Spectrum of short stories, many at that interface between life, loss and death.
'In the Heat of the Desert' sees a young woman held up by an armed mugger and rapist as she drives across the Mojave Desert, and explores her inner conflicts when a venomous snake tips the balance of power in her favour. A small aborigine boy in 'Kangaroo Dreaming' dreams he's the spider, Kar, told by the Great Kangaroo that the time has come. His father then takes him to visit the tribal elder, and more is revealed. In a look back, an old man, in 'The Rain in Spain' remembers running from his village, as a child, after Franco's forces struck during the night ... haunted by the vision of his mother's slaughtered body. 'The Recorder Player' is a doleful piece, inspired both by Keats' 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and a down and out in the Marble Arch underpass. The old lady in a Texas nursing home in 'The Red Chevy' is drawn to the window as she waits patiently ... certain he'll re-appear, even after all those years. 'The Wave' is a love story, inspired by the Tsunami of 2004. In 'One Click Away', a man uses the internet to enter heaven ... or so he hopes!