Wrestling with angels : new and collected stories / John J. Clayton.

An old 3 a.m. story -- Bodies like mouths -- Cambridge is sinking -- Part-time father -- Prewar quality -- Fantasy for a Friday afternoon -- Bodies of the rich -- Losers in paradise -- Night talk -- Aaron, personal -- Waiting for Polly Adler -- Light at the end of the tunnel -- Talking to Charlie -- History lessons -- Glory -- Muscles -- Time exposure -- Open-Heart surgery -- Dance to the old words -- The man who could see radiance -- Old friends -- The builder -- The contract -- Adult fiction -- I'm here, you're there -- The company you keep -- Fables of the erotic other -- Blue house -- Vertigo -- Soap opera -- Friends -- Voices -- The promised land.