As the author notes, “strange things don’t only happen when you sleep. They happen in daylight, on the crowded streets of a big city, and people who at first seemed quite innocent behave as if possessed by the devil.” All the characters in Fowler's stories, from housewives to students and bank clerks, find themselves in incredibly strange situations that cause nothing but unimaginable anxiety, destroy their measured existence and lead to unpredictable consequences.