The whimper of whipped dogs.--Along the scenic route.--At the mouse circus.--O ye of little faith.--Neon.--Basilisk.--Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes.--Rock god.--Shattered like a glass goblin.--Delusion for a dragon-slayer.--The face of Helene Bournouw.--Bleeding stones.--On the downhill side.--The place with no name.--Paingod.--Ernest and the machine god.--Corpse.--Adrift just off the islets of Langerhans: latitude 38p0s54' N, longitude 77p0s00' 13" W.--The deathbird.