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distracted; every story deserved our best because we believed every
writer had sent us their best. The quality of the writing was, in
general, very high. It was the content which usually sank them. We had
no idea how many writers would insist on sending us ghost stories... so
many we could have easily gathered together a great anthology of nothing
but apparitional tales. Maybe we will someday (no, just kidding about
that one).

That's about it. Its almost time for the enclosed stories to start
speaking for themselves. The essence of all this is pretty simple: the
stories in this volume are stories we liked-for whatever reason. We'd
like to think we've picked up and ran with the rallying cry of earlier
volumes that Borderlands is pushing the boundaries of imaginative fiction.

It's glad to be back. We hope you feel the same way.

-Elizabeth Monteleone -Tom Monteleone

Grantham, New Hampshire

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FROM THE BORDERLANDS

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Rami Temporalis

GARY A. BRAUNBECK

During the Nineties, Gary A. Braunbeck had quietly become one of the
fields finest writers. His previous appearance in the Borderlands
series, "Union Dues," was a showcase for his talent-especially his
ability to capture the range of human emotions so perfectly. In the
story which follows, he offers us a gentle tale of wonder and originality.

"When I face myself I'm surprised to see

That the man I knew don't look nothing like me..."

-John Nitzinger, "Motherlode"

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It started with the woman in the restaurant and her hysterectomy story.