Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (Desire Burn) • essay by Janet Berliner
• 3 • Castoff • (1985) • short story by Janet Berliner
• 6 • The Arbitrary Placement of Walls • (1992) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 22 • Having Keith • (1988) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 35 • The Other Woman • (1991) • short story by Lois Tilton
• 42 • Woodworker • short story by Nancy Kilpatrick
• 49 • Near-Flesh • (1991) • short story by Katherine Dunn
• 63 • Letter, Lover • (1992) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• 68 • Do I Dare to Ask Your Name? • (1989) • short story by Esther M. Friesner
• 76 • Remnants • (1994) • short story by Deidra Cox
• 83 • Patent Pending • short story by Janet Berliner [as by Jan Barrette]
• 93 • The Lonely Heart • (1993) • short story by Dawn Dunn
• 102 • The Sixth Sentinel • (1993) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• 119 • The Banks of the River • short story by Marina Fitch
• 135 • Wife of Fifty Years • short story by Melanie Tem
• 142 • Windowsitting • (1994) • novelette by Lucy Taylor
• 162 • Felicitas • short story by Lisa Mason
• 181 • Johnny Canada • short story by T. Diane Slatton
• 193 • Mime Games • short story by P. D. Cacek
• 203 • The Midwife • short story by Cynthia Ward
• 216 • Heat • short story by Nancy Holder
• 225 • Salon Satin • (1991) • short story by Carolyn Banks
• 233 • A Touch of the Old Lilith • (1990) • novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 254 • About the Authors (Desire Burn: Women's Stories from the Dark Side of Passion) • essay by uncredited