Contents: Halloween memory—Where flies are born—People who love life—Damned if you do—The party—Becoming men—Something terrible is always happening—The cabinet-maker's wife—Fries with that? — The machinery of night — 265 and heaven—Mrs. Freely—Ice palace—The five—Freshmen survey English lit Beowulf to Jonathan Swift—White Chapel—Subway turnstile—I am infinite; I contain multitudes—The Joss house—Martha—Underworld—Medea—The hurting season—The fruit of her womb—The ripening sweetness of late afternoon—The mysteries of Paris—The skin of the world—Why my doll is evil—Piercing men—Only connect—The Little Mermaid—The night before Alec got married—O, rare and most exquisite—The virgin of the rocks—The rendering man—Chosen—The dark game—The words—Purity.