The stories in this collection revolve around the systematic marginalization, targeting, and killing of women for gender-related reasons during Algeria's Black Decade. The stories document and narrate fictional portraits of unknown victims, drawn from newspaper clippings that mentioned scant details about them. By delving into Algeria's history during that period and mining the author's memories, or what is left of them, the stories give voice to women who remained on the margins, perhaps granting them some justice.