I think this list was a long time due. It contains the people with who or without who I never would have come this far. My thanks go to:
Ben Thomas - for kicking...well, convincing me to write Silent Voices and with it starting an avalanche of stories
Camille Mauro - for sending me this fateful email that she would love to read SV, and for introducing me to Heather
Heather Feldman - for nagging, whining, pleading, kicking, pushing and generally being a Pain In The Butt (tm); and for sharing this twisted braincell
Jenn Kretch - for being a good student of Heather's when it comes to the pushing, pleading, whining and nagging, and generally listening and encouraging my brainstorming, and actually trying to make sense of it ;)
Petra Berghofer - for declaring me beyond help when I started writing TF and suffering me when I talk TF :)
Birgit 'Lee' Kohls - for suffering me when I'm on one of my brainstorming trips again, especially on vacations (hey, she helped with Initiation .... probably out of self-defense :P)
And a big 'THANX' to all my commentators, critics and all those who sent me encouraging emails in the past and plan to do so in the future. You helped me to keep going and not give up in disgust.
Enough mushy stuff! Go on and read the stories!