Acknowledgments

Since this book was so long-winded, I’ll try to keep the next part short.

A huge thank you to my good friend Eddy Rivas (going on two decades!) for telling me years ago this was a fun idea, for gasping and laughing at the right parts, and for always asking me, “When do I get more?” Thank you for being my writing partner for all these years, and telling me the fetus of this weird book was worth it.

Thanks to my dad for raising me with a love of fantasy and sci-fi, for cheering this project on from the beginning . . . and for saying you wanted to read it despite its content.

As always, thank you to my best writing buddy, the Adam to my Becky—Amber Keyser. You’re literally the reason I finished drafting this. And of course, Kate and Sione, for all of your insightful thoughts and critiques. You both always take the time for me and I love you.

Huge thanks to my agent, Fiona Kenshole, for championing this from the outset and pushing for it to be real. To Alix Reid for acquiring the not-yet-finished manuscript. And to Amy Fitzgerald, my editor, who picked up the mantle brilliantly, helped me make sense of this weird, wild thing, and who really made all this possible.

And of course, my partner in life, Danny—you are so many multitudes, and I hope this queer little book captured some of them.