For Michelle
warm everywhere
and Ken Bruen
dark-hearted poet with soul ablaze
Special thanks to:
Duane Swierczynski, Allan Guthrie, Ray Banks, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Peter Abrahams, Ed Gorman, F. Paul Wilson, and David Morrell; Patrick Lussier and Matt Venne; RJ and Julia Sevin; and Dean Koontz.
Chuck Palahniuk, for the kind-of sorbet box of smells, sounds, and flavors.
My editor Caitlin Alexander, for her always eagle eye.