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In his second collection of short stories, Matt Anderson brings the reader through intimate explorations of 15 relationships between humanity and the natural forces of the world. Through filters of dark fantasy, science fiction, and rustic horror, Anderson illustrates romances and tragic subterfuges concerning elemental beings, forest spirits, genius loci , and those among us lucky or unfortunate enough to experience, maybe even return, their desires. Where love, desire, contempt, and humility have the power to crush worlds, with all the fragility and elegance of cherry-colored glass. In this collection, a violent snowstorm brings more than the chill for one woman; a jealous and spiteful man has his wife followed, only to find her true lover in the depths of the forest; a prehistoric woman confronts her lives and loves as she bitterly journeys through time.