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ix Acknowledgments Previous versions of these stories appeared in the following publications: Prairie Schooner: “The Girls” Passages North: “A Member of the Family” Blue Mesa Review: “It’s Cheaper to Live in the Dark” South Dakota Review: “Billy” Clackamas Literary Review: “What She Knows” The Writers’ Forum: “The Sensitive Man” Karamu: “Dill” The Heartlands Today: “The Blue Room” This collection has had the benefit of feedback from many who read it in earlier versions. Thanks to Alison Rold, Judith Slater, Hilda Raz, Gerry Shapiro, Marly Swick, members of the No Guilt Writers Guild: Liz Ahl, Chauna Craig, Charlotte Hogg, Kate Flaherty, Sandi Yannone, Gay Gavin, Sherrie Flick, as well as my good writing partner, Erin Flanagan. And thanks always , for everything, my husband Noel. This Is Not the Tropics ...

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