Introduction / Scott Phillips
Part I: The city. Abandoned places / S.L. Coney
Deserted cities of the heart / Paul D. Marks
Blues for the River City / Colleen J. McElroy
Fool's luck / La Velle Wilkins-Chin
Attrition / Calvin Wilson
Tracks / Jason Makansi
Part II: A poetic interlude. Four St. Louis poems / Michael Castro
Part III: The county. A paler shade of death / Laura Benedict
Have you seen me? / Jedidiah Ayres
A St. Louis Christmas / Umar Lee
The pillbox / Chris Barsanti
The brick wall / Lohn Lutz
Part IV: Across the river. Tell them your name is Barbara / L.J. Smith
One little Goddamn thing / Scott Phillips.