The Worst Years of Your Life (42 page)

The editor gratefully acknowledges permission to reprint the following stories:

“Bohemians.” Copyright © 2005 by George Saunders. Reprinted by permission of George Saunders.

“Sisters of the Moon,” from
Emerald City: Stories
by Jennifer Egan, copyright © 1996 by Jennifer Egan. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Class Trip,” from
Slapboxing With Jesus
by Victor D. LaValle, copyright © 1999 by Victor D. LaValle. Used by permission of Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Note to Sixth-Grade Self,” from
How to Breathe Underwater: Stories
by Julie Orringer, copyright © 2003 by Julie Orringer. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Lost in the Funhouse,” copyright © 1967 by The Atlantic Monthly Company, from
Lost in the Funhouse
by John Barth. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

“At the Café Lovely,” from
Sightseeing
by Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Copyright © 2005 by Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Reprinted by permission of Grove Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“A Poetics for Bullies,” from
Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers.
Copyright © 1965 by Stanley Elkin. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.

“The Beauty Treatment,” from
My Date with Satan.
Copyright © 1999 by Stacey Richter. Reprinted by permission of Stacey Richter.

“Spending the Night with the Poor,” from
Love and Hydrogen: New and Collected Stories.
Copyright © 2004 by Jim Shepard. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.

“Alcatraz,” from
The Brutal Language of Love
by Alicia Erian, copyright © 1996 by Alicia Erian. Used by permission of Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

“A Real Doll,” from
The Safety of Objects.
Copyright © 1990 by A.M. Homes. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton.

“Brilliant Mistake,” from
Living to be A Hundred
by Robert Boswell, copyright © 1994 by Robert Boswell. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Pretty Judy,” from
A Stranger in This World
by Kevin Canty, copyright © 1994 by Kevin Canty. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Thunderbird.” Copyright © 2006 by Mark Jude Poirier. Reprinted by permission of Mark Jude Poirier.

“Lyndon.” Copyright © 2004 by Amber Dermont. Reprinted by permission of Amber Dermont.

“How We Avenged the Blums.” Copyright © 2005 by Nathan Englander. Reprinted by permission of Nathan Englander.

“Good Monks.” Copyright © 2005 by Malinda McCollum. Reprinted by permission of Malinda McCollum.

“A Child's Book of Sickness and Death.” Copyright © 2005 by Chris Adrian. Reprinted by permission of Chris Adrian.

“Junior,” from
The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa
by Elizabeth Stuckey-French, copyright © 2000 by Elizabeth Stuckey-French. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Charlotte,” from
Big Cats.
Copyright © 2005 by Wil-Horn Enterprises, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.