Kathleen Adams

Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

Set in the late 1800's in Barkerville, Canada, "Small Pleasures" is about a Chinese woman with bound feet explaining the custom to a white woman and a First Nations woman. The language they speak is Chinook Jargon.

Can a no-talent teenager be America's Next Big Star?