"Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones.
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Rick Bass's 'Fires'
performed by Ted Marcoux
In the Rockies, a woman sets fire to a parched field to take the plunge into the pool of love.
- Padgett Powell's 'The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping'
performed by Christina Pickles
An eccentric southern dame cleans up her act and finds love.
- Laurie Colwin's 'The Lone Pilgrim'
performed by Hope Davis
A New York artist longs for love and marital domesticity.
- E. Nesbit's 'Melisande'
performed by Jane Curtin
A delicious fairy tale about a princess with a terrible curse.
- Edna O'Brien's 'Violets'
performed by Fionnula Flanagan
A subtle portrait of a woman caught in an impossible affair.
- Maile Meloy's 'Travis, B.'
performed by William Hurt
A Western love story between a lonesome cowboy and a city gal."
