I picked up this book because I was 'enchanted' by Martin Dressler. I also read the admiring reviews in NYTBR and Washington Post Book World.What a disappointment this number was! Ten little tales shuffled together at random. Patches of wonderful language interposed with lots of white space. This novella doesn't add up to a Twilight Zone episode, and there's not even a narrator to give you the moral of the story at the end.You don't suppose Steven could have put this together in a hurry for a little cash, do you?