UNQUIET DREAMS

An Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author

Copyright © 2008 by Mark Del Franco.

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And to my partner, Jack Custy, who isn’t fazed anymore

when I ask where my guillotine is.

Contents

Acknowledgments