Seventeen short stories showing a different side of speculative fiction author, Tim McWhorter. "Second Story Loft" tells the story of a young man who was forced to leave someone special behind when he went off to war. It is now a lifetime later, and that flame is still lit. Does true love ever really die? "Riding the Raindrops Down" is a story of two young men and their struggle to survive in the inner city, showing a perspective you won't get by watching the news. "In the Mourning" - When someone spends their entire life doing one thing, what happens when that life comes to an end?