TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction
PART I: AMONGST THE VENETIANS
MATTEO RIGHETTO	Cannaregio
Cloudy Water
FRANCESCO FERRACIN	Calcavia
The Comedy Is Over
BARBARA BARALDI	Mestre
Commissario Clelia Vinci
FRANCESCA MAZZUCATO	Ghetto Vecchio
Little Sister
PART II: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI	Lido
Lido Winter
MICHELLE LOVRIC	Santo Stefano
Pantegana
ISABELLA SANTACROCE	Piazza San Marco
Desdemona Undicesima
PART III: TOURISTS & OTHER TROUBLED FOLK
PETER JAMES	Canal Grande
Venice Aphrodisiac
EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL	Ponte dei Sospiri
Drifter
TONY CARTANO	Calle Larga XXII Marzo
Rendezvous
MIKE HODGES	Palazzo Ducale
Signor Gauke’s Tongue
PART IV: AN IMPERFECT PRESENT
MARIA TRONCA	Santa Maria Formosa
Tourists for Supper
MICHAEL GREGORIO	Porto Marghera
Laguna Blues
MARY HOFFMAN	Rialto Bridge
A Closed Book
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