The introduction:
These some of my favorite stories, and some of readers' favorites too.
"The Ugliest Dragon" is a fairy tale and a love story, and one of my "lives lived" stories. The ending still causes a lump in my throat every time I read it. I came up with a place to be a wondrous backdrop against which the bleak life of one of its inhabitants would stand out. I may explore it further, if time and circumstance permit.
"Parallel Lines...