A missing couple recalled in snatches of conversation. An abstract painter who goes on the road in search of new directions. A crypto trader discovers his last friend has become difficult to see. A mother who won't let go of her children. A psychic photographer who captures images of the dead. A crime scene investigator watches people come and go. Six stories by Chad Taylor, compiled for the first time, share themes of transience, dreamlike intimacy and loss.

New Zealand writer Chad Taylor is the author of Blue Hotel, Departure Lounge, Electric, Shirker, Heaven, Pack of Lies and The Church of John Coltrane, and the short story collection The Man Who Wasn't Feeling Himself. He was awarded the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship and the Auckland University Literary Fellowship. Heaven was made into a feature film and his novels and stories are in translation. He wrote the movie Realiti which was selected for Fantastic Fest. Blue Hotel was a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Awards