Foreword
by Tom Robbins
Introduction
Negotiating the James
Part I
Nevermore
The Rose Red Vial
by Pir Rothenberg
Homework
by David L. Robbins
Gaia
by Mina Beverly
Texas Beach
by Dennis Danvers
Part II
Numbers
The Battle of Belle Isle
by Clay McLeod Chapman
A Late-Night Fishing Trip
by X. C. Atkins
The Heart Is a Strange Muscle
by Laura Browder
The Fall Lines
by Dean King
Part III
Neurosis
Playing With Dablonde
by Tom de Haven
Midnight at the Oasis
by Anne Thomas Soffee
Untitled
by Meagan J. Saunders
Marco’s Broken English
by Conrad Ashley Persons
Part IV
Nonsuch
The Thirteenth Floor
by Howard Owen
Mr. Not
by Hermine Pinson
The Aprentice
by Clint McCown
Editors’ acknowledgments
About the contributors
