Short, character driven stories from five locations around the world: Mexico, Yukon Territories, Canada, Nicaragua, Arizona Central Highlands, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington State.A Patio with Diamonds: An American expat living with a pet raven in Oaxaca, Mexico, finds himself in serious trouble with an international drug dealer.Thanks Hoppy: An American driving through northern Mexico is targeted by a Mexican con man.I Could Not Stop For Death and .308: Two stories about life threatening experiences on northern Canadian rivers.Every Eden Has Its Snakes tells of an old man living on the remote Moskito Coast of Nicaragua finding millions of dollars of illegal drugs.Mormons: An American who murdered his wife is hiding in the Garifuna village of Orinoco, Nicaragua, fearing the Mormon missionaries are there to kill him.Two stories of romance: The Mountains Are Calling Me: a hiker pursuing a John Muir experience seeks help at a rundown forest service cabin and becomes enamored with the woman living there, Snaps: An African American man working with the Red Cross is assigned to a politically conservative town during the election of 2012 and saves the life of a disenchanted woman with a racist husband.Three coming of age stories: Neccos, Cecil and his Daddy, and The Village Idiot, are heart rendering tales of growing up in the 1950's.