Copyright © 2005 by Christopher Coake
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Brenda Hillman, excerpts from “Mighty Forms” in Bright Existence
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Coake, Christopher.
We’re in trouble: stories/Christopher Coake.
p. cm.
1. Psychological fiction, American. 2. Death—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.O14W47 2005
813'.6—dc22 2004017419
ISBN-13:978-0-15-101094-3 ISBN-10:0-15-101094-3
ISBN-13:978-0-15-603277-3 (pbk.) ISBN-10:0-15-603277-5 (pbk.)
eISBN 978-0-544-74889-7
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