Tales of Pain and Wonder - Contents

Contents

† Not included in the third edition
‡ Appears in the third edition only
  • Introduction: Pain, Wonder, and Caitlin R. Kiernan (Douglas E. Winter)
  • "Anamorphosis"
  • "To This Water (Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1889)"
  • "Bela's Plot"
  • "Tears Seven Times Salt"
  • "Superheroes"
  • "Glass Coffin"
  • "Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun"
  • "Estate"
  • "The Last Child or Lir"
  • "A Story for Edward Gorey"
  • "Paedomorphosis"
  • "Salammbô"
  • "Postcards from the King of Tides"
  • "Rats Live on No Evil Star"
  • "Salmagundi"
  • "In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)"
  • "The Long Hall on the Top Floor"
  • "San Andreas"
  • "Angels You Can See Through" †
  • "Mercury" ‡
  • "Lafayette"
  • "...Between the Gargoyle Trees"
  • "Salammbô Redux" ‡
  • Epilogue: "Zelda Fitzgerald in Ballet Attire"
  • Afterword (Peter Straub)

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