Preface -- My sister's brother -- Skinburn -- Alley man -- Father's in the basement -- Toward the beloved city -- Polytropical paramyths -- Don't wash the carats -- Sumerian oath -- Only who can make a tree? -- Last rise of Nick Adams -- Freshman -- Uproar in Acheron -- Exclusive interview with Lord Greystoke -- Sexual implications of the charge of the light brigade -- Obscure life and hard times of Kilgore Trout -- Thanks for the feast / Leslie Fiedler -- Notes on Jose Philip Farmer.