The invitation / Barry Lopez George and Elizabeth / Ben Marcus Whale fall / Rebecca Giggs Lady Neptune / Ann Beattie Nature morte / Helge Skodvin, with an introduction by Audrey Niffenegger The legacy / Fred Pearce Travesty / Ange Mlinko Upriver / Kathleen Jamie Mouse trails / Noelle Kocot The hand's breadth murders / Adam Nicolson, with photography by Gus Palmer The Middle Ages: approaching the question of a terminal date / David Szalay Come again/woods / Maureen N. McLane To the ocean / Deb Olin Unferth Hunters in the snow / Andrew Motion Fragments / Roger Deakin, with an introduction by Roger Macfarlane