A collection of 16 short stories.

What's a Pretty Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? - A middle-aged waitress has a chance encounter with a truck driver.

Prescription - A man needs to buy a prescription for his sick wife, but doesn't have enough money.

A Brief Hospital Stay - A man waits by his ailing wife's bedside.

Game Shows Touch Our Lives - A man sits in a bar after an ill-fated appearance on a TV game show.

An Old, Broken Ship - A woman is left to care for her aging, ailing father.

Plus 11 others.