this is a collection of three stories. the first story, "bastinili," details the life story of baseball star bobby bastinili from his childhood to his retirement and coincidental rise and fall of his ego. the second, "the Words' Path," deals with a small town school teacher. she starts receiving strange correspondence in the forms of letters and emails;one of her students is acting strangely;and her hospitalized brother is getting divorced from his golddigging wife. is there a connection? in the third story, "the lyrics hunt," two stars, a country music star and a hockey star, are kidnapped. it is up to two talent agents to find them as clues are left for them-and only them.