The Caribbean

The Caribbean is where the characters in "Creation" are temporarily stranded. The unnamed island is near Barbados, where they would like to go next.

Space

Space is where the two astronauts are in "Human Moments in World War III." They spend much of their time in the capsule looking at Earth as they orbit it.

The Park

The park in "The Runner" is an inner-city park that contains a pond. The runner does laps around the pond throughout most of the story, as the kidnapping of a child unfolds on a grassy part of the park.

Athens

Athens, the main metropolis in Greece, is where Kyle lives in "The Ivory Acrobat." She and Edmund walk its streets together, and she also stands on the streets with crowds in the aftermaths of two earthquakes.

Earthquakes

The earthquakes in "The Ivory Acrobat" symbolize the potentially transformative power of...