The following stories first appeared in these publications.
“I Will Follow You” originally appeared in slightly different form in West Branch 72, Winter 2013; and in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
“Water, All Its Weight” originally appeared in slightly different form under the title “The Weight of Water” in Monkeybicycle 7, copyright © 2010 by Monkeybicycle Books.
“The Mark of Cain” originally appeared in slightly different form in Night Train.
“Difficult Women” originally appeared in slightly different form under the title “Important Things” in Copper Nickel, 2013.
“FLORIDA” originally appeared in slightly different form under the title “Group Fitness” in the Oxford American Issue 80, Spring 2013.
“La Negra Blanca” originally appeared in slightly different form in The Collagist Issue Three, October 2009.
“Baby Arm” originally appeared in slightly different form in Rick Magazine, formerly The Mississippi Review Online.
“North Country” originally appeared in slightly different form in Hobart 12; Best American Short Stories 2012; and New Stories from the Midwest 2012.
“How” originally appeared in slightly different form in Annalemma Issue 6.
“Requiem for a Glass Heart” originally appeared in slightly different form in A Cappella Zoo Issue 3, Fall 2009.
“In the Event of My Father’s Death” originally appeared in slightly different form in Pear Noir! #3.
“Break All the Way Down” originally appeared in slightly different form in Joyland, 2013.
“Bad Priest” originally appeared in slightly different form in Storyglossia Issue 34, July 2009.
“Open Marriage” originally appeared in slightly different form in the Minnesota Review Issue 80, 2013.
“A Pat” originally appeared in slightly different form in NOON, 2012.
“Best Features” originally appeared in slightly different form in Barrelhouse Online, November 2010.
“Bone Density” originally appeared in slightly different form in Word Riot.
“I Am a Knife” originally appeared in slightly different form in The Literarian Issue #4.
“The Sacrifice of Darkness” originally appeared in slightly different form in American Short Fiction Vol. 15, Issue 55.
“Noble Things” originally appeared in slightly different form in A Public Space Issue 21, Summer 2014.
“Strange Gods” originally appeared in slightly different form in Black Warrior Review 37.2.