Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams.

An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority.
A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life.

From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stories, twenty-four of which are collected here, along with works of journalism and extracts from her journal.