Introduction / Ben Marcus
Sea Oak / George Saunders
Everything ravaged, everything burned / Wells Tower
Do not disturb / A.M. Homes
Gentleman's agreement / Mark Richard
Girl in the flammable skirt / Aimee Bender
Caretaker / Anthony Doerr
I'm slavering / Sam Lipsyte
Old dictionary / Lydia Davis
Father's blessing / Mary Caponegro
Life and work of Alphonse Kauders / Aleksandar Hemon
Paperhanger / William Gay
People shouldn't have to be the ones to tell you / Gary Lutz
Histories of the undead / Kate Braverman
You drive / Christine Schutt
When Mr. Pirzada came to dine / Jhumpa Lahiri
Down the road / Stephen Dixon
All American / Diane Williams
X number of possibilities / Joanna Scott
Two brothers / Brian Evenson
Tiny, smiling daddy / Mary Gaitskill
Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg
Brief interviews with hideous men / David Foster Wallace
Where I work / Ann Cummins
Sound gun / Matthew Derby
Short talks / Anne Carson
Up the Old Goat Road / Dawn Raffel
Scarliotti and the sinkhole / Padgett Powell
Letters to Wendy's / Joe Wenderoth
Field events / Rick Bass.