Each story takes a look at what it takes for a boy to become a man and does so in such different ways. Each story has its own setting, which fits with the story and the point that each author attempts to make without any issues or questions. Each story is truly among itself in the collection, and there is not one bad story in the bunch. This is also a unique feature to Men from Boys. Most collections of short-stories have some stories that do not fit or just do not flow with the rest of the stories. John Harvey has done one of the best jobs that this reviewer has seen in truly editing a collection of short stories.