In this volume, you'll find a story about a nun in Philadelphia who raises money for St. Vincent's Orphanage in a most unusual matter. In another story, we watch as two grown men are determined to find and visit a revered high school math teacher, only to learn one of life's saddest lessons: you can't go home again. And what are we to make of the story "Lost in the Library"? Which is to ask, what happened to the two young women who broke into the college library located several miles east of Holcomb, Kansas, while on a scavenger hunt sponsored by a sorority? In short (pun intended), there is something in this book for almost every genre and taste.

In this volume, you’ll find a story about a chance meeting between a young woman and an elderly gentleman in a New York City park, who has to remind her they had met many years earlier when she was very young. In another story, we listen to a mother calming her distraught daughter before bedtime and assuring her that her father will return as soon as he takes care of some "late-night business" downtown. And what are we to make of the story about an angel dressed completely in black and the helicopter crew member shot down during the invasion of Baghdad? Why isn't she helping him? In short (pun intended), there is something in this book for almost every genre and taste.

In this volume, you’ll find a story about an FBI agent who ended up accidentally, on purpose, dead. In another tale, we wait with Mildred, an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer's, her son, and her daughter-in-law at Gate 6 in Philadelphia International Airport for Mildred's husband's plane to arrive. How long must they wait? And what are we to make of the true origins of the Broadway play West Side Story. You may be surprised to learn the production almost never happened. In short (pun intended), there is something in this book for almost every genre and taste.

In this volume, you'll find a story about a long funeral procession, comprising some 100 cars and motorcycles, the latter mostly big Harley-Davidson touring models. Who could their drivers possibly have been honoring? And what was the captain of the ocean-going freighter Duchess of Montrose, which was tied up in Porto Grande Bay, Cape Verde Islands, thinking as he watched a storm approaching that already had dropped his barometer to levels seen only in the strongest of hurricanes? In short (pun intended), there is something in this book for almost every genre and taste.

In this volume, you'll find a story about a trip down memory lane and, despite what is said, the ability to go home again. For those of us who seem to get caught up in the never-ending battle for their attention, leaving little time for family and friends, we offer the story "Time in a Bottle" as a reminder of what truly is important in life. And if you're a reader of police procedurals, this anthology includes eight (8) excerpts from the author’s Detective Louis Martelli, NYPD, Mystery/Thriller series (which can be read in any order). In short (pun intended), there is something in this book for almost every genre and taste.