Ten short stories in which catastrophes are unexpected and almost always generate those who will go to any length to cover up the human folly that has created the disaster A cemetary produces strange, uncrushable fungal growths and stories of magic follow in the wake of a whale maddened by the killing of its mate Goverment cover-ups progress from a strange smell from a lift of trapped workers to the disposal of nuclear waste, unwanted lunatics and pressing the button