INTRODUCTION
Tales of Two Cities
MAI-NU’S WINDOW
by David Housewright
Frogtown (St. Paul)
IN MY EYES
by Bruce Rubenstein
North End (St. Paul)
NOIR NEIGE
by K.J. Erickson
Near North (Minneapolis)
BUMS
by William Kent Krueger
West Side (St. Paul)
BLIND SIDED
by Ellen Hart
Uptown (Minneapolis)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
by Brad Zellar
Columbia Heights (Minneapolis)
TAKING THE BULLETS OUT
by Mary Sharratt
Cedar-Riverside (Minneapolis)
THE GUY
by Pete Hautman
Linden Hills (Minneapolis)
THE BREWER’S SON
by Larry Millett
West 7th-Fort Road (St. Paul)
LOOPHOLE
by Quinton Skinner
Downtown (Minneapolis)
HI, I’M GOD
by Steve Thayer
Duluth (Up North)
The Tempest
The Wave
25 Years Later
The Investigation
The Reunion
EMINENT DOMAIN
by Judith Guest
Edina (Minneapolis)
BLASTED
by Mary Logue
Kenwood (Minneapolis)
IF YOU HARM US
by Gary Bush
Summit-University (St. Paul)
CHILI DOG
by Chris Everheart
Downtown (St. Paul)
Acknowledgments
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