Canvas & Sunrise — Gerard F. Dunn

This book contains a collection of short stories in this order: CanvasA young portrait painter discovers the secret of his new studio. AfterglowCarey a grad student with a useless boyfriend, has unknowingly become the target of an old Celtic Crone. She leans on her close friends who don't have her best interests in mind. Level GroundA lazy soldier trying to get by with the least amount of responsibility and work. These traits lead him down a path not even his platoon sergeant could have seen. SunriseYou wake up in a tropical paradise. The sun is bright the beach is clean, and the water looks perfect. Everything is too perfect; that is the problem.