Foreword
by John Burnham Schwartz
Introduction
by Elmer Luke and David Karashima
The Island of Eternal Life
by Yoko Tawada
The Charm
by Kiyoshi Shigematsu
Nightcap
by Yoko Ogawa
God Bless You, 2011
with postscript and original 1993 version
by Hiromi Kawakami
March Yarn
by Mieko Kawakami
Lulu
by Shinji Ishii
One Year Later
by J. D. McClatchy
Grandma’s Bible
by Natsuki Ikezawa
Pieces
by Mitsuyo Kakuta
Sixteen Years Later, in the Same Place
by Hideo Furukawa
The Crows and the Girl
by Brother & Sister Nishioka
Box Story
by Tetsuya Akikawa
Dream from a Fisherman’s Boat
by Barry Yourgrau
Hiyoriyama
by Kazumi Saeki
Ride on Time
by Kazushige Abe
Little Eucalyptus Leaves
by Ryu Murakami
After the Disaster, Before the Disaster
by David Peace