Sand: Omnibus Edition (35 page)

[
1
] Sand that collects in boots.

[
2
] Sand held rigid by a dive suit.

[
3
] Wet sand.

[
4
] Sand collected in clothing or in mouths.

[
5
] Sand trapped in one’s hair.

[
6
] Wet sand packed in the soles of one’s shoes.

[
7
] Fine sand, usually airborne.

[
8
] Sand that enters a home.

[
9
] Sand knocked loose from someone’s exertions.

[
10
] The sand that gathers inside goggles and around the eyes.

[
11
] The sand found in the bottom of any container.

[
12
] The sand that flows across the desert floor, covering objects and filling tracks.

[
13
] Sand stuck to a window.

Table of Contents

Part 1:

1 • The Valley of Dunes

2 • The Belt of the Gods

3 • The Map

4 • The Dig

5 • The Dive

6 • Danvar

7 • A Burial

8 • What Pirates Do

Part 2:

9 • The Brief Hiss of Life

10 • Sissyfoot

11 • A Date?

12 • Father’s Boots

13 • Son of a Whore

14 • Sandtrap

15 • Sins of a Father

16 • The Long Hike

17 • The Bull and the Boy

18 • No Man’s Land

Part 3:

19 • The Prodigal Daughter

20 • A Scrounger’s Trade

21 • Buried Alive

22 • A Fight with Madness

23 • Missing Treasure

24 • A Mad Dash

25 • The Risk of Believing

26 • A Long Way Up

27 • Mother

28 • No Room for Breathing

29 • A Soul’s Weight

30 • Into the Starry Night

31 • A Bounty

32 • Run

33 • Not Happening

34 • That Final Embrace

Part 4:

35 • Oasis

36 • A Note from Father

37 • The Sand-Filled Screams of the Dying

38 • No Place for a Girl

39 • A Rose on the Pillow

40 • Ticking Bombs

41 • A Smuggled Tale

42 • The Letter

43 • The Great Wall

44 • Held Down, Violently

Part 5:

45 • A Quiet Dawn

46 • A Buried People

47 • Not Enough Buckets

48 • A Fortunate Few

49 • Half-Sisters

50 • The Backs of Gods

51 • Waterpump Ridge

52 • A Pillar of Smoke

53 • Father’s Last Rites

54 • Low-Pub

55 • A Deep Discomfort

56 • A Place to Rest

57 • Swinging the Gaze of God

58 • A Rap Upon Heaven’s Gate

Footnotes