Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (The Arbitrary Placement Of Walls) • (1997) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• xiii • Foreword (The Arbitrary Placement of Walls) • (1997) • essay by Martha Soukup
• 1 • Dress Rehearsal • (1986) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 11 • Living in the Jungle • (1987) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 23 • The Big Wish • (1988) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 35 • Having Keith • (1988) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 47 • Over the Long Haul • (1990) • novelette by Martha Soukup
• 69 • Dog's Life • (1991) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 80 • The Arbitrary Placement of Walls • (1992) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 94 • Things Not Seen • (1992) • novelette by Martha Soukup
• 116 • The Story So Far • (1993) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 132 • The Spinner • (1994) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 140 • Good Girl, Bad Dog • (1994) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 146 • Absent Friends • (1993) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 157 • A Defense of the Social Contracts • (1993) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 173 • Jones and the Stray • (1995) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 183 • Fetish • (1996) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 189 • Alita in the Air • (1996) • short story by Martha Soukup
• 200 • To Destroy Rats • (1996) • short story by Martha Soukup