Sixteen short stories explore violence, loss, and grief with tales about a librarian amputee who attracts a married man and a young girl in love with her incarcerated cousin.

Pumpkin-head -- The Story of the stabbing -- Babysitter -- Bonobo momma -- Bitch -- Amputee -- The Beating -- Bounty hunter -- The Barter -- Honor code -- Probate -- Donor organs -- Death certificate -- Uranus -- Lost daddy -- Sourland.