Introduction
Stranger than fiction
Part I
Ring-a-Levio
A spring afternoon in the Meadow, that “Long, loud scream”
by Constance Casey
Sweet Cherry: R.I.P
by Christopher Musella
The ghetto never sleeps, mister policeman
by Robert Leuci
The morgue boys
by Thomas Adcock
Part II
Johnny-on-the-Pony
Fun-time monsters
by Errol Louis
Getting to know Mad Dog
by Robert Knightly
True confessions
by Dennis Hawkins
The body in the doorway
by Patricia Mulcahy
Snapshots
by Tim McLoughlin
No roses for Bubbeh
by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Brooklyn Bogeyman
by C. J. Sullivan
Slaves in Brooklyn
by Kim Sykes
Part IV
Skelsies
The Creamflake kid
by Jess Korman
Mommy wears a wire
by Denise Buffa
Beef kills
by Rosemarie Yu
Sesame Street for grown-ups
by Aileen Gallagher
About the contributors