Download or read book Mammoth Books presents Cold to the Touch written by Simon Strantzas and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories often find their origins in unexpected ways," Strantzas reveals. "I was inspired in this case by a photograph of a Zen garden I once used as my computer's desktop background. After staring at it day-in and day-out while I worked, I began to wonder about that dark circle of rocks and just what its true purpose might be. "There was something there in the coldness of the photograph, something that brought to mind the barren vistas of the Canadian Arctic, which ended up being the perfect setting for my tale of tested faith.