The book comprises an opening Novella and ten short stories. 

William Bunsen enters hospital for a routine operation and awakes to find his life changed forever. A woman flees her brutal husband to start a new life. A police detective hunts a phantom serial killer. A young man on death row revisits his life. A private detective takes on a case of blackmail. A taxi driver's passenger is more than she seems. A woman detective takes revenge on her attacker. Two detectives investigate the kidnapping and mutilation of a food critic. A Forensic Pathologist descends into insanity. A futuristic TV game show tests contestant's abilities in an autopsy room. A funeral home worker is persuaded to impersonate a corpse in a coffin.

These are cross-genre from Crime to Thriller to Comic, and explore the dark side of humanity, often with a twist of absurd reality.