COVER -- CONTENTS -- THE SERPENT'S TOOTH -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 01 -- CHAPTER 02 -- CHAPTER 03 -- CHAPTER 04 -- CHAPTER 05 -- CHAPTER 06 -- CHAPTER 07 -- CHAPTER 08 -- CHAPTER 09 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- CHAPTER 13 -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- CHAPTER 16 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- CHAPTER 19 -- CHAPTER 20 -- CHAPTER 21 -- CHAPTER 22 -- CHAPTER 23 -- CHAPTER 24 -- CHAPTER 25 -- CHAPTER 26 -- CHAPTER 27 -- CHAPTER 28 -- CHAPTER 29 -- CHAPTER 30 -- CHAPTER 31 -- CHAPTER 32 -- CHAPTER 33 -- EPILOGUE -- THEY DO RETURN ...BUT GENTLY LEAD THEM BACK -- THE OLD MAN IN THE BALCONY -- A BOY NAMED AH MOOI -- THE LEGACY -- THE STORY OF FATHER MONET -- GRANDFATHER'S STORY -- OF MOLES AND BUTTOCKS -- FULL MOON -- THE ANNIVERSARY -- THE EXHUMATION -- OF BLOOD FROM WOMAN -- LEE GEOK CHAN -- TWO MALE CHILDREN -- A SOLDIER STALKS -- THEY DO RETURN ...BUT GENTLY LEAD THEM BACK -- K.C. -- O SINGAPORE: STORIES IN CELEBRATION -- THE MALADY AND THE CURE -- SORRY ...TEMPORARY ABERRATIONS -- KIASUISM:A SOCIO-HISTORICO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE -- IN SEARCH OF (A PLAY) -- GOONALAAN'S BEARD -- A SINGAPORE FAIRY TALE -- THE CONCATENATION -- 'WRITE, RIGHT, RITE' -- OR 'HOW CATHERINE LIMTRIES TO OFFER ONLY THE BEST ON THE ALTAROF GOOD SINGAPORE WRITING' -- THE WOMAN'S BOOK OF SUPERLATIVES -- PROLOGUE: IMAGES -- THE ENEMY -- FOR THE GIFT OFA MAN'S UNDERSTANDING -- BINA -- THE PAPER WOMEN -- THE REST IS BONUS -- THE SONG OF GOLDEN FROND -- THE SOLACE OF GUILT -- THE REVENGE -- THE FEAST OFTHE HUNGRY GHOSTS -- TRANSIT TO HEAVEN -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.