i. Overture:
An Ocean of Quiet Sounds

In which we learn about the Ocean of Quiet Sounds, meet some villagers and try to hear the last transmission of the ‘Midnight Mallard’.

ii. The Wanton Heart of a Sparrow

In which Dorothy attends the Midwinter ceilidh, falls in love and has an unsettling vision.

iii. Interlude: The Guest (after Schubert)

In which a sexy meal is planned by the lubricious widow Smallbones, but Dorothy cannot hide her misgivings.

iv. My Sky Kaleidoscope

In which Sailor leaves Charlotte asleep on the shore and follows a voice out to sea.

“Let us sing the white waves to sleep…”

v. The Letter or Under Dog Shit Alley

In which Joseph Snorquel loses his footing and finds madness in the catacombs under Dog Shit Alley.

vi. A Message from Prof. Wolff

In which Professor Wolff explains his ‘Retr-O-Phone’ and we hear the Fanfare from Uranus.

vii. The Molecatcher's Fit

In which Ferneyclough becomes a hermit, joins an insect commune, discovers the Cave of Voices and does something very bad.

viii. A Fog

In which Dorothy is bitten and has her revenge.

ix. A Drowned Cathedral

In which Sailor becomes shipwrecked on an island full of noises.

x. Grandmama’s Pianola Music

In which Joseph Snorquel joins a music therapy class and goes on the run.

xi. Interlewd: “I Wish I Had a Fish”

In which Mama Smallbones sings an exotic song, accompanied by Pianola and drums kit.

xii. Dorothy in the Dark

In which Dorothy discovers the Cave of Voices and fights to stay awake.

xiii. The Listening Machine

In which Joseph Snorquel looks for professor Wolff and finds himself embroiled in a noisy battle with some local mudmen. All soiled.

xiv. Epilogue/Inconclusion

In which Dorothy meets an old acquaintance and makes an unsavoury alliance.