If you are looking for short stories that have ironic, metaphorical twists then you have the correct book. If you are looking for a drawn out melodrama that is tedious and written for tweens; this might not do it. The stories encased in this tome consist of everything from feudal Japan to a submarine that is ready to cavitate to zombies and the like. The stories are made to be short so if you need to boil an egg or use the throne then you will delight in the short stories here in.