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/ v acknowledgments The author wishes to thank the editors of the following journals and anthologies in which some of these stories appeared, sometimes in earlier versions under different titles: “Triangles,” Mondo Barbie, ed. Ebersole and Peabody (St. Martin’s, 1993); “Elvis in Perspective,” Mondo Elvis, ed. Ebersole and Peabody (St. Martin’s, 1994); “Love Bites,” Mid-American Review (1995); “Tattooed,” Gargoyle (as “Charmer,” 1997); “Sound Effects,” Exquisite Corpse (as “Noise,” 2000); “Powerful Angels,” Virginia Quarterly Review (2000) / Best American Short Stories 2001—100 Other Distinguished Stories; “Meteor Shower,”64 Magazine (2001); “Dog Days,”Nantalhala Review (as “That Kind of Day,” 2001); “Community Standards,” Shenandoah (2003); “The Story after the Abortion,” Pierian Springs (2003); “Outlaws,” Appalachian Heritage (2005); “Reptile House,” Night Train (2008). ...

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