Short stories... years to write, but minutes to read. Vaguely depressing, because... look around, how else could we respond? And yet the process of reflecting, and finding beauty and humour in shared snippets of real and imaginary inconsequential lives brings, if not closure, some sort of balance. But no matter how farfetched, the stories are (or will be) they remain absolutely grounded in actual experience. And although they aren't about you or me... they could be.