This collection of short stories contains two dozen pieces written from 1990 to 2009. Most of these are speculative fiction, contemporary fantasy, science fiction, horror, and oneiric fiction. Some are funny, some puzzling and some downright weird. These tales are further divided into four loosely themed categories, "Aliens," "Know Fear," "Out of Mind," "Shortcuts to Immortality," and a fifth catch-all "Other Stories" section. The author was influenced by classic pulp authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, the mind-bending Philip K. Dick as well as a profound love of dreams, both sleeping and waking.