Eleven short stories, each an adventure, a new experience, a new beginning, another attempt to pin down the complex realities that surround us, befuddle us, overwhelm us, confuse us, distress us. They take place in locales ranging from Lahore, Pakistan to Silicon Valley and talk of life and lust, of success and failure and show a kaleidoscopic variety of responses to all of those. Meet Presidents and Portuguese maids, laid-off techies, and Pakistani doctors in their unnatural habitat - the short story. So, jump in and have fun. There is provender here for every taste and palate.