I. In which a cult leader does his thing. A bad idea gets its start. A sighting, a fat suit, the blues. In which no one is happy but everyone tries
II. In which the Lynne Five-0 creeps her team out. In which stories begin to assert themselves like pebbles thrown up from the sea. Cloud seeding, speed dating, clogs. The language of back then. A joust
III. In which a cult leader makes a tape. In which an ex-wife gets her chance. Like honeybees to the hive, Hostage Rescue to the Helix House
IV. In which fathers do what they think is best. Betrayal, betrayal. In which: My darling little girl
V. In which some women bat their eyes, others sit down and write. Guided by voices. The inconsolable child
VI. In which: A masquerade down the coast of North Korea. The missing on our lips. Order in the House. Tedium
VII. In which: Four short stories after Kim Jong-il’s On the Art of Cinema. In which stories are not so much similar as empathic. A city under a city. Labia, gambling. The USS Pueblo. In which: Run, run, run for your lives
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