A horrifying silhouette drawn on a classroom blackboard is terrorizing the whole school. A train journey reveals the ethics behind magic. A young violinist tests himself in the big city, to great success.
In all of these stories, strange things happen without warning, raising various different questions: What is courage? What makes a hero? What is real magic? What lurks behind the seemingly calm veneer? Collectors, inventors, magicians and teachers come together to do extraordinary things in the dark zones of everyday life.