Because Errantry is a collection of ten short stories, a lot happens in the book. Overall, each story is about seemingly ordinary people, who sometimes turn out to be strange and bizarre. In the short story "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", a man named Emery and his friend Robbie discover that an old friend of theirs, Maggie, is terribly ill with advanced breast cancer. Throughout the story, the two ruminate and reflect on Maggie and their time at the museum where they work. While looking back, Emery and Robbie come across footage of the Bellerephon flight, which crashed unexpectedly on its first flight, so Emery decides to reenact the flight. In the short story "Hungerford Bridge", two friends, Miles and Robbie, meet for lunch to catch up. They both lead busy lives in London, so they don't see each other often. They see something strange and Miles tries to explain it to Robbie, they discuss it, then Miles suddenly gets up and leaves without further explanation, leaving Robbie confused. “Winter's Wife” is told from the point of view of a young man named Justin, who doesn't feel like he belongs where he comes from. He helps Winter build a house for his pregnant wife, Vala, and soon discovers that his neighbor has sold his land and the developer he sold it to is destroying the land around them. This story focuses a lot on nature and how the characters within the story treat the land around them. "Return of the Fire Witch" is tempting from the title alone. It looks amazing, but at the same time scary and dominating. In this story, the character Saloona Morn and the fire witch are trying to get revenge on the new king, who they believe has a vendetta against the... middle of paper... anyway, I'm real as Hand draws inspiration from real people and places he knows. I found the conversations between the characters very real and natural. The descriptive words Hand uses are vivid and different from descriptors used in other books, and really help move the stories forward and help the reader visualize exactly what is happening. In other words, Hand does a great job of setting a scene. As for how Hand ends his stories, he leaves them very open-ended, which allows the reader to use their imagination to imagine what happens next. I actually like it because most stories include endings, which doesn't leave much room for interpretation. By leaving the reader hanging, Hand is able to engage them even more by giving them a say in what happens next. In a way it makes his stories more interactive.