TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

PART I: GONE SOUTH

THOMAS P. HOPP                               Duwamish

Blood Tide

BHARTI KIRCHNER                            Wallingford

Promised Tulips

STEPHAN MAGCOSTA                        Ballard

Golden Gardens

ROBERT LOPRESTI                             Fremont

The Center of the Universe

PART II: WHAT COMES AROUND

KATHLEEN ALCALÁ                            Central District

Blue Sunday

SIMON WOOD                                     Downtown

The Taskmasters

PATRICIA HARRINGTON                    Capitol Hill

What Price Retribution?

PART III: LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD

CURT COLBERT                                    Belltown

Till Death Do Us …

PAUL S. PIPER                                        Leschi

The Best View in Town

R. BARRI FLOWERS                               South Lake Union

The Wrong End of a Gun

PART IV: TO THE LIMITS

BRIAN THORNTON                               Chinatown

Paper Son

SKYE MOODY                                         Magnolia

The Magnolia Bluff

LOU KEMP                                              Waterfront

Sherlock’s Opera

G.M. FORD                                              Pioneer Square

Food for Thought

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