CONTENTS

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. DEAD TOWN
  6. 001: The Biologists
  7. 002: The Cavalry
  8. 003: Deads Town
  9. 004: The Rogue
  10. 005: The Visitation
  11. 006: The Generator
  12. 007: The Mysteries
  13. 008: Night Visitors
  14. 009: Horde
  15. 010: Escalation
  16. 011: The Killings
  17. 012: Dead Meadow
  18. 013: Shudder Bang
  19. THE FALSE DAUGHTER
  20. Immolation
  21. 000: Gnitsohg Eht
  22. 00A = πr2: Gnitnuah Eht
  23. 00N: 301356.7048Elixe893746.2036Eht
  24. Initiation
  25. 003: Burning Files
  26. 004: The Unwanted Gift
  27. 005: Pillars of Salt
  28. 006: Smashing the Keys
  29. 007: The House Centipede Incident
  30. 008: Distance Messaging
  31. 009: Punks in the Gaslight
  32. 010: A Phantom’s Flaming Breath
  33. Integration
  34. 011: The Patriot
  35. 012: Old Decomp
  36. 013: Separating the Ingredients
  37. 014: Every Sorrow
  38. 015: The Monkey’s Paw
  39. Dissolution
  40. 016: Water Lives Here
  41. 017: Nothing Tracks
  42. 018: The Dead
  43. 019: Failure to Deal
  44. 020: Endless Night
  45. Immersion
  46. 021: Stacking the Chairs
  47. 022: Veterans of the Psychic Wars
  48. 023: The Night Commander
  49. 024: The Terror
  50. 025: No God Here on Earth
  51. 026: The Sound and the Signal
  52. THE FIRST AND THE LAST
  53. 1=fuck That Chicken
  54. Love and Glory Holes
  55. Fuckling Pickle Jars
  56. Haunted Brass
  57. Scroll Call
  58. No Reason Titty
  59. The Off Switch
  60. Reverse Puffer Fish
  61. Nekcihc Eht
  62. Kcuffuck
  63. 2=jack-Off Lighthouse
  64. Some of Us Will Be Queens
  65. Calorie Counts
  66. Jack-in-the-Box
  67. Haunted Walkie-Talkie Twhut Fest
  68. Slinky-Dinky Pinky-Winky
  69. Beach of Boners, Death Destroyer
  70. 3=the Dead Towns
  71. Not Enough Fucked-Up Stuff in Barrels
  72. Molt Revolt
  73. Tyrant to King’s Dread
  74. Hoarse Tongues
  75. Village Dump
  76. Two Men in a Fucking Boat Thing
  77. Third Skin
  78. Acknowledgments
  79. Special Thanks
  80. Also by Jeff Vandermeer
  81. A Note About the Author
  82. Copyright