Authors: Charles Grant
Whirlwind (14 page)
My gratitude and fond appreciation to the poor folks who had to listen, advise, and humor me over the past few months:
Caitlin Blasdell, who, for reasons known only to herself, puts up with all my calls, and has never once told me to stop bugging her and get back to work;
Steve Nesheim, M.D., for the wonderfully gruesome details, and for all the possibilities therein;
Wendy Webb, R.N., M.Ed., for taking those details and actually making them fun;
Geoffrey Marsh, for graciously allowing me to borrow the Konochine Indians for my own disgusting use;
The Jersey Conspiracy, as always, this time providing me with more dead bodies than I could possibly use this time around, and one drunk;
And Robert E. Vardeman, who never stops reminding me why it's nice to have good friends in far places.
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