A young man finds and loses love. A woman reminisces in the comfort of a warm bus. Supermarket workers mysteriously disappear. An apprentice realises there is more to learn than job skills. A whale beaches in small village. A boy's first fishing trip with his father turns to petty crime.

These, and other stories of love and loss, pain and gain, and people's everyday lives make up Paul Kimm's first collection of short stories.