Dedicated to my sister Denise
for playing our own cutthroat games when we were kids.
(Miniature golf will never be the same again.)
A very special thank you to
Natanya Wheeler for helping with the publication of this novella,
Sarah Younger for your patience with me,
and the NYLA interns for your wonderful feedback.
And to Allison Fetters,
for being such a wonderful friend and copy editor.