Michael Leunig contributes cartoons and drawings to various papers and magazines in Australia, including the "Melbourne Age". His work has appeared in "Woman's Day" and "London Oz".

    A Louisiana farmer sees the image of Christ appear on the freezer door and questions the meaning of faith. In a Maine resort town, Miss Langevin, a spinster who could write a book on disappointment, now gets a chance to help another woman escape it. And in the title story, a science teacher's modest dreams and painful memories erode his existence like water entering stone.