Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Introduction: Stories That Hurt So Good • essay by Ann VanderMeer
• The Hanging Game • (2013) • short story by Helen Marshall
• Secondhand Magic • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• I'm the Lady of Good Times, She Said • (2013) • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• Lessons in the Raising of Household Objects • (2013) • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• All My Love, a Fishhook • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• In the Year of Omens • (2014) • short story by Helen Marshall
• The Santa Claus Parade • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• The Zhanell Adler Brass Spyglass • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• Death and the Girl from Pi Delta Zeta • (2014) • short story by Helen Marshall
• Crossroads and Gateways • (2014) • short story by Helen Marshall
• Ship House • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• A Brief History of Science Fiction • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• Supply Limited, Act Now • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• We Ruin the Sky • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• In the Moonlight, the Skin of You • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• The Gallery of the Eliminated • short fiction by Helen Marshall
• The Slipway Grey • (2013) • short story by Helen Marshall
•  Gifts for the One Who Comes After • interior artwork by Chris Roberts