ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOR THEIR TIME AND UNSHAKABLE FAITH I would like to thank Aoife Naughton, Nadya Strizhevskaya, and Tatiana Krasikov. For help in publication, Cindy Spiegel and Richard Abate. My thanks to the first readers of some of these stories—Roderic Crooks, Jen Bills, Lisa Srisuro, Sarah Strickley, Anna Solomon, and James Renfro. Also to Alana Newhouse, Connie Brothers, and Carol Christian for their encouragement and kindness.