ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THESE STORIES WERE previously published as follows, and are reprinted (with minor editing, updating, and textual modifications) by permission of the author:
“The Divorce” was first published in Fear #3 (November/December 1988). Copyright © 1988, 2011 by Don Webb.
“Shrimp Anarchy” was first published in Fringeware Review #9 (1995), and republished in Serve it Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (1996). Copyright © 1995, 1996, 2011 by Don Webb.
“The Game” was first published in Bone Chilling Tales #1 (1990). Copyright © 1990, 2011 by Don Webb.
“Ring of the Red Knight” was first published in Talebones #8, Summer 1997, and has been expanded for this book. Copyright © 1997, 2011 by Don Webb.
“The Ice Palace,” “Yoga for Bolsheviks,” “What Are Best Friends For?”, “The Syringe,” “My Heart Shifting as Sand,” “The Joy of Cola,” “Our Novel,” “Diary Found in an Abandoned Studio,” and “The Thirtyers” are published here for the first time. Copyright © 2011 by Don Webb.