Dedication
1.: Paint Me As a Dead Soul
2.: Ballad of a Thinner Man
3.: Saint Joan(ah) Redux
4.: Creature → Feature ← Comforts
5.: The World Before Later On
6.: The Lady and the Tiger Go To Hell
7.: Black Ops Alt (#friendlyskies)
8.: In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
9.: Rime of the Super-Sargasso Sea
10.: Monday Evening Kaiju Genderfuck Pas de Deux
11.: Memo to Human Resources (Whistling in the Dark)
12.: Casey’s Last Ride (Cue Ennio Morricone)
13.: Bee of the Bird of the Moth
14.: Strangers When We Meet (High & Dry)
15.: Another Toe in the Ocean
16.: Point Nemo
17.: The Small Print
18.: Exit Music for the Anthropocene
Author’s Note
About the Author
Also by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Copyright Page
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novella are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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Copyright © 2020 by Caitlín R. Kiernan
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Cover design by Christine Foltzer
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