This book contains a collection of short stories in this order:
CanvasA young portrait painter discovers the secret of his new studio. Afterglow
Carey a grad student with a useless boyfriend, has unknowingly become the target of an old Celtic Crone. She leans on her close friends who don’t have her best interests in mind. Level Ground
A lazy soldier trying to get by with the least amount of responsibility and work. These traits lead him down a path not even his platoon sergeant could have seen. Sunrise
You wake up in a tropical paradise. The sun is bright the beach is clean, and the water looks perfect. Everything is too perfect; that is the problem.