I received an electronic copy of this collection from Netgalley, various writers including David Beckler, and Pebblestone in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your work with me.

These are excellent shorts (and one outstanding poem) featuring refugees from almost every viewpoint, and from many time frames and countries. It would be extremely difficult to talk about border walls after reading these stories. I would like to see them read world wide, and quite soon, please.

From the introduction: "In attempting to justify their stance, they referred to refugees in dehumanising terms. Commentators and politicians alike used words such as swarm and horde to describe the refugees and warned we were being invaded and would be swamped. ......." "As writers we recognise the power of words to counter this poisonous narrative........"
I can think of no better reason to read this short collection of stories; I am pleased I found the time.
From the opening poen which turns the issue literally on its head to the measured response to assist those refugees 'washed' up on the Greek coast, there is something here for everyone to enjoy and reflect upon.
We might not be able to change the world but is always good to have a balanced view; these stories will help reposition our thinking, less passive and more inclined to participate in our humanity.