Acknowledgments
Introduction
Transgression and the strait: politics, passion, and pain
Part I
Lust & Vengeance
The tongue of the flames
by İsmaıl Güzelsoy
Hitching in the lodos
by Feryal Tilmaç
The stepson
by Mehmet Bilâl
An extra body
by Bariş Müstecaplioğlu
Part II
Pushing Limits, Crossing Lines
The smell of fish
by Hıkmet Hükümenoğlu
All quiet
by Jessica Lutz
Around here, somewhere
by Algan Sezgıntüredı
The spirit of Philosophical Vitriol
by Lydia Lunch
Part III
In the Dark Recesses
One among us
by Yasemın Aydinoğlu
Black Palace
by Mustafa Zıyalan
So very familiar
by Behçet Çelık
The Bloody Horn
by İnan Çetın
A woman, any woman
by Tarkan Barlas
Part IV
Grief & Grievances
Ordinary facts
by Riza Kiraç
Burn and go
by Sadik Yemnı
The hand
by Müge İplıkçı
Turkish pronunciation guide & glossary
About the contributors