by Ann Angel
The original inspiration for an anthology about secrets came from an assignment participants completed while working with colleagues from Untold Stories, a weekend workshop for survivors of abuse. The Untold Stories workshop is a project co-sponsored by Mount Mary University and another amazing survivor organization, the Voices and Faces Project. The originators of these programs help survivors use written and visual art to be heard, to tell their stories, and to create testimony to change the culture of violence. I hope that this anthology shines light on how lifting silence and revealing secrets can create positive change.
It is a gift to have met and worked with each of the contributors to this collaborative work. Thank you all for the beauty you have brought to this project.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the authors’ imaginations or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Compilation and introduction copyright © 2015 by Ann Angel
“The We-Are-Like-Everybody-Else Game” copyright © 2015 by Ellen Wittlinger
“Cupid’s Beaux” copyright © 2015 by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Partial Reinforcement” copyright © 2015 by Kerry Cohen
“When We Were Wild” copyright © 2015 by Louise Hawes
“Lucky Buoy” copyright © 2015 by Chris Lynch
“For a Moment, Underground” copyright © 2015 by Kekla Magoon
“Storm Clouds Fleeing from the Wind” copyright © 2015 by Zoë Marriott
“Choices” copyright © 2015 by Mary Ann Rodman
“Quick Change” copyright © 2015 by E. M. Kokie
“Call Me!” copyright © 2015 by Ron Koertge
“A Crossroads” copyright © 2015 by J. L. Powers
“Little Wolf and the Iron Pin” copyright © 2015 by Katy Moran
“Three-Four Time” copyright © 2015 by erica l. kaufman
“We Were Together” copyright © 2015 by Ann Angel
“A Thousand Words” copyright © 2015 by Varian Johnson
Cover illustration copyright © 2015 by Wayne Brazenka
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First electronic edition 2015
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2014944916
ISBN 978-0-7636-7307-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7636-7707-7 (electronic)
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