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position on the sofa. He took another swig. “Oh, stop,” Ellie Mallard said, touching a hankie to her face. But he wasn’t finished. The boy, Angus, had come into the room and was staring wide-eyed at his mother. And now here was Gretel, dressed just like her brother, in the doorway, listening intently, and alarmed by the parental weeping. Krumholz did not intend to budge: he would sit there, with his audience in front of him, elaborating this story of suffering and terror for as long as he pleased. He had just gotten started.

About the Author

Charles Baxter is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including five novels, The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and four previous collections of stories: Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. He lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Permissions Acknowledgments

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.: Excerpts from “Gimme Shelter,” words and music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, copyright © 1968 (renewed) by ABKCO Music, Inc., 85 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

European American Music Distributors LLC: Excerpt from Harmonie der Welt by Paul Hindemith, copyright © 1952 by Schott Music, Mainz, Germany. Copyright renewed. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of European American Music Distributors LLC, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music, Mainz, Germany.

The Literary Trustees of Walter de la Mare: Excerpt from “Alice Rodd” and excerpt from “Ann Poverty” from Ding Dong Bell by Walter de la Mare. Reprinted by permission of The Literary Trustees of Walter de la Mare and the Society of Authors as their representative.

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: “The Disappeared,” “Fenstad’s Mother,” “Shelter,” “Snow,” and “Westland” from A Relative Stranger by Charles Baxter, copyright © 1990 by Charles Baxter. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.