Artifacts and Other Stories explores the exhilaration, disappointment, and surprises of love and connection. These fourteen short stories portray relationships -- between lovers, spouses, parents and children, and friends. Desire, longing, memory, marriage, betrayal, adultery, loss, and fresh starts dominate lives. Men and women navigate their feelings and domestic struggles, wrestle with the shifting tides of affection, aging, and illness. Past and present weave together, spilling into the futures as these vibrant, deeply human characters face unexpected changes in their lives and in themselves.