A single-volume compendium, published in a flip-over format, includes The Gift of Fire, in which champion of humankind Prometheus emerges in present-day Los Angeles; and On the Head of a Pin, in which breakthroughs in advanced animatronics lead to a reality-shattering discovery.

Stepping stone: Truman is a gentle unassuming soul, he has worked in the mailroom of a corporation for decades without making waves, until the day he spots a mysterious woman in yellow. A woman nobody else can see. Love Machine: The brainchild of an eccentric, possibly deranged scientist, the Love Machine can merge individual psyches and memories into a collective Co-Mind. Tricked into joining the Co-Mind, Lois Kim struggles to adapt to her new reality...

"Two of six fragments in the Crosstown to oblivion short novels in which Mosley ... explores life's cosmic questions. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers?"--Dust jacket flap.