Dedicated to all of the editors out there. I appreciate those of
you who bought these stories, and also every rejection.
Together, your choices influence who we become.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every book is ultimately created by one person, held up on the hands of a willing crowd of helpers. For this collection, I want to first and foremost thank Patrick Swenson for suggesting it and for pushing me along until I actually did it.
I also want to thank Joy Adiletta, who read through the ARC and hunted down mistakes.
As always, I’m grateful for my family. I also want to thank every one of my readers. You are the most important people in every way.