One day at the beach, a rich stranger promises a young man $500,000 if he can walk the length of a railing. And so begins the collection of 23 short stories by James McFay. Short, sharp and plot-centric, these stories are perfect reading for riding the bus, behind your textbook at school or just before bed. They concern heartache, heartbreak, ambition and disaster, and feature millionaires, famous people, filmmakers, racing car drivers, actresses, rogue scientists and legions of monkeys. The stories include the notorious 2 parter 'Halcyon Days' and a secret coded section that requires you to break the code to unlock the secret of Emergency? Yeah .