Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Epigraph -- A Hot Night in Late July -- The Pin-Pen Switch -- Torch Song -- Seven Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life -- Niagara Falls -- El Chupacabra -- The Girls -- The Sylvia Plath Effect -- The Gaslight Diner -- The Proposal -- Dawn Patrol -- Pure Imagination -- Channel Georgia -- New Territory -- The Worst Movie I Ever Saw -- Last Days -- How to Get Over It -- Signs -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Works Consulted -- Resources -- About the Author.