Safe as Houses

PERMISSIONS

The following stories originally appeared in the journals noted: “Free Ham,” North American Review; “Sometimes You Break Their Hearts, Sometimes They Break Yours,” Indiana Review; “North Of,” Mississippi Review and subsequently Pushcart XXXIII, then again recently in Mississippi Review’s 30, an anthology of thirty years; “This Is Your Will to Live,” Inkwell; “Safe as Houses,” West Branch; “Carry Me Home, Sisters of Saint Joseph,” American Short Fiction; “Great, Wondrous” on the Five Chapters website.