Inside Writers Mind Journalism Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Ordinary People
1	Always Right at Home	3
2	Busy Signal	11
3	Bizarre Slaying Stumps San Francisco Police	23
4	Couple's First Cruise: "It's Turning into a Fellini Movie"	29
5	Dr. Fart Speaks	37
6	Death of an American Dream	45
7	Name-droppers Alter Ill-suited Identities	61
8	Portrait of a Rapist	69
9	The Little Man	75
	Extraordinary People
10	Doc of Ages	95
11	The Joy of Dr. Ruth	103
12	Gothic Revival	111
13	Kings of the Mat	119
14	San Francisco's Worst Kept Secret	131
15	The Big Chill	147
16	Yugoslav Prince Covets a Crown	157
17	Eviction Brings Mountain Man Down	163
18	Sneaking Scripture into the Spotlight	169
	Extraordinary Circumstances
19	18 Years on a Long, Boozy Road	181
20	Streets of San Francisco Teem with Teen Runaways	191
21	For Melissa's Sake	199
22	The Man with a Hex	215
23	Man's Fate Hinges on Testimony of Daughter, 3; Confused Portrait Emerges of Suspect Freed in Wife's Death	227
	Ordinary Circumstances
24	A Cannery Connection	241
25	Mikey's Close Call	247
26	I Shall Return, Scout's Honor	253
27	Slang Leads to Miscues	261
28	The Dog's Hour	265
29	What's That in Your Mouth?	271
30	Yo!	275