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• xi • Introduction (Brighten to Incandescence) • essay by Lucius Shepard
• 3 • Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds • (1991) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 19 • The Unexpected Visit of a Reanimated Englishwoman • (1996) • essay by Michael Bishop (variant of Mary Shelley's Stories and The Unexpected Visit of a Reanimated Englishwoman)
• 32 • Chihuahua Flats • (1995) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 46 • With a Little Help from Her Friends • (1984) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 68 • "We're All in This Alone" • (2002) • short story by Michael Bishop and Paul Di Filippo
• 89 • Sequel on Skorpiós • (1998) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 93 • Murder on Lupozny Station • (1981) • novelette by Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page
• 134 • A Tapestry of Little Murders • (1971) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 145 • O Happy Day • (1981) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 156 • Herding with the Hadrosaurs • (1992) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 172 • The Tigers of Hysteria Feed Only on Themselves • (1974) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 186 • Tithes of Mint and Rue • (1999) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 201 • Of Crystalline Labyrinths and the New Creation • (1980) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 216 • Simply Indispensable • (1995) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 249 • Last Night Out • non-genre • short story by Michael Bishop
• 253 • The Procedure • (1996) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 268 • Help Me, Rondo • (2002) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 284 • A Lingering Incandescence: Notes About the Stories • (2003) • essay by Michael Bishop (variant of A Lingering Incandescence)