Eaters of the Dead is a near-future dystopian tale that explores the fate of several individuals in a world running out of food and where the rich have seized power and now harvest the poor.
A math professor, rejected over and over again for publication, finds herself supplanted by her genius-level teaching assistant, and resorts to drastic measures to re-assert her authority.
A small time magician joins one of his audience members in her hotel room after his last show at the Airport Sleepy Inn Bar. After she drugs him, and he awakens, she and two other women explain how they came to find him, and why.
Sandra and Barbara are enjoying a day at the beach in 1962 with their partners. The night before they all went out to a club, the men bonded, as well as the women albeit in very different fashions.