Calendar of Regrets

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Also by Lance Olsen Novels Live from Earth Tonguing the Zeitgeist Burnt Time Famine Freaknest Girl Imagined by Chance 10:01 Nietzsche’s Kisses Anxious Pleasures Head in Flames Short Stories My Dates with Franz Scherzi, I Believe Sewing Shut My Eyes Hideous Beauties Nonfiction Ellipse of Uncertainty Circus of the Mind in Motion William Gibson Lolita: A Janus Text Rebel Yell: A Short Guide to Writing Fiction FC2 TUSCALOOSA Copyright 2010 by Lance Olsen The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved First edition Published by FC2, an imprint of the University of Alabama Press, with support provided by the Publishing Program at the University of Houston–Victoria. Address all editorial inquiries to: Fiction Collective Two, University of Houston–Victoria, School of Arts and Sciences, Victoria, TX 77901-5731 Design: Lance Olsen, Andi Olsen, Kyle Schlesinger, Lou Robinson, and UHV Graduate Students Typeface: Sabon Cover Design: Lou Robinson Produced in the United States of America ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Olsen, Lance, 1956– Calendar of Regrets / Lance Olsen. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-57366-157-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-57366-819-4 (electronic) 1.Psychological fiction. 2. Experimental fiction. I. Title. PS3565.L777C36 2010 813’.54—dc22 2009041860 ...