Across Time: A Collection of Short Stories

These five short stories touch on, across the centuries, what makes us human. In "At One," an Incan peasant takes a pilgrimage in an effort to atone for the death of her sister. "The Fairy" is an African-style fairy tale of how someone relies on faith to see her village through a difficult time. "How Monkey Tricked Ocelot" is a playful Brazilian-style trickster story. In "Ghost Written," a college student receives a dire warning from her dead grandfather. The titular story, "Across Time," portrays how someone from the distant past reacts when she finds herself in the present--and whether or not she really wants to go home.