Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Foreword (The Exploded Heart) • essay by Bruce Sterling
• 11 • What He Wanted • (1975) • novelette by John Shirley
• 53 • Tricentennial • (1976) • short story by John Shirley
• 65 • Shadow of a Snowstorm • (1977) • novelette by John Shirley
• 91 • Cold Feet • (1974) • short story by John Shirley
• 97 • Fragments of an Exploded Heart • novelette by John Shirley
• 119 • Seams • (1982) • poem by John Shirley
• 129 • Parakeet • (1987) • novelette by John Shirley
• 155 • The Incorporated • (1985) • short story by John Shirley
• 177 • When Enter Came • (1990) • short story by John Shirley
• 197 • The Prince • (1991) • novelette by John Shirley
• 225 • V, H, and You • (1991) • short story by John Shirley
• 239 • Where It's Safe • (1992) • short story by John Shirley
• 261 • A Walk Through Beirut • (1991) • novelette by John Shirley
• 291 • Epilogue • short story by John Shirley
• 299 • Aftermath • essay by John Shirley
• 300 • You're the Reason • poem by John Shirley
• 301 • Found You in the Dark • poem by John Shirley
• 302 • (lyric fragment) • poem by John Shirley
• 303 • I'd Like to See You in Black • poem by John Shirley
• 304 • NIghtmare Epiphany • poem by John Shirley
• 308 • The Horsemen Arrive • poem by John Shirley