Presents a collection of stories originally published in magazines and anthologies, including "Thief," in which an aluminum worker turns unlikely detective to determine which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund.

Anything helps -- We live in water -- Thief -- Can a corn -- Virgo -- Helpless little things -- Please -- Don't eat cat -- The new frontier -- The brakes -- The wolf and the wild -- Wheelbarrow kings -- Statistical abstract for my hometown of Spokane, Washington.