One boy believes it is nine inches across the Atlantic Ocean, another desperately seeks salvation for his beloved grandfather, a Navy Cross recipient refused service in a west Texas bar, a mountain of ashes mixed with bits of bone, a blow up doll, a hungry child, an exotic dancer, a grieving rabi: these are just a few of the characters who seek universal answers to timeless questions in Mind Travels, a collection of stories by B. B. Riefner. One character, Street Norris, discovers that skin color does not matter when a person is saving a life. He learns that some friends are close enough to...