ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks one last time to Martha Allard and Mason Jones, who kept my head above water as this book expanded from a rough outline to the novel you hold in your hands. Their encouragement and careful eyes kept me plowing forward. I’ve never written so hard or so fast and I couldn’t have done it without their help.
Thanks to Brian, Kelly, and Paul, fellow members of The Chowder Society, who have stoked my love for science fiction ever since I met them decades ago.
Thanks to Dana Fredsti for the marvelous blurb and being such an inspiration. Thanks to Borderlands Bookstore for their support throughout my writing career. Thanks to Emerian Rich, Anya Martin, SL Schmitz, Kate Jonez, John Palisano, and all my other fellow writers who helped me spread the word about this trilogy.
Thanks to Cody Tilson for the spectacular cover image.
A special shout-out to Nick and the crew of San Francisco’s Mercury Cafe, where I’ve spent many, many hours reading, writing, and editing. The title of this book comes from a song Nick was playing one morning while I was writing.
Thanks also to Jason Katzman and Cory Allyn for being patient as I wrestled this book into submission and to Martin Cahill, who encouraged all my crazy promotional ideas.
Finally, thanks to my champion, editor Jeremy Lassen. This book would not have been written without his encouragement, inspiration, and tough love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Loren Rhoads is the co-author (with Brian Thomas) of As Above, So Below. She’s the author of a book of essays called Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel and editor of The Haunted Mansion Project: Year Two and Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues. Her science fiction short stories were collected into the chapbook Ashes & Rust. She remembers the Christmas there were men on the moon and looks forward to the New Year’s Day there will be women on Mars.
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