Thanks to the editors of AGNI, Gargoyle, Fifty-Two Stories and The Idaho Review, where some of these stories first appeared. Thanks too to Anita Amirrezvani, Catherine Armsden, Randall Babtkis, Callie Babtkis, Eli Brown, Dorothy Cooke, Laurie Fox, Charlotte Gordon, Tess Holthe, Herb Kohl, Edie Meidav, Jordan Pavlin, Heidi Pitlor, Sarah Stone and Kate Walbert, for their insights and encouragement.