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acknowledgements
The cover illustration,
"Old Car," is Copyright (C) Hossam Hassan Meawad 2004
and used by permission. No unauthorized duplication or distribution
without explicit permission from the copyright holder.
The quote, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known," is the
handiwork of Carl Sagan, astronomer (1934-1996). Dr. Sagan is reported to have
said: "They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they
also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
A Pass on the Tabouli was first published in the
Hiss Quarterly, Spring 2006:
the "Future Imperfect" issue.
Boys' Night Out was first published in the Summer 2005 issue of
OnSpec―The
Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic.
I Want to Share Your Wheat was first published in the September/October 2002
issue of Demensions―Doorways
to Science Fiction and Fantasy. An e-zine,
Demensions went silent in 2003. It will be missed.
The Perfect Homburg was first published in the March/April 2003 issue of
Demensions―Doorways to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
An Unwarmed Fish was first published in the Summer 2003 issue of
Demensions―Doorways
to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Ninepatch Variation was first published in the January 2004 issue of
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction
Klein, the Clone was first published as The Flags of All Nations Hors D'oeuvres
Toothpick Caper in the Winter, 2003
Fables―The Home for Folktale and Speculative
Fiction on the Internet.
A Special Providence was first published in the May 2003 number of
Quantum Muse
A triumph of reverse Darwinism, Facelift,
the final tale in this compendium, arrived after the fact, and was published
(belatedly) in the February 2008
Aphelion thanks to the good graces of Robert Moriyama, Aphelion's
short story editor. It was originally written as a website freebie.
The original photograph for the onetinleg.com website logo, They All Look at Another Side, is the work of
María de la Puente Bernardos and is used by permission.