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ix Acknowledgments The author is grateful to the editors of the journals in which­ stories in this collection first appeared. Notre Dame Review: “The Bridge,” “This Man, This Woman, This Child, This Town,” “Afterwards,” and “Classmates ” Confrontation: “Security” Post Road: “If LaughterWere Blood, TheyWould Be­Brothers” The Sun: “The Boy behind the Tree” Ploughshares: “The Incurables” Cimarron Review: “I Return” The author is also grateful to his colleagues, fellow writers, and friends who have supported his work throughout the years: John Coyne, David Hassler, Katy Ryan, William O’Rourke, Valerie Sayers, Howard and Karen Owen, James Harms, Mary Ann Samyn, Kevin Oderman, Ethel Morgan Smith, John Ernest, and Felisa Klubes. T h e I n c u r a b l e s ...

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