"Laurell K. Hamilton - Strange Candy" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hamilton Laurell K)

To my husband, Jonathon, who knew me first through my stories, and now knows me better than
anyone. He loves me stillтАФthe dark and light of me. To Darla and her husband, Jack, who were two of
the four people who used to show up at my signings, when no one knew who I was. To Andrew, best
man at our wedding, and the fourth of that long-ago four that kept me company at all those empty
signings. You guys can truly say you knew me when, and the fact that you all still know me now is even
better.

This one is also for the other readers who first discovered me not through the Anita Blake series, or the
Meredith Gentry series, but through my short stories. Thanks also to all those fans who have asked over
the years when am I going to do the sequel to Nightseer. Here, at least, are stories set in the same
worldтАФnot the same characters, sorry about that, but the world and the magic system are here. I hope
you enjoy seeing other parts of KeleiosтАЩs world.

Thanks to Richard Nichols, who for the first time helped edit. Also, as I write this, he is turning thirty.
Happy Birthday, Richard. Mark and Sarah Sumner, who were my next-door neighbors when many of
these stories were written. Good neighbors, good friends. Rett MacPherson, one of the bravest women I
know. Marella Sands, I look forward to your new world finding its footing and its fans. Deborah
Millitello, who was there, almost from the beginning, and saw most of these stories in some rough form or
another. Thanks for the encouragement. There were days when your support kept me from giving up.
Sharon Shinn, for gripe sessions and an understanding ear. Tom Drennan, a quiet, comforting presence at
all the meetings of the Alternate Historians. To Jannie Lee Simner, who had the audacity to move all the
way to Arizona a few years back and abandon us all. Congrats on all your books. N. L. Drew, who also
got to see some of these stories in rougher form. Robert K. Sheaf, who was with us early, and now is
with us no longer. Are you writing stories up in Heaven, Bob? For you, and your so-firm faith, God
bless. For my faith, blessed be.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION



THOSE WHO SEEK FORGIVENESS



A LUST OF CUPIDS



THE EDGE OF THE SEA



A SCARCITY OF LAKE MONSTERS



SELLING HOUSES