Acknowledgements

I extend major appreciation to Ronnie and Julia Sevin at Creeping Hemlock Press for inciting me to write this work; to my wife Rhoda and son Benjamin for granting me time, patience, and love as I wrote it; to DarkFuse—namely editor Dave Thomas—for their belief in the book and their fast, professional action in readying it for publication; and to all those who thought parenthood would rob me of my taste for the juvenile, the profane, and the twisted: Not a chance, guys.