Note: Edited by
George R. R. Martin assisted by
Melinda M. Snodgrass. This is a "mosaic novel" built from seven short stories threaded together. The stories, in order of their first appearance in the book, are:
"Bubbles and the Band Trip" by Caroline Spector
"The Secret Life of Rubberband" by Max Gladstone
"Jade Blossom's Brew" by William F. Wu
"Beats, Bugs, and Boys" by Diana Rowland
"Dust and the Darkness" by Victor Milan
"Is Nobody Going to San Antone?" by Walton Simons
"Drop City" by David Anthony Durham
They are threaded in the Tor hc edition as:
| Page | Story | Comment |
| 11 | Texas Hold'Em (title page) | |
| 13 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Prologue |
| 15 | Tuesday (title page) | |
| 17 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 1 |
| 25 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 1 |
| 33 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 2 |
| 39 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 2 |
| 47 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 3 |
| 52 | Jade Blossom's Brew | |
| 83 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 4 |
| 91 | Wednesday (title page) | |
| 93 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 5 |
| 96 | Beats, Bugs, and Boys | Part 1 |
| 106 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 3 |
| 111 | Beats, Bugs, and Boys | Part 2 |
| 119 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 4 |
| 122 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 6 |
| 129 | Beats, Bugs, and Boys | Part 3 |
| 138 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 5 |
| 144 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 7 |
| 148 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 6 |
| 158 | Beats, Bugs, and Boys | Part 4 |
| 185 | Thursday (title page) | |
| 187 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 8 |
| 195 | Dust and the Darkness | Part 1 |
| 213 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 9 |
| 217 | The Secret Life of Rubberband | Part 7 |
| 219 | Dust and the Darkness | Part 2 |
| 234 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 10 |
| 240 | Dust and the Darkness | Part 3 |
| 249 | Is Nobody Going to San Antone? | |
| 287 | Dust and the Darkness | Part 4 |
| 291 | Friday (title page) | |
| 293 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 11 |
| 300 | Drop City | |
| 339 | Saturday (title page) | |
| 341 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 12 |
| 377 | Sunday (title page) | |
| 379 | Bubbles and the Band Trip | Part 13 |
| 383 | end of story | |
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