A mother confronts insanity in the worst person possible; a group of strangers come together to fight evil in the form of a fungal pandemic; an act of terrorism forces the victims to face their beliefs and unbeliefs; a blind man accidentally uses common technology to escape alien annihilation; a loving stepfather discovers real effects from the reflexive nature of love; a murderer's reflection is abhorred by witnessing the crime...and decides to do the impossible.

These stories and more are followed by a short memoir of the author's experience with grief following his father's passing.