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Authors: Richard Burgin

Tags: #Fiction, #Short Stories, #General, #Short Stories (Single Author)

He didn't wake up from this dream right away as he would have in the past, but managed to luxuriate in it for a long time, as if it were a movie he was directing. When he woke up he
thought immediately of Serena. Like a miracle, she'd made the dream happen. She kept her promise, he said to himself with a smile. Then he thought of his dream again. It was like a glimpse into paradise.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My thanks to the editors of the following publications, in which these stories first appeared:

Antioch Review

“The Dealer”

Confrontation

“Memo and Oblivion”

The Hopkins Review

“Caesar”

“Memorial Day”

“The Group”

Notre Dame Review

“The House”

Per Contra

“The Dolphin”

Pleiades

“Single Occupant House”

River Styx

“Mission Beach”

“The Justice Society”

Story Quarterly

“The Interview”

TriQuarterly

“‘Do You Like This Room?'”

My special thanks to Chris Cefalu, Edmund de Chasca, Doreen Harrison, Kimberly F. Johnson, Delia King, Barbara Lamb, Kelly Leavitt, and Greg Nicholl for their invaluable help.

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