'He won't reincarnate?'

'He will not. He refuses.'

The gods were baffled. They often cursed free will for being a bane and a blight and would have gladly scrapped it altogether, but their hands were stayed by a mighty catch: without it, there wouldn't be a spark of life to nurture and cherish.

'And she?'

'As vivacious as ever, ' sighed the head of reincarnation with a smile. 'A peach. She'll happily return at the drop of a hat. She never tires of the fun.'

In this collection of stories for adults, Peter Gillies tells tales of kites and dice, soul-mates and saints ...and Satan & God.