The Desert

Calders offers three fables of speculative fiction, one that tells the story of a bereaved man who finds that he is clutching his life in his right hand and to open it is to let his life vanish, as well as the tale that tells of a man traveling back home to his wife amidst the desert and wishes that his house would materialize in front of him, which it does, sparking a ripple effect of disbelief and confusion that asks the man to ponder his own true nature. The last tale is that of a cold blooded murderer who is visited by Conscience and implored to spare his victim. All of these stories push and challenge the boundaries of our understanding of human nature and free will.