The author wishes to thank the editors of the following publications, in which these stories first appeared: “That of Which We Cannot Speak” in The Antioch Review, “The Only Way Out Is Through” in Narrative, “Good in a Crisis” in The North American Review, “The Thing Itself” in Arts & Letters (winner of the 2008 Prize for Fiction), “The Laziest Form of Revelation” in The Kenyon Review, “Mollusk Makes a Comeback” in The Chattahoochee Review, “I Knew You’d Be Lovely” in Inkwell (winner of the 2007 Fiction Competition), “Proof of Love” in American Literary Review, “We’ve Got a Great Future Behind Us” in Green Mountains Review, and “Double-Blind” in The Saint Ann’s Review.