Enter the heart of Chris Ward with these tales of loss and sadness ... Clones - years later, a man is haunted by a holiday romance that never happened. Faster Than the Wind - on the sprint track Larry can beat any man but he can't beat the prejudices against him. Lost Soul, Standing by the Port, Brindisi - a haunted man dreams of the only death he hungers for - his own. Once We Were Children - a lonely old man plants one last rice crop in honour of his family. Death Depends - an old man walks to his brother's grave, not knowing that today will be the last time. Chris Ward is the acclaimed author of The Tube Riders Trilogy, The Man Who Built the World and the forthcoming Head of Words. He is from the UK but lives in Japan with his wife and cat.