Lysley Tenorio read from his story "Felix Starro," about the Extraction of Negativities. Jennifer Dubois read about chess and fathers from her novel A Partial History of Lost Causes. Barry Willdorf read from his noir 1970s trilogy about an emperilled attorney. Scott Lambridis read a haunting essay about Death. Cyndi Cady read a scene set in Fairfax from her novel-in-progress See Bob Jones Down at Valley Gas & Tow.