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Contents

WELCOME

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

A LATE-SUMMER EVENING

EVIE O’NEILL, ZENITH, OHIO

MEMPHIS CAMPBELL, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY

THE MUSEUM OF THE CREEPY CRAWLIES

IT’S JUST THE BENNINGTON, DEAR

CITY OF DREAMS

PASSING STRANGER

EVIE’S DREAM

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

THE HARLOT ADORNED ON THE SEA

KEEPING AWAY THE GHOSTS

A PLACE IN THE WORLD

THE HEARTS OF MEN

THINGS NOT SAID

OMENS

THE ETERNAL RECURRENCE

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

GRIEF LIKE FEATHERS

A RIND OF MOONLIGHT

AND DEATH SHALL FLEE

FUNNY HOW THINGS WORK OUT

THE GOOD CITIZEN

THE ELEVEN OFFERINGS

Ü BERMENSCH

OPERATION JERICHO

LIFE AND DEATH

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

THE HOTSY TOTSY

BLOOD AND FIRE

RECKONING

GOD IS DEAD

A STAY OF EXECUTION

THE BOGEYMAN

NAUGHTY JOHN

THE WRONG PERSON

A HEAVENLY STAR

RAISING THE DEVIL

A TERRIBLE CHOICE

THE TOMBS

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

THE ANGEL GABRIEL

KNOWLES’ END

PRELUDE

DEATH NO LONGER HAS DOMINION

THE SAME SONG

JUST STORIES

THE NINTH OFFERING

LITTLE BETTY SUE BOWERS

THE ONE WHO WORKS WITH BOTH HANDS

FALSE IDOLS

THE WILD MAN OF BORNEO

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE

A GOODLY HERITAGE

CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE

BRETHREN

LAMENTATION

SERGEANT LEONARD

SOLOMON’S COMET

THE BELLY OF THE BEAST

THE WOMAN CLOTHED IN THE SUN

PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING

THE COMING STORM

PROJECT BUFFALO

THE MAN IN THE STOVEPIPE HAT

SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD

AUTHOR’S NOTE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NEWSLETTERS