Contains 18 stories, poems, essays, novel excerpts, and illustrations on the theme of sin.

Sinphony / Martin Matje -- A life of crime / Brock Cole -- Smoke / Joan Bauer -- One size fits all; Portrait of a liar / Nikki Grimes -- Good deed / Emma Donoghue -- The sins of Salem / Marc Aronson -- Leatherstone / David Pabian -- Pages of persecution / Mark Podwal -- What would I have done? / Hazel Rochman -- Blood knot / Tom Feelings -- The silk ball / Terry Davis -- Massage / Sonya Sones -- Gone lonesome / Gary Miller -- Terror / R. Gregory Christie -- The terror class / Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins -- Intrinsic value / Alex Flinn -- Unfortunately magnificent / Chris Lynch -- Museum piece / Ron Koertge.