Beneath the planet of the compulsives / Eitan Alexander -- Mrs. Lincoln's china / M. Shayne Bell -- Hunters and gathers / Bernard Cooper -- Pasta night / Jameson Currier -- Power / Robert Drake -- Rose City / David Ebershoff -- Whose song? / Thomas Glave -- Deep green, pale purple / Scott Heim -- Term paper artist / David Leavitt -- Virgins and Buddhas / Russell Leong -- Say goodbye to Middletown / William J. Mann -- Documentary artist / Jaime Manrique -- Mystery spot / David A. Newman -- Hair / Andy Quan -- Get a lifestyle / Trevor Renado -- Fruit / Keith Ridgway -- Last innocence of Simeon / Frank Ronan -- Couple kills / David Vernon.