Forty-three stories of speculation and fantasy by David R. Grigg, exploring the future and the past, the horrific, the humorous, the mysterious, the fantastic, and the merely disturbing. - Awakened from a terrible dream, a young woman strives to avoid a tragedy in real life. - Driving alone through the dark night, a photographer encounters extraordinary reminders of his dead wife. - A teenage boy sees faces everywhere he looks. He is always in the midst of a crowd. An ugly crowd. - A king driven mad by an ancient prophecy forces his queen to live in terror for their unborn child. - An old man, once a famous concert pianist, struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. - Two hikers crossing a moor come across an unexpected and ultimately terrifying obstacle. - An academic dismissed from his position encounters support from a very unusual source. - A wealthy industrialist thinks he has found a way to leave his troubles behind, but has he? - A young woman flees a collapsing civilisation, only to find herself in a harsher world, facing a terrible dilemma. ... these and many other stories will keep you thinking for days.