In memory of those already passed, who inspired or cherished this book: its subjects, its characters, its meaning.

		Jeffrey Alexander Qualls   4 September 1974 - 11 July 2009 [link temporarily broken, thanks to homophobic Russian hackers]
		Sherrie Lynn Qualls   8 November 1954 - 3 March 1962
		Dr. Ralph R. Read III    20 August 1939 - 20 January 1985
		C. William Harwood 14 March 1948 - 26 April 1984 Yale Symphony Orchestra memorial video

Donald J. Schluterman
31 August 1954, murdered 7 May 1987

William S. Durham
26 March 1956 - 13 November 1992

Suzie Mashburn Dixon

Mitzi Lea Green

Tommy Schrader

Joel Coburn

Lon Weyland

Erick Devine

John A. Scarsdale

Sammie Gray

Steve Eisenberg

the two Rainbow-Bend brothers with their sweet borzoi

and

Molly Bear    1992 - 2002