There are stories in this collaborative collection by Kathy Fish and Robert Vaughan that contain the complexities and subtleties of novel-length work. There are characters who will create new wrinkles in your brain, who will settle there and teach you things about the world as they struggle in their own. There are stories that complement other stories, even though each contains the distinctive flair of its respective writer. I am better for reading this remarkable book and will return to it often.