Introduction |
xiii |
1. Tales Told by Starlight |
1 |
2. Van Gogh's Night |
11 |
3. Dreamtime |
21 |
4. The Oldest Question |
31 |
5. Sea Squirts and Space Bugs |
41 |
6. Sex, Sleep, Death |
49 |
7. The Birds ans the Bees |
59 |
8. The Grisly Folk |
69 |
9. The Red Sicknes of Battle |
79 |
10. Seven Williams, Five Alexanders, Six Johns, Ten Vladmirs |
87 |
11. The Cicada's Song |
97 |
12. One Thrips, Two Thrips |
105 |
13. The Bluebird of Happiness |
115 |
14. Revenge of the Yokyoka |
123 |
15. TheAnticipation of Nature |
133 |
16. Down on the Paluxy River |
143 |
17. An Appetitefor Baloney |
153 |
18. Of Dragons and Hippogriffs |
163 |
19. The Ink of Night |
173 |
20. A Measure of Restraint |
183 |
21. The Virgin and the Mousetrap |
193 |