This is a collection of twelve short stories written by Herbert Sack. One will take on an old-west adventure and an encounter with a mystic spirit. Another is a murder mystery that takes place in a traveling carnival. There's a tale about the clandestine crossing of borders to return a body to Guatemala. You will visit a South Dakota mine camp to avenge the death of a veteran's brother. There is a relationship of two brothers, one who is institutionalized. The tragic story of two lone hearts and how two men cope with the loss of their wives. The abuse of a father and how the young girl escapes from the evils of what is happening to her. A math teacher who sees all the world as numbers and disappears into another dimension, a whole other world. A simple man is orphaned when the elderly parents who cared for him all his life die, leaving him to cope alone in a world he can't manage by himself. A wife is accused by her husband of having an affair and he refuses to accept the child they have. The Ultimate abuse of a doctor who deceives his patients and creates a string of problems for the patients he thinks he is helping. Every story has a twist and just when you think you have it figured out, surprise.