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xi Contents Editors’ Notes ■ xiii Introduction Lee Martin ■ 1 Dinosaurs Janice Deal ■ 5 Being and Nothingness (Not a Real Title) Gregory Blake Smith ■ 16 Bringing Belle Home Bonnie Jo Campbell ■ 28 The Drowned Girl Micah Riecker ■ 39 The Way to Mercy Beth Mayer ■ 54 Rubber Boy David Allan Cates ■ 59 Pure Superior Chris Leslie-Hynan ■ 68 Captivity Abby Geni ■ 86 Tell Yourself Bonnie Jo Campbell ■ 109 xii ■ Contents The Houseguest Kim Brooks ■ 112 The Guinea Pig Clancy Martin ■ 128 Korean Wedding Hubert Ahn ■ 142 The Tree Benjamin Percy ■ 169 Sister Light-of-Love Love Dove Judith Cooper ■ 173 The Threshold Rosellen Brown ■ 187 Tenochtitlan James Magruder ■ 199 Do You Like This Room? Richard Burgin ■ 216 Blood and Milk Carol K. Howell ■ 230 Man of Steel Bryan Furuness ■ 247 Bedtime Stories for the Middle-Aged Christie Hodgen ■ 262 Thirty Other Distinguished Stories ■ 283 Contributors’ Biographies ■ 285 ...

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