The author gratefully acknowledges the following publications, in which some of the stories in this collection previously appeared:

“The Rapture of the Deep” in Missouri Review

“The First Rule of Natalie” (as “Selkie”) in Joyland

“Porcupines in Trees” in Ninth Letter

“Childish” in Triquarterly

“Starlike” (as “Star-like”) in Arkansas Review

“The Body Farm” in Epoch