CONTENTS

A Note on the Places in this Book

I. ANIMALS

Leviathan

The Wire Mother

The Ghost of Laika Encounters a Satellite

II. CHILDREN

No Little Bobos

The Playground

Those Almost Perfect Hands

Jude & the Moonman

Dominic & Dominic

III. INSTEAD OF HUMAN

There’s No Relief as Wondrous as Seeing Yourself Intact

Pet

Zombie Sister

Beautiful Curse

IV. THE AGE OF BLIGHT

Day of the Builders

The Quarantine Tank

The First Ocean

History of the World

Acknowledgements