Four captivating and startling stories with one common end result, but each set in different surroundings: the cold autumn ground, a zinc house, a hospital, and a dried-up pond.

In "Perfect Summer", all is far from being perfect after a young girl is brutally raped.

"Rosalinda" tells the story of a loving and cheerful Dominican girl who ends up smack in the middle of the two major roles in her life: her father and her older brother. The end is a heart wrenching example of life...and death.

The author takes us to the unraveling of the last hours of an elderly woman, in "Twisted", when she is visited by her son whom she hasn't seen for a long time.

In "Innocent Guilt" we are shown how even the innocent can be guilty.

And then there's a bonus: part of a short story from an upcoming collection of stories: "Forgers", which deals with false love and deception.