The Kind I'm Likely to Get, Special Edition

Back before there were dogs in my life, there were short stories, and I wrote them.  Later this month, Trajectory will be reissuing my collection of short stories, The Kind I'm Likely to Get.  Here's the introduction from the new edition, which explains where the book has been and why now seemed like a good time to reintroduce it to the world:

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