Some Genres I Write In

A Table of Contents
for the Collection
Unlocking the Air,
with Useful Classification of the Stories by Genre

I wrote this table of contents for Unlocking the Air when my editor at Harper Collins, Buz Wyeth, and I were planning out the collection. Buz remarked that he was having some problem describing the book because there was such a variety of stories in it. I said yes, indeed, there were stories of eighteen different genres, and I wrote him this TOC to prove it. He thought it was funny, but he wouldn't let me put it in the book. He knew how easily confused reviewers and critics are; he knew they were likely to take it seriously. Buz was a wise, kind editor. One of the things good editors do is protect writers from themselves.

—UKL

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