Death watch -- End of the line -- Off -- The meeting -- Debbieland -- Motherfucker -- Fruit and words -- Jinx -- I will pick out your ribs (from my teeth) -- Ironhead -- Job's jobs -- Dearth -- The case of the salt and pepper shakers -- The leading man -- Hymn.

"Aimee Bender conjures surreal worlds in which authentic emotion blooms. A woman's children may be potatoes, but the love she feels for them is heartbreakingly real. A boy with keys as fingers is seen not as a freak but as a hero. Bender infuses even inanimate objects with human warmth."--BOOK JACKET.