PART ONE

AN ENCOUNTER IN THE SKY: VANGO AND ETHEL

1. THE CORPSE IN THE BLUE COMET

2. STORMY WEATHER ON THE TRACKS

3. TWO TRAMPS IN THE SKY

4. THE TROUBLE WITH DEER

5. ON THE RIDGE OF A GLACIER

6. LAST WORDS ON DEATH ROW

7. SILVER GHOST

8. A PRINCESS IN EXILE

9. LA BOHÈME

10. A GHOSTLY BEDROOM

11. “THIS NOTEBOOK BELONGS TO LAURA VIAGGI”

PART TWO

12. THE CONSTELLATIONS

13. GUARDIAN ANGELS

14. THE RUINED GARDEN

15. THE CITADEL OF WOMEN

16. BACK TO EVERLAND

17. BLOOD AND HONOR

18. FOUR WORDS IN A TELEGRAM

19. “WRITE TO TELL ME HE’S WELL”

20. THE SMOKING ROOM OF THE HINDENBURG

21. THE WHITE FLAG

22. “WEEP FOR HUMANITY!”

PART THREE

AN ENCOUNTER BY THE SEA: WEEPING WILLOW

STELLA

23. THE CAPITAL OF SILENCE

24. SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST

25. THE LIST

26. BEFORE THE STORM

27. THE SAUCEPANS OF ETERNITY

28. HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER

29. MIDNIGHT

30. BARBARY FIG TREES