After The Quake: - Stories

: A young woman and an older man bond over beach bonfires. They discuss their shared sense of emptiness and a mutual, metaphorical desire to "die from the cold".

: A man raised to believe he is the son of God follows a stranger he suspects is his biological father through an industrial wasteland. After the quake: stories

: A bitter doctor on vacation is told by a local seer that she has a "stone" inside her body—a metaphor for her deep-seated resentment—that she must remove before she dies. : A young woman and an older man bond over beach bonfires