I picked this up from the book trade table in my work place. I’ve enjoyed reading the stories and slowly they worked their magic on me. Perhaps it’s the very last tale in conjunction with the afterward and the notes about specific children dying in the tsunami, or surviving, and looking at the statistics. (and, now that i think of it, the Brian Herbert Dune tale also echoes something about children and the sea.)

Maybe it’s because tomorrow is the second anniversary of the tsunami.

If you’re lucky enough to read this collection from a library or from a used book store, consider also making a donation to Save the Children’s Emergency Children Fund, and honor the spirit that brought such a collection together.