table of contents introduction , by p. v. leforge the student , by teresa jones drown , by jesse murphree kemper the carnival , by nancy h. rainey time will tell , by stephanie tillman big daughter , by sara warner wexford strawberries , by brigette kinney invincible , by helen k. bailey nice and easy , by len schweitzer titillate , by shannon taylor the last things we do , by p. v. leforge about the authors this book is dedicated to the dozens and dozens of clerks and shelvers and ledger-keepers that made the paperback rack such an institution in tallahassee for over 30 years , and also to the thousands and thousands of book-loving customers who kept it afloat , a dollar or two at a time .