The author of this book Nasser Abuhamda grow up reading all types of books from vels to science fiction and many other types of books. As a kid he grow up in Dear Born, Michigan where he enjoyed many childhood memories and adventures as a kid. Later, coming to New York he had many more experiences growing up in the big city which were very different from the ones he had in the town growing up. From these experiences, the author put into this book the found memories of growing up. Short Stories is a series of stories put together for anyone at any age t only to read along but to choose what he or she might do in a situation. In the book Short Stories, picking the obvious answer isn't always the right answer for in this book it is more of an adventure into choosing what you would do and in doing so, comes the fun of the unkwn. He has written several books. This one, Short Stories being the first to be published is meant to be challenging to any reader who reads along. There are other books available by the author some of which are for all ages and others are adult context.