What would you do if you were the only means to protect your young daughter in a plague-ravaged world, and you found out you were infected also? How would you deal with the memories and guilt of the disappearance of your little sister when you were a child? And how would you react if you could hear and feel the thoughts and emotions of children in distress? These are just a few of the questions that arise in this collection of short stories dealing with loss, regret, guilt, and death.