Shining bright, guiding light. A collection of twelve flash and short stories that would best be described as magical realism, with a light dose of science fiction, some humor - and just a smidgen of unimaginable terrors. If it was a movie it would be rated PG13 - some foul language. 'The dead, alive' is a vignette that deals with such an anomaly. 'Tetrapolis' is the absolute future city that only has space for some. 'Blue moon' is not just a song. 'The race' pits out world against one where monsters are real. Which will win? 'Paradise' is the world's oldest story, re-imagined. 'The n.e.w.s. technique' is a topographic method, a way to completely describe a place of interest. Could it work for humans as well? 'Bait', where mundane events mirror soul capture. 'Gloomy Sunday' is the day a man in a future society decides to take his own life. 'A writer's pause' signals the beginning of the end of creativity. 'Drowned', where a group of friends get a chance to re-shape their lives. 'The pile up' is the story of a painting and everyone affected by it. 'A lecture on the rocks' delivers an atmospheric depiction of stone-cold facts.