The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments The stories in this collection have appeared in the following journals and anthologies: “To Sleep,” American Short Fiction; “Dyskinesia,” The Literary Review and Ararat; “War Marks,”“Hearts and Bones,” Beloit Fiction Journal; “The World of Things” and “Process,” The Literary Review; “Mystery Spot,” Panurge (UK),“Traffic Reports,” The PrePress Awards: Michigan Voices and Peregrine; “The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit,” Detroit Noir. The “West Side” prologue was published in Massacre (UK) under the title “308-810 (Dream Book).” The East Side and Downtown prologues were published in The North American Review under the titles “Camouflage” and “What Doesn’t Go Away.” Great Thanks and Respect to: Chris Leland; Sam Astrachan; Charlie Baxter; my editor, Annie Martin; my agent, Sally van Haitsma; Glenn Barr; my friends who have supported me for so long: DeAnn Forbes, Dave Spala, Keith McLenon, Lynn Peril, Tim Teegarden, Andrew Brown, Jim Dudley, Jim Potter, Luis Resto, Michael Lloyd, Terry Hughes, Gail Offen, Dave Michalak, Holly Sorscher, Tim Suliman, Mark Simon, Tony Park, Nick Marine (who is Tiki); my sister, Susan Summerlee; and to the memory of my mother and father, Norman and Rose Mary Zadoorian. The Mauna Loa, Trader Vic’s, and the Chin Tiki. R.I.P. This page intentionally left blank Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell. Marvin Gaye This page intentionally left blank ...