Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Editorial: Bare Bones (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Paula Guran
• 4 • Aftertaste • novelette by John Shirley
• 18 • The Lion and the Cucumber (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Philip Nutman
• 22 • The Happy Language • short story by Ian Grey
• 27 • Camera Obscura (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Ian Grey
• 30 • Close to You • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 33 • Night Song (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by John Everson
• 37 • Remembering What He Was • short story by Yvonne Navarro
• 43 • The Wicked Web (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Andre Scheluchin
• 46 • Suckerbait • short fiction by Stephen Dedman
• 48 • The Unclaimed Zones: An Interview with Poppy Z. Brite • interview of Poppy Z. Brite • interview by Bradley H. Sinor
• 55 • An Excerpt from Exquisite Corpse • short fiction by Poppy Z. Brite
• 59 • Crank & Deceit • short story by Del James
• 65 • A Most Dangerous Game (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Steve Berman
• 66 • Transformation • poem by Carol D. Page
• 67 • Wayne's World • short story by David Niall Wilson
• 71 • Rattling Good Reads (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Alex S. Johnson
• 74 • Chance Meeting • short story by Joseph M. Monks [as by Joseph Monks]
• 77 • Dead Art • short story by Brian A. Hopkins
• 80 • Back Bone: Contributors (Bones of the Children, Fall 1996) • essay by Paula Guran