Foreword by John Burnham Schwartz -- Introduction by David Karashima and Elmer Luke -- The island of eternal life by Yoko Tawada -- The charm by Kiyoshi Shigematsu -- Nightcap by Yoko Ogawa -- God bless you, 2011 by Hiromi Kawakami -- March yarn by Mieko Kawakami -- Lulu by Shinji Ishii -- One year later by J. D. McClatchy -- Grandma's bible by Natsuki Ikezawa -- Pieces by Mitsuyo Kakuta -- Sixteen years later, in the same place by Hideo Furukawa -- The crows and the girl by Brother & Sister Nishioka -- Box story by Tetsuya Akikawa -- Dream from a fisherman's boat by Barry Yourgrau -- Hiyoriyama by Kazumi Saeki -- Ride on time by Kazushige Abe -- Little eucalyptus leaves by Ryu Murakami -- After the disaster, before the disaster by David Peace.