It begins with a narrator telling a boy an archetypal tale centering on two sides of a dynastic family, descendants of gods, whose struggle for power leads to an apocalyptic war.

In a series of tales centering on a powerful tycoon and his family, the prolific Mexican author explores the troubled relations between his native country and the United States.

The production, which was developed at P.S. 122 and has been revived by the Second Stage, consists of three semiautobiographical tales centering on the performer's alter ego, an introverted fantasist named Steven.

It was followed in 2011 by the collection The Year 2012 Ushers in the Age of Fire and Other Short Stories, a series of tales centering on a coming apocalypse and a Polynesian tribe's attempts to prepare for it.

In the case of The Hour of the Dragon, the parallels are evident, with both tales centering on the exploits of a king (or would-be king) deposed by an usurper whom he would have thought an ally!

It features the stories of Nurarihyon and Yohime's wedding ceremony and a strange encounter between Zen and Kuromaru, as well as an original tale centering on the yōkai who live in Ukiyoe Town.

Finally "AOL.COM" is a classic rags-to-riches tale, centering on a young entrepreneur named Steve Case, AOL's leading spirit, whose worth went from middle-class ordinariness to $400 million in about 10 years.