Echo and Narcissus (Waterhouse painting) mythology. In Ovid's version of the myth, Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. His parents were told that he would live to an old age if he did not look at himself. He rejected all the nymphs and women who fell in love with him. One of these was the nymph Echo, who was so upset by her rejection that she withdrew from life and wasted away until all that was left was a whisper. Her prayers were heard by the goddess Nemesis who caused Narcissus to fall in love with his own
Falling in Love With Hominids has grown to love and be fascinated by the human race over the intervening years. The paradox of people who are "capable simultaneously of such great good and such horrifying evil" runs throughout the stories brought together in the collection. This collection includes "The Easthound," a post-apocalyptic tale of humans turning into monsters that are hungry for flesh when they become adults. "Old Habits" tells the story of ghosts residing in a mall, brought together in the place where they died, who relive the moment of their deaths every day. One of the stories in this collection, "Blushing" is adaptation