Oliver Crangle is a bigot and a charlatan. At four O' clock he proclaims that all the evil people in the world will be shrunk.
Frisby runs a small store and gas station and is known in the town for the ridiculous yarns he spins about all sorts of subjects. One night, he is asked to board a spacecraft by two creatures. They wish to take him with them as they believe all the exaggerated tales he tells them. When Frisby tells them that he lied, the aliens do not understand him as they have no comprehension of the concept of a lie.
John and Marie Holt, an elderly couple, visit a company that offers new bodies to aging people. Unfortunately, they discover that they only have enough funds to pay for one body.
A humanoid alien crash lands, accidentally killing a police officer. Wounded in the incident, he staggers to a bar and collapses. A local doctor treats him, and while recuperating the alien befriends a young boy, Pedro. He gives Pedro a "gift" and tells him that he will explain all about it later.
Jerry Etherson is a ventriloquist, and he performs with his dummy, Willy. When Jerry decides that he wants to change his act and perform with a new dummy, Willy is none too pleased.
A newly married man and his wife move into his late mother's home. While there, he finds it impossible to leave behind the memories of his childhood. So strong and intense are his memories that a vision of his mother reappears from the past.
A widower picks a robotic grandmother for his motherless children. All the children grow to love their new "grandmother" except Anne, who takes a dislike to her. Will she come to accept her transistorised grandma?
Agnes Grep, down on her luck and behind on her rent, is sent a guardian angel, Cavender, to make her happy in twenty-four hours and earn his wings.
Elderly teacher Ellis Fowler is forced to retire by his school. After reminiscing about his time at the school, he comes to the conclusion that his time spent there has been a waste. He returns, in the depths of depression, once more to the school intending to kill himself.