"All God's Children Dance") is a collection of six short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, written between 1999 and 2000.

First published in Japan in 2000, it was released in English as after the quake in 2002 (translator Jay Rubin notes that Murakami "insisted" the title "should be all lower-case").

Along with Underground, a collection of interviews and essays about the 1995 Tokyo gas attacks, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, a complex exploration of Japan's modern history, after the quake represents part of an effort on the part of Murakami to adopt a more purposeful exploration of the Japanese national conscience.

"[2] Komura, an early-thirties salesman living in Tokyo, comes home from work five days after the quake to find that his wife of five years has left him.

After a slight confusion regarding Keiko thinking that his wife has died rather than left him, they go to a noodle house for a meal.

When she returns to the room, the two try to have intercourse but Komura is unable to commit himself, mentioning earlier that he does not find interest in anyone other than his wife.

Junko, a runaway, and Keisuke, surfer and rock music enthusiast, share a place in a small seaside town in the Ibaraki Prefecture.

One day right before midnight, they receive a call from mid-forty-year-old Miyake asking if they want to come to the beach to light a bonfire together; they go to join him.

Junko also thinks about Jack London's "To Build a Fire" and her contrarian interpretation of how the man fundamentally longs for death.

That evening, while transferring between subway lines to get home, he sees a man in his mid-fifties who has a missing earlobe and decides to follow him surreptitiously.

The man gets out at a remote location full of walls and barbed wire and walks away; Yoshiya follows him.

In that moment, Yoshiya wanted to confess to Mr. Tabata that he has incestuous feelings for his mother, but decided to hold back out of respect for his guide.

Afterwards, Frog’s skin bursts and bug like creatures begins to eat Katagiri alive; he wakes up to learn that the horrifying experience is a dream.

After she falls asleep, he talks with Sala's mother Sayoko in the kitchen about taking the girl to the Ueno Zoo.

His parents also discover that he lied to them about studying business and they disown him; nonetheless his literary careers shows promise.

Two years later, the quake occurs while Junpei is in Barcelona but he returns to Tokyo as soon as possible; he does not, however, reach out to his parents who live near Kobe.

Takatsuki is unable to join the three on their trip to the zoo due to him securing an interview in Okinawa at the last minute.

Nonetheless, the three go and when Sala sees a bear, Junpei tells her a story about how it is Tonkichi, Masakichi's friend who catches salmon.

They then proceed to have intercourse on the living room couch and Junpei continually holds back on ejaculation, not wanting the moment to end.

[5] The single 88 minute episode covered four of the six stories from the book: UFO in Kushiro, Thailand, Super-Frog Saves Tokyo and Honey Pie.