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William Preston’s short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Stone Canoe, Midway Journal, and Zoetrope: All-Story (where his “A Crisis for Mr. Lion” won the 2006 Short Fiction Prize). His first story for Asimov’s, “You Will Go to the Moon,” was republished in Neil Clarke’s lunar anthology The Eagle Has Landed. Retired from teaching, he now writes full time, albeit slowly, from his home in Syracuse, New York. Years ago, the author realized that much of life involves an exchange of goodbyes. His latest story features at least one character with a good reason to . . . Each day was