Chris Adrian

Opens with the world ending under seven sudden miles of water. The survivors are those caught on a random night in a very unusual children's hospital. Part tales of and by an unlikely hero of a medical student, part mythic narrative as thought by the recording angel responsible for watching and crhonicling events that represent a third covenant of God with the world.

On Midsummer's Eve 2008, three people, each on the run from a failed relationship, become trapped in San Francisco's Buena Vista Park, the secret home of Titania, Oberon, and their court. Titania has set loose an ancient menace, and the chaos that ensues threatens the lives of immortals and mortals alike.

A volume of short works includes tales about a bereaved twin who starts a volatile friendship in pursuit of his dead brother, and a boy who tries to contact his dead father's spirit only to find himself talking to the devil.

Defines the various categories of medications and describes their effects on the body.

A child's book of sickness and death / Chris Adrian -- Hadrian's wall / Jim Shepard -- The woman who sold communion / Kate Braverman -- Civilization / Ryan Boudinot -- The death of Mustango Salvaje / Jessica Anthony -- Executors of important energies / Wells Tower -- Roden disaster in Xinjiang / Joshuah Bearman -- How it floods / Pia Z. Ehrhardt -- The animal kingdom / Jessica Lamb-Shapiro -- The doubtfulness of water / T.C. Boyle -- Convergence : thumb in eye / Lawrence Weschler -- That which I am / Silvia DiPierdomenico -- What it ain't / Susan Straight -- Good monks / Malinda McCollum -- Three pieces of Severance / Robert Olen Butler -- Deep Wells, USA / Chris Bachelder -- Convergence : torso as face / Lawrence Weschler -- Pigs in space / Claire Light -- The people / Lindsay Carleton -- Soul of a whore : act III / Denis Johnson.