Contents

Mildly Unhappy, with Moments of Joy

You Won’t Believe What Really Happened to the Sabine Women

A Place for Hiding Precious Things

Everyone’s a Winner in Meadow Park

A Short and Slightly Speculative History of Lavoisier’s Wife

We Destroy the Moon

In Which Athena Designs a Video Game with the Express Purpose of Trolling Her Father

Is the Future a Nice Place for Girls

Our Mutual (Theater) Friend

The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines

The Eyes of Saint Lucy

We Were a Storybook Back Then

Rabbit by Rabbit

Through the Looking-Glass

The Noises from the Neighbors Upstairs

Our Geographic History

Death Deserves All Caps

A Wholly New and Novel Act, with Monsters

When the Husband Grew Wings

The Language of the Stars

Mildly Joyful, with Moments of Extraordinary Unhappiness

Tour of the Cities We Have Lost

Acknowledgments