Editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- The purple jar / Maria Edgeworth -- Frank's resolve / Charlotte Riddell -- Poisson d'Avril / Somerville and Ross -- A bus from Tivoli / Kate O'Brien -- When Miss Coles made the tea / Norah Hoult -- The demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen -- In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- The eldest child / Maeve Brennan -- Winter journey (The apparitions) / Anne Devlin -- The meaning of missing / Evelyn Conlon -- The coast of Wales / Eilis Ni Dhuibhne -- The crossing / Lia Mills -- The cat and the mouse / Christine Dwyer Hickey -- Three stories about love / Anne Enright -- As seen from space / Susan Stairs -- My little pyromaniac / Mary Costello -- Frogs / Molly McCloskey -- A fuss / Bernie McGill -- SOMAT / June Caldwell -- Shut your mouth, Helene / Nuala Ni Chonchuir -- I'll take you there / Niamh Boyce -- Beneath the taps: a testimonial / Anakana Schofield -- Somewhere to be / Siobhan Mannion -- Through the wall / Eimear McBride -- Long distance / Belinda McKeon -- Multitudes / Lucy Caldwell -- Berghain / Lisa McInerney -- Infinite landscapes / Roisin O'Donnell -- Gustavo / E. M. Reapy -- Lane in stay / Eimear Ryan.