This diverse collection of short stories, written over a long period and compiled for the first time, will leave you wanting some more at the end. What would you do if your brother is involved in a tragic car accident? For this young man, the ultimate price was worth the sacrifice. After her mother died, a little girl found a way to communicate and talk to her, to the horror of her aunt. In a post-conflict village, a boy found an iron ball that turned out to be something deadly. When a man presented his girlfriend to his family, he was completely blown away by what happened next. Giving a hitch-hiker a ride in the middle of the night was not a good idea for anyone, but this doctor learned his lesson the hard way. An immigrant was haunted by the memory of the lover he left behind in Africa. When this man returned home for the Independence Day celebrations, he had no idea how it was going to end the night he met this girl at a bar. A family had nowhere to run when floodwaters started rising in their neighborhood. A man wanted for a crime he never committed escaped town to fight another day. And in an interstellar world, a lost spaceship returned to the space station and threatened the existence of the colony.These stories will take you on a journey of sacrifice, love, and tragedy.