Cover
Title Page
Introduction By Margaret Atwood
Segue
Various Miracles
Mrs. Turner Cutting the Grass
Accidents
Sailors Lost at Sea
Purple Blooms
Flitting Behavior
Pardon
Words
Poaching
Scenes
Fragility
The Metaphor Is Dead—Pass It On
A Wood (with Anne Giardini)
Love so Fleeting, Love so Fine
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls
Invitations
Taking the Train
Home
The Journal
Salt
Others
The Orange Fish
Chemistry
Hazel
Today Is the Day
Hinterland
Block Out
Collision
Good Manners
Times of Sickness and Health
Family Secrets
Fuel for the Fire
Milk Bread Beer Ice
Dressing Up for the Carnival
A Scarf
Weather
Flatties: Their Various Forms and Uses
Dying for Love
Ilk
Stop!
Mirrors
The Harp
Our Men and Women
Keys
Absence
Windows
Reportage
Edith-Esther
New Music
Soup du Jour
Invention
Death of an Artist
The Next Best Kiss
Eros
Dressing Down
About the Author
From the reviews of Collected Stories:
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