In A Collection of Short Stories, William Stanley shares intriguing tales presented in four broad categories—wilderness and nature, fiction, science fiction and horror, and family—which leads readers into the lives and challenges of diverse characters. These include college students driving to Nevada to explore abandoned mines and ghost towns, a couple marooned on a deserted island, a serial hunter, a fur trapper, and a plantation owner in New Orleans. Readers are also treated to essays vividly describing nature, stories based on the author's memories growing up in rural Ontario, and light-hearted tales suitable for all ages. A Collection of Short Stories offers over a hundred entertaining narratives that vividly spark readers' imaginations, often making them feel part of the scene. It is a once in a lifetime literary experience which will not be soon forgotten.