A son accompanies his father on a business trip that takes an unexpected turn in The Beyrayers. A woman mourns the loss of her twin in Alice. One man's success draws the vicious jealousy of his entire town in Ropey Jones. A Russian revolutionary soldier miraculously escapes death at the hands of a firing squad in A Ghost Story. Two virtual strangers tell each other secrets in Kate Lesand. The Miller's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Canterbury Tales is retold as a contemporary story of love and foolishness in The Bartender's Tale, and the myth of Medea is recast in the form of broadcast news in The Six O'Clock News. Nine stories, five tales, and three voice narratives comprise this second volume of stories from the author of Burdens And Bearers. Paul Silver lives in northern California. He is currently at work on a book of coming of age stories.

Prejudice and betrayal, the relationship between father and son, finding one's place in the world, marriage, love, the burden of beauty, and death are the subjects explored in the ten stories which comprise this first of two planned volumes of short stories. The author, Paul Silver, received his undergraduate degree in English from UC Berkeley and his law degree from San Francisco Law School. He lives in Northern California.