A Handful of Stories of Melancholy and Catharsis is a collection of four short stories that revolve around death, grief, and existentialism. These stories contain elements of drama, mystery, and horror. "Dancing in the Rain" is the tale of Anna, a girl with amnesia who has been suffering from reoccurring dreams about a traumatic event. After relocating to a remote farming town, she is confronted by an evil that has followed her from the city. "5:37 pm" is the narration of an unnamed woman's desire to kill her comatose mother as she sits at her bedside in a hospital. "Lucille" follows a bereaved woman named Penny whose life is turned upside down when her sister Lucille shows up at her housekeeping job with a strange request. "Death and Endurance" centers around a hitman's conversation with an elderly woman in a shady hotel. The hitman begins to question her intentions as she tells him about a watch that she possesses that has been to the moon.