To my first readers (and there are a lot of you), to Gary and Mike for keeping me sane or at least not completely crazy, to my family for supporting and encouraging me, but most of all to Tammy who confirms that all things are possible with love.
Acknowledgements
The stories in this anthology first appeared as follows:
Altair:
“Voices”
Adventures in Sword & Sorcery:
“Nine Fingers on the Flute”
After Shocks:
“Parallel Highways”
Analog:
“What Weena Knew”
“The Comeback”
“Nor a Lender Be”
“Ressurection”
Asimov’s:
“The Infodict”
First Publication Anywhere:
“Finding Orson”
Pulphouse:
“Eight Words”
Realms of Fantasy:
“Happy Ending”
“Home”
Talebones:
“Miss Hathaway’s Spider”
“The Death Dwarves”
“The Yard God”
Transversions:
“The Diorama”
Weird Tales:
“Shark Attack: A Love Story”