Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.

Ruth Butler, a clerk in an emporium, marries Jimmy Rutledge and thereby greatly displeases his mother, the owner of the emporium, because of Ruth's lowly origins. Renaud Graham, one of Mrs. Rutledge's friends, becomes interested in Ruth, forces his way into her apartment, and attempts to make violent love to her. Jimmy walks in on their embrace and, suspecting the worst, leaves Ruth. In the family way, Ruth finds refuge in a boardinghouse where she meets Al Bryant, an aspiring writer. Ruth tells Al her life story, and he makes it into a bestselling novel and then into a play. Jimmy sees the play and comes to his senses, winning Ruth's forgiveness.

Three college students all fall in love with a stripper.

Described as "an Aboriginal Kramer vs Kramer," this is the moving account of an Aboriginal political activist fighting his white ex-wife for joint custody of their son.

Edeltraut celebrating into her birthday. But the next morning is not a picnic.

After the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.

On a visit to the interior of Piauí, Paula is kidnapped by a maniacal ex-boyfriend. In captivity, she meets Joaquim, a good man who made wrong choices in life. Feeling a mix of despair and faith, Paula decides to evangelize him while awaiting rescue.

Achille, a successful, solitary broker, buys Kelly, the first woman android with a perfectly human body. After a period of cohabitation that is anything but simple, Kelly mysteriously disappears. This is only the beginning of a whirlwind of events that will upend his life.

a quiet night in the balad at the end of ramadan

A girl who is at beginning of her 20's, imputes the fear, which her husband has made on her, to a scarecrow after her husband's death. Although being alone, she still tries to leave the feeling as if he is still in the middle of her life as a scarecrow.