The author gratefully acknowledges everyone who has helped to make these stories possible, including but not limited to: the staff and students of Clarion West class of 2000 (especially Patrick Weekes, Pat Murphy, and Candas Jane Dorsey), the members of the Lucky Lab Rats critique group (especially Sara Mueller, M.K. Hobson, and John C. Bunnell), the editors who bought them (especially Gordon Van Gelder, Gardner Dozois, Deborah Layne, and Bruce Holland Rogers—who not only bought my very first story, he also wrote the Introduction), and all the fans and writers who have offered their support and encouragement over the years (especially Jay Lake, Karen Berry, Paul Wrigley, and Debbie Cross). But first and fundamentally, this my first published book is dedicated to Kate Yule—my love, my flying partner, and my best friend forever.