Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (The River Knows Its Own) • essay by Ellen Klages
• 1 • Adagio for Flames and Jealousy • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 15 • Iron Heaven • (2003) • short story by Jay Lake
• 25 • Heading West • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 49 • Hard Times in the State of Nature • short story by Jay Lake
• 53 • The Philosopher Clown • short story by Jay Lake
• 59 • Green Grass Blues • novelette by Jay Lake
• 91 • Tiny Flowers and Rotten Lace • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 103 • Those Boiled Bones • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 109 • Eye Teeth • (2006) • short story by Jay Lake
• 129 • Fading Away • (2007) • short story by Jay Lake
• 135 • Eggs for Dinner • (2005) • short story by Jay Lake
• 153 • The River Knows Its Own • (2004) • novella by Jay Lake
• 207 • Bringing It on Yourself • short story by Jay Lake
• 215 • Of Stone Castles and Vainglorious Time • short story by Jay Lake
• 223 • Partitioned • short story by Jay Lake
• 225 • Hunting Angels • short story by Jay Lake
• 231 • The Algebra of Heaven • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 241 • Hayflick Limit, 12 Miles • short story by Jay Lake
• 243 • The Black Back-Lands • (2006) • short story by Jay Lake
• 247 • Apologizing to the Concrete • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 251 • Changing the Game • short story by Jay Lake