Professor Nim's Possibility Collapser, and other stories

The elusive 'perfect start' to one's day...

An eccentric professor's machine that is reputed to accelerate the accomplishing of one's goals...

A kaleidoscope with images of its owner's past lives...

A maddening, labyrinthine search for your king...

A grade school student questions the existence of his peer...

A spa for the recently deceased...

A mother of a family who is determined to retrain herself to dream...

These and other stories are collected here in Steven Muir's mind-bending literary debut.