In an imperceptible way, as if under anaesthesia, these short stories by Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak draw the reader into her intricately woven web of words. Almost from the first sentences we very quickly, begin to establish close intimate contact with the protagonists. We live their lives, accept their fate, become trustees of their secrets and at the end, a painful shock awaits us, a catharsis, caused by the sudden presence of death.