In these eleven stories college students confront aggression and racism in rural Pennsylvania, a boy engages in a battle of wits with his father over a package of sliced ham, a married couple rekindle their love at the end of the world, a failed writer takes a film crew on a voyage through the solar system, and a man and woman discover a shared addiction to risk.

Across these stories new author JP Fosterson threads together the exuberance and confusion of youth and the melancholy and ennui of middle age. His characters discover courage in the face of fear and love in the face of loss.