An anthology of never-previously-published short stories some of them prize-winning on various subjects and themes written by the Chief Judge of the Annual Tom Howard Short Story Contest. Although they explore a number of different genres most of the stories are set in the U.S.A. The locale for two of the longer narratives however is Egypt: one in modern Egypt the other in Ancient Egypt. Some of the stories are humorous others are suspenseful a few could be described as character studies and even one or two rate as experimental.