kick ass week if you have an opportunity to hide a body.

The playwright and human rights activist Olympe de Gouges is invited to the home of Sophie, Marquise de Condorcet, prior to her usual salon in order for Madame de Gouges to interview Maximilien de Robespierre regarding his plans to condemn the Marquis de Condorcet and his Girondists in the Convention. The ladies engage in a fruitful display of wordplay before the guest arrives unannounced. Thereafter, the tensions mount and ebb, colored by the ladies' teasing sexual innuendo and Olympe's increasing concern that she will be one of the victims of Robespierre's impending Terror. The ladies close the interview by asserting that human rights trump the rights of man established by the Revolution.

Two people, one at ease and the other agitated, grapple with the way in which nothing new is happening, that society has stagnated for forty years while people do, do, do without changing.

William and Spencer have invited friends and family over for Chinese food and to play mahjong. William thinks it’s a celebration of Chinese New Year, but Spencer has arranged for a surprise to congratulate William on completing one year of sobriety. All plans go out the window when William cuts himself, requiring medical attention. The party continues while William goes to the ER. The participants discuss their names, relationships, and stereotypes. Spencer fights back the thought that William has been drinking. Meanwhile, William is in the ER with Spencer’s mother, Roberta, second guessing himself. By the time William and Roberta return to the party, Mother, an invalid houseguest, comes down from his bedroom in grand style to see where everyone has positioned him or herself vis-à-vis the others. Mother instigates a tell-all that uprights the partiers’ sense of identity, building to an unusual revelation from Roberta.

Ellen has decisions to make about her future, particularly her relationship with Martin. She tries to express her feelings through poetry since she isn't comfortable tackling the issues head on. Her friend Paul thinks Ellen and Martin should stir things up by inviting a third person into their relationship. Suddenly, the men who have been most helpful to Ellen in guiding her, her great uncle, uncle and father, die in quick succession. Desperate to sort things out, Ellen turns to her younger brother, David. Although he doesn't offer advice, just talking helps Ellen choose a path.

A ghost writer who is critical of how clients approach hiring writers is hired to write about someone's near death experience. What the writer gets is a video description from the client that could not have been created by the client.