ML Sund's first collection of short stories and poems (in the form of song lyrics) showcases the breadth and depth of his imagination. Here we see a rogue husband on a regrettable road trip in Mississippi ("Time to Run"); a retiring welder who debuts as an opera singer ("Welder Operatic"); a mentally ill teen lured into a sex party on Christmas Eve ("Edward's Doors"); a freshman at Penn State who runs into her childhood nemesis who helped destroy her family ("Our House"); a young, blind Japanese-American lady who discoveres the truth about what caused her blindness ("Jin's Bridge," the basis for a feature screenplay); a young man whose twisted lifestyle is based on a mathematical formula ("Do the F-ing Math"); and a high school English teacher who's seduced by a student, with deadly consequences ("Amy's Place"); and seven sets of song lyrics that transport us to intimate settings in New York City, Arizona, California, the Vietnam War, and other dark and secret places.