These stories come from different countries, but often show that life has the same problems, the same surprises, the same tears and laughter wherever we are in the world.

Stage 2 (700 headwords). "Stage 2"--Back cover.

The evening train / Shahana Chaudhury -- Complicity / Mary McCluskey -- The luck of four / Nandita Ray -- Chinna and Muthu / Suchitra Karthik Kumar -- With sincere intent / Susan Costello -- The strange child / Anthony C. Diala -- Treason / Preeta Krishna -- The deceivers / Folakemi Emem-Akpan.