A collection of short essays and stories originally published in various national, regional, and special interests magazines. "Buchenwald from the Train," an essay from The Jewish Currents. An American befriends two elderly German women as their train rolls past Buchenwald. "An American Jew Visits Dresden," an essay from The Jewish Currents. Dresden, a city steeped in a painful past, offers lessons in empathy. "The Other Natalia," short fiction from The MacGuffin. An American photographer retraces her mother's long-ago steps in Poland. "Lemmings," an essay from Education Week. Animal science majors at a major university ponder the meaning of myth. "From Literature to Litigation," from The Recorder. Explores the overlap between the practice of law and the writing of fiction. "The Girl Who Killed Her Parents," short fiction from The American Literary Review. "The Power of Secrets," short fiction from The Writers Forum. Athirteen-year-old learns her father's secrets.