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The Wasp 3 Charango 4 Empire of the Dandelion 5 Migrants 6 Bittern 7 Exit 8 Tehran 9 Sacrifice 10 escape? 11 Ablation 12 The Song of the Reed 13 Persepolis 14 Bearings 15 Pitseolak 16 Pearl Diver 17 The Whalebone House 18 On the Strandline 19 Mermaid 20 Kamasutra (the subsidiary arts) 21 Serenade 22 Reincarnation 23 The Rat Man 24 Appetite 25 Crustacea 26 Octopi 27 Polipo 28 Half-lives 29 Spirit Grounds 30 Spirit Grounds II 31 Amarylis 32 Now at last 33