Two young men and a girl go scavenging for fossils--but find something entirely different instead. A girl inherits a baby from the estate of her older sister. An apparently aimless young man turns out to have surprising powers.

How Loveta got her baby --Squid -- Mistaken point -- Shuffle -- How Eunice got her baby -- Strait -- Scenario 2 a.m. -- Fog -- Telescope -- The housepainters -- Otto Bond -- Sculpin -- Rickshaw -- The alchemists -- How it was for them -- Summer -- Pivot -- How Kiziah got her baby -- The steamer -- Clothespin -- The eye -- Burin -- Rigor mortis -- The earlier misfortunes of Justin Peach -- Breathing like that.