Introduction / Geraldine Brooks --
Ceiling / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie --
Housewifely arts / Megan Mayhew Bergman --
A bridge under water / Tom Bissell --
Out of body / Jennifer Egan --
Free fruit for young widows / Nathan Englander --
La vita nuova / Allegra Goodman --
Gurov in Manhattan / Ehud Havazelet --
The sleep / Caitlin Horrocks --
Soldier of fortune / Bret Anthony Johnston --
Foster / Claire Keegan --
The dungeon master / Sam Lipsyte --
Peter Torrelli, falling apart / Rebecca Makkai --
Property / Elizabeth McCracken --
Phantoms / Steven Millhauser --
Dog bites / Ricardo Nuila --
ID / Joyce Carol Oates --
To the measures fall / Richard Powers --
The call of blood / Jess Row --
Escape from Spiderhead / George Saunders --
The hare's mask / Mark Slouka.
