“Truth” copyright © 1985 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in North Dakota Review, Summer 1985.
“How I Got My Nickname” copyright © 1988 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Spitball No. 26.
“The Night Manny Mota Tied the Record” copyright © 1984 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Anthology Anthology: A Selection from 30 Years of CBC’s “Anthology,” edited by Robert Weaver (Nelson Thomson Learning: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada).
“First Names and Empty Pockets” copyright © 1980 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Descant XXIX, Vol. 11, No. 3.
“Searching for January” copyright © 1988 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Baseball History 3, edited by Peter Levine (Meckler Publishing: Westport, Connecticut).
“Lieberman in Love” copyright © 1987 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Red Wolf, Red Wolf (Collins Publishers: Ontario, Canada).
“The Grecian Urn” copyright © 1978. Appeared in The Malahat Review No. 46, Summer 1978.
“The Fog” copyright © 1986 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in NeWest Review, Vol. 11, No. 9.
“Beef ” copyright © 1986 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Fencepost Chronicles (HarperPerennial: Toronto, Canada).
“Distances” copyright © 1986, 1988 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Sport Magazine and The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (Houghton Mifflin: Boston).
“How Manny Embarquadero Overcame and Began His Climb to the Major Leagues” copyright © 1991 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Baseball History 4, edited by Peter Levine (Meckler Publishing: Westport, Connecticut).
“The Indian Nation Cultural Exchange Program” © 1986 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Canadian Review, Vol. 66, No. 759.
“K Mart” copyright © 1988 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Arete: Journal of Sport Literature and The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (Houghton Mifflin: Boston).
“The Firefighter” copyright © 1983 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Watershed (Watershed Magazine: Fairview, Alberta).
“Dr. Don” copyright © 1983 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Stories (David R. Godine: Boston).
“Brother Frank’s Gospel Hour” copyright © 1994 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Brother Frank’s Gospel Hour and Other Stories (HarperCollins: Toronto, Canada).
“The Alligator Report—with Questions for Discussion” copyright © 1981 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Whetstone, Fall 1981.
“King of the Street” copyright © 1985 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Alligator Report (Coffee House Press: Minneapolis).
“Wavelengths” copyright © 1995 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Iowa City Magazine, April 1995.
“Do Not Abandon Me” copyright © 2015 by W. P. Kinsella. Original to this collection.
“Marco in Paradise” copyright © 1983 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten edited by Howard White (Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada).
“Out of the Picture” copyright © 2015 by W. P. Kinsella. Original to this collection.
“The Lightning Birds” copyright © 1998 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Secret of the Northern Lights (Thistledown Press: Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada).
“Punchlines” copyright © 1994 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Another Part of the Forest An Anthology of Gay Fiction, edited by Alberto Manguel and Craig Stephenson (Crown: New York).
“The Last Surviving Member of the Japanese Victory Society” copyright © 2013 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Rosebud, No. 53.
“The Job” copyright © 1985 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Blue Buffalo, Vol. 6, No. 1.
“Risk Takers” copyright © 1998 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The New Orphic Review, Vol. 1, No. 2.
“The Lime Tree” copyright © 1998 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in Elysian Fields, Vol. 15. No. 1.
“Doves and Proverbs” copyright © 1985 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in The Alligator Report (Coffee House Press: Minneapolis).
“Waiting on Lombard Street” copyright © 2008 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 21.
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” copyright © 1979 by W. P. Kinsella. Appeared inAurora: New Canadian Writing, edited by Wolfe Morris (Doubleday Canada: Toronto).