A study in emerald -- The fairy reel -- October in the chair -- The hidden chamber -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire -- The flints of memory lane -- Closing time -- Going wodwo -- Bitter grounds -- Other people -- Keepsakes and treasures -- Good boys deserve favors -- The facts in the case of the departure of miss finch -- Strange little girls -- Harlequin valentine -- Locks -- The problem of susan -- Instructions -- How do you think it feels? -- My life -- Fifteen painted cards from a vampire tarot -- Feeders and eaters -- Diseasemaker's group -- In the end -- Goliath -- Pages from a journal found in a shoebox left in a greybound bus somewhere between tuksam oklahoma ,and louisville, kentucky -- How to talk to girls at parties -- The day the saucers came -- Sunbird -- Inventing aladdin -- The monarch of the glen -- Credits.

A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light.