Professor Nim's Possibility Collapser, and other stories

The elusive 'perfect start' to one's day...An eccentric professor's machine that is reputed to accelerate the accomplishing of one's goals...A kaleidoscope with images of its owner's past lives...A maddening, labyrinthine search for your king...A grade school student questions the existence of his peer...A spa for the recently deceased...A mother of a family who is determined to retrain herself to dream...These and other stories are collected here in Steven Muir's mind-bending literary debut.