Contents
Introduction
An Audience with the Abyss: James Morrow’s Short Fiction vii
GARY K. WOLFE
Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva 1
The Cat’s Pajamas 27
Arms and the Woman 46
The War of the Worldviews 62
Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge 79
Spinoza’s Golem 87
Known But to God and Wilbur Hines 100
Daughter Earth 107
The Vampires of Paradox 124
Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant 147
Lady Witherspoon’s Solution 155
Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole 180
Auspicious Eggs 202
The Iron Shroud 222
Fixing the Abyss 242
The Wisdom of the Skin 261
The Raft of the Titanic 274
Acknowledgments 297
