Our Lady of the Sauropods -- Waiting for the earthquake -- Regulars -- Far side of the bell-shaped curve -- A thousand paces along the Via Dolorosa -- How they pass the time in Pelpel -- Palace at midnight -- Man who floated in time -- Gianni -- Pope of the chimps -- Thesme and the Ghayrog -- At the Conglomeroid cocktail party -- Trouble with Sempoanga -- Jennifer's lover -- Not our brother -- Gate of horn, gate of ivory -- Dancers in the time-flux -- Needle in a timestack -- Amanda and the alien -- Snake and ocean, ocean and snake -- Changeling -- Basileus -- Homefaring.