New Stories--Spider Boy -- The Fish Factory -- The Cousins -- Soft-Core -- The gathering squall -- The lost brother -- In hot may -- High lonesome -- *BD*11 1 87 -- Fat man my love -- Objects in mirror are closer than they appear -- The 1960s -- Upon the sweeping flood -- At the seminary -- In the region of ice -- Where are you going, where have you been? -- How I contemplated the world from the Detroit house of corrections, and began my life over again -- Four summers -- The 1970s -- Small Avalanches -- Concerning the case of Bobbie T. -- The Tryst -- The lady with the pet dog -- The dead -- The 1980s Last Days -- My Warszawa: 1980 -- Our wall -- Raven's wing -- Golden gloves -- Manslaughter -- Nairobi -- The 1990s -- Heat -- The knife -- The hair -- The swimmers -- Will you always love me? -- Life after high school -- Mark of Satan -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments.