Author's note. Introduction. All I need's a fast machine

The widow and the preacher man

The last chance ranch

Don's garage

Laurieland

Julian and Charlene

Hog heaven

The father who wasn't there

House of horrors

Two schools of thought

A death sentence

New York state of mind

The blob and the Bible

California dreamin'

The American dream

A man and his castle

Motherless child

The canyon

The monster within

The fall

A Jamaican seed

The towering Babel

Nothing new under the sun

The visitor

Broad beach memoirs

Learning to fly

Hello, preacher nan! Somebody up there likes me

A test of faith

Knockin' on heaven's door

See you in heaven. Postscript : good news in a bad world.