Part I: Their bodies, our selves. One of these nights / Livia Llewellyn -- A history of the world in five objects / S.J. Rozan -- The hunger / Lisa Lim -- Too many lunatics / Lucy Taylor -- Please translate / Edwidge Danticat -- Part II: A doom of one's own. The boy without a bike / Jennifer Morales -- An early specimen / Elizabeth McCracken -- OBF, Inc. / Bernice L. McFadden -- Firetown / Aimee Bender -- Thief / Steph Cha -- Part III: Manslaying. Impala / S.A. Solomon -- Mothers, we dream / Cassandra Khaw -- Il Grifone / Valerie Martin -- Miss Martin / Sheila Kohler -- Six poems / Margaret Atwood -- Assassin / Joyce Carol Oates.