Greedy Little Eyes (30 page)

“Georgia, It’s Me” first appeared in a shorter form as “Thin-skinned” in
Fiddlehead.

“Did You Grow Up With Money?” first appeared in
Other Voices Magazine,
and reprinted in
Sub-Terrain Magazine
.

“Before I Would Ever Hurt You” (as “Locusts & Honey”) first appeared in
Prairie Fire Magazine.

Stories in this collection have been awarded fiction prizes from
THIS Magazine
’s Great Canadian Literary Hunt, The Lawrence House Fiction Prize,
Prism Magazine
,
The Fiddlehead
and
Other Voices Magazine
. “You’re Taking All the Fun Out of It” was shortlisted for the Journey Prize.

BILLIE LIVINGSTON published her critically acclaimed first novel,
Going Down Swinging
, in 2000. Her first book of poetry,
The Chick at the Back of the Church
, was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel,
Cease to Blush
, was a
Globe and Mail
Best Book. Her award-winning short fiction has been published in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Born in Toronto, Livingston now lives in Vancouver.

VINTAGE CANADA EDITION, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Billie Livingston

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Published in Canada by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2010. Distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Livingston, Billie, 1965—
Greedy little eyes / Billie Livingston.

eISBN: 978-0-307-37433-2

I. Title.

PS8573.I916G74 2010      C813’.54      C2009-906707-2

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