It all started with a photograph.

Actually, sixteen. A little girl in a Paris portrait studio in 1944. Two old women at a birthday party. Hanoi in 1954. A man at sea. A boy, his dog, and their regiment. A woman in an evening gown on a cruise during the Great Depression…

Sixteen writers found photographs that they couldn’t stop thinking about. They discovered in those frozen moments mysteries they needed to solve, and what they found was not what they expected.

This book is for anyone who has ever looked at a family photograph and wondered what happened next.

Not Who I Pictured : Sixteen Photos; Sixteen Stories. Order soon on Amazon.

In the meantime, here are previews of those stories.

Image by Ian Wong