[The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof

Contains:

The mysterious stranger
A horse's tale
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven
A fable
My platonic sweetheart
Hunting the deceitful turkey
The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.