This book had been awarded a place on the Awesome Indies list of quality independent fiction. A lovely, surprising tale, told with warmth and depth, this surreal short story switches between an ancient world and our modern one. Is the main character an unwilling sacrifice to foreign gods, or a modern woman battling deadly cancer? Who is dreaming who? Through juxtaposing seemingly different life experiences, we find a poignant commonality between the characters as they face death.This intriguing short story is a readers’ favourite from ‘A Matter of Perception,’ a collection of urban fantasy and magical realism stories by Tahlia Newland.