Poe's fictional detective investigates the death of his creator, and Jesus of Nazareth faces temptation in the desert. A man gains the ability to read his girlfriend's mind after they sleep together. Poetry about Wonderland and schizophrenia. Stories about oceans and deserts and dreamt-of towers in dreamt-of lands. Essays about September 11th, sperm donation, dancing, and getting rejected but remaining deluded about the future.