At the crossroads of the fantastical and the intimately human lies 'A Guide to Being Born,' a collection of short stories by Ramona Ausubel that navigates the transformative stages of life. Journey through love's beginnings, the marvels of conception, the wonders of gestation, and the profound moment of birth. Witness a teenager's surreal expectancy of bearing animals rather than a human infant, follow the spectral entanglement of a girl and a Civil War spirit, and ponder as love physically alters anatomy, sprouting new limbs with each romantic entwinement. Each narrative is a musing on the extraordinary facets of existence, the bewildering, yet enchanting path of being human, all while exploring the deepest facets of love in its many forms. These eleven tales are not just stories; they are vivid experiences that challenge the boundaries between reality and imagination.