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Copyright © 2010 by Jeff Jacobson
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Edited by Helen A Rosburg

Slightly different versions of Chapters 14 and 15 originally appeared in F Magazine #5, and earlier drafts of Chapters 20 and 21 originally appeared in Hair Trigger #24.

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