"A Place for Ashes" is the story of two sisters: Phoebe, an anxiety-ridden college dropout with a guarded personality, and her younger sister Taylor, a bubbly micromanager with a sunny disposition. The two of them discover how they can rebuild their relationship and why it fell apart in the first place.

Peter is a college senior who is put in a position he never imagined would happen to him. Looking for a way out, he plans to swindle his friends in a game of poker. What he receives at the end of the game is a new perspective on his current situation.