Fifteen stories dealing with boundaries between the sexes, facsimile humans, dreams of the dead, nightmares, and marriage in the future. Stories include: A Mother's Heart; Bits and Pieces; Dead Television; Other Room; Skin Deep; Lizard Lust; Colonization of Edwin Beal; Spirit Cabinet; Jamie's Grave; Riding the Nightmare; Heart's Desire; The Wound; Husbands; A Birthday.