A cache implies a hidden treasure, although what we find inside is not always what we hope for or expect. Sometimes it's less, sometimes more, sometimes nothing we've ever imagined. The eleven stories and two poems in this collection feature all manner of unusual things found in strange places, an alien ship in a forest hideaway, ghosts inside a computer network, a distraught goddess in a detective's office, a teenage busker on a space station. The treasures are varied as well, from lost genomes and altered memories to alien alliances and self-discovery.Whatever waits to be discovered, these stories suggest that sometimes the search is the important part...