From Warren Davis, author of the novel, Everything in its Place and poetry collections, the uniVerse and Courses... comes this compelling assortment of short stories and verse written between 1995 - 2019. In confessional, whimsical and lyrical poems and prose, Davis gives glimpses of his own story while scanning the landscape of fictional characters seeking celebrity or anonymity in the distant past and near future. Gems exploits all of the author's new adult and middle-aged fascinations including the entertainment industry, creativity, crime, and the struggles of friends, families and individuals at the close of the last millennium and the beginning of the new one.