A collection of three tales by an exciting new A Marine recently home from Iraq spends a harrowing day at the park with a daughter he barely knows.* A schoolyard game of marbles assumes mythic proportions as a secret new weapon is brought to bear against the reigning champion.* A struggling film director puts down the bottle and answers the call of a mysterious letter. His journey takes him to an ancient village and its citizens - all existing on the fringes of time and imagination.