Description:

A collection of short stories ranging from heart-warming Christmas tales, to dark horror. The title story forces a young girl to discover the meaning behind her grandmother's habit of running out in the rain and throwing the water back at the clouds. An unskilled worker finds love, marriage and family with a woman who lives at the bottom of the world in "Loose the Bands of Orion." Though societal practices keep them apart, they use technology to have a child and long marriage. In "Cocktail Conversation," a chef tries to put his main course at ease with pithy observation and bad poetry. And more!