Valentines is a collection of short stories by Olaf Olafsson.

Each brisk story captures the most candid moments between spouses, family members, and lovers—moments when dangerous feelings surge to the surface and everything changes.

A woman, watching her son and husband from afar, sees something she can never forget.

- Kirkus Reviews [1] "...Utterly compelling…Olafsson’s Nordic realism a la Bergman holds a ghastly fascination."

- Publishers Weekly [2] "Olafsson ... gives us cleanly written stories, eschewing sentimental for a matter-of fact presentation of the shadowy emotional burdens that always lie between the lines."