A collection of short stories: The World's Greatest Athlete: The first dodecathlon, choosing and running the events in 12 different sports. Planning the first hecathlon. The Stealth Clinic: Adventures in a free drug clinic at a summer beach resort. Money talks, so do drugs and music. Monsters: The progress of two artists from accomplishment into madness and death, with brushes, flute and drum VanderGelt's Decision: A bad night for a fight. Night court in an auto town. And, a bad judgment Finding Cantilena: Failing at love with possibly the right mate, and then committing to possibly the wrong person. Amusing Victoria: An accidental pairing, extended over ten years as an experiment in caring and exchange. The Shaman's Apprentice: Learning tribal ways and language to touch other beings, only to be trapped by modern limits.