CAUTION Men in Trees

Acknowledgments

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S I'd like to express thanks to Kate, who reads with a scalpel; to Frangois Camoin and Rob Roberge, whose rigor is contagious; to Bruce Jorgensen, for walking and talking; and to Eddie and Hirsch. I'd like to thank the following journals for publishing some of the stories in this collection: "BloodWork," TheAntioch Review; "The 12-Inch Dog,"Epoch', "Caution: Men in Trees," The Gettysburg Review; "Pleaseto Forgive Sloppiness" and "Late-NightTV," High Plains Literary Review; "It's a Lot Scarier If You Take Jesus Out," Shenandoah', "Pronto Bucks,"Indiana Review, "There's Too Much News," Web Del Sol. This page intentionally left blank THE FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION David Walton, Evening Out Leigh Allison Wilson, From the Bottom Up Sandra Thompson, Close-Ups Susan Neville, The Invention of Flight Mary Hood, How Far She Went Frangois Camoin, Why Men Are Afraid of Women Molly Giles, RoughTranslations Daniel Curley, Living with Snakes Peter Meinke, The Piano Tuner Tony Ardizzone, The Evening News Salvatore La Puma, The Boys of Bensonhurst Melissa Pritchard, Spirit Seizures Philip F. Deaver, Silent Retreats Gail Galloway Adams, The Purchase of Order Carole L. Glickfeld, Useful Gifts Antonya Nelson, The Expendables Nancy Zafris, The People I Know Debra Monroe, The Source of Trouble Robert H. Abel, Ghost Traps T. M. McNally Low Flying Aircraft Alfred DePew, The Melancholy of Departure Dennis Hathaway, The Consequences of Desire Rita Ciresi, Mother Rocket Dianne Nelson, A Brief History of Male Nudes in America Christopher Mcllroy All My Relations Alyce Miller, The Nature of Longing Carol Lee Lorenzo, Nervous Dancer C. M. Mayo, Shy over El Nido Wendy Brenner, Large Animals in Everyday Life Paul Rawlins, No Lie Like Love Harvey Grossinger, The Quarry Ha Jin, Under the Red Flag Andy Plattner, Winter Money Frank Soos, Unified Field Theory Mary Clyde, Survival Rates Hester Kaplan, The Fdge of Marriage Darrell Spencer, CAUTION Men in Trees Robert Anderson, IceAge Bill Roorbach, Big Bend Dana Johnson, Break Any Woman Down Gina Ochsner, The Necessary Grace to Fall Kellie Wells, Compression Scars Eric Shade, Fyesores Catherine Brady, Curled in the Bed of Love Ed Allen, Ate It Anyway Gary Fincke, Sorry I Worried You Barbara Sutton, The Send-Away Girl David Grouse, Copy Cats Randy E Nelson, The Imaginary Lives of Mechanical Men Greg Downs, Spit Baths Peter LaSalle, Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism Anne Panning, Super America Margot Singer, The Pale of Settlement Andrew Porter, The Theory of Light and Matter Peter Selgin, Drowning Lessons Geoffrey Becker, Black Elvis Lori Ostlund, The Bigness of the World Linda LeGarde Grover, The Dance Boots Jessica Treadway Please Come Bach To Me ...