A collection of six short stories by Arthur Miller before his death in 2005. "Bulldog" describes a young teenagers surprising first sexual experience, while "Presence" relates a man's encounter with a woman he has just seen making love on a beach. "Beavers" tells a haunting tale of nature, creation, and destruction. In "Performance", a Jewish tap dancer enthralls Hitler. "The bare manuscript" reveals a writer's unusual methods to revive his muse, and, finally, "The turpentine still" presents a portrait of a man examining his legacy.