Do you every just want to read a few pages of that novel on the bedside table? Every want to read the chapter to the end but are too tired? That's the beauty of this book of short stories. You can read one or two stories and gently fall asleep knowing that you have not lost track of each character. As to topics: From the people you knew to the people you meet, to relationships formed and the ones that are lost, to travel and dreams and why not a touch murder, and mystery. This anthology has it all. Enjoy.