Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch -- Open the door and the light pours through -- The dead boy's last poem -- Dreadful young ladies -- The taxidermist's other wife -- Elegy to Gabrielle, patron saint of healers, whores, and righteous thieves -- Notes on the untimely death of Ronia Drake -- The insect and the astronomer: a love story -- The unlicensed magician.