How it begins for you...
You're looking at a computer screen.
How it begins for Axel...
A hot dog with a 10 cent coin hidden inside
Here are some of the other characters' stories...
Amy peeled the jigsaw puzzle off the table and threw it against the wall.
Fax of life
Her breath is hot in your ear.
Itaipu--the story of the Guaraní indians of Brazil
Nick swiped the card in the lock and entered the tower.
Perhaps Jacob could come, too.
Queeny and Jack and the rest of the mob
She knew she shouldn't light the match.
She wished for a candle that would burn for ever.
Some female version of Michael Jackson
Talitha knew the woman was a witch.
Tar-baby
When Nick's first baby tooth came out he didn't sell it to the Tooth Fairy.