The following stories have appeared previously, all in much different form: ‘Manhattan’ (one) in Juked; ‘Chrissy Likes the Dolphins,’ ‘Overtone,’ ‘Reviewed,’ ‘My Bed-Stuy Friend,’ ‘The Bookcase,’ and ‘The Bee’ in elimae; ‘I Might Be Here in February’ in Quarterly West; ‘High on the Thigh’ and ‘Three Rich Women’ in The Collagist; ‘Here Is the Poem,’ ‘Lyrically,’ and ‘My Unhappy Writer Friend’ in Puerto del Sol; ‘They Do Not Complete Me’ in LIT; ‘Issues’ in Nano Fiction; ‘Telling’ and ‘The Shirt’ in PANK; ‘The Lute Music CD’ in Denver Quarterly; ‘The Iron’ in match-book; ‘More Love’ in Quick Fiction; ‘Or So’ in Broken Pencil; ‘The Beige Futon’ in Word Riot; ‘Mother’ in Everyday Genius; and ‘Descant’ in Columbia Journal.