Steve Amick’ s short fiction has appeared in "McSweeney’ s," "The Southern Review," "The New England Review," "Playboy," "Story," the anthology" The Sound of Writing," and on National Public Radio. He has an MFA from George Mason University and has been a college instructor, playwright, copywriter, songwriter, and musician. He lives in Michigan, dividing his time between his hometown, Ann Arbor, and a family cottage on a famously clear lake along the northern edge of the Lower Peninsula.MOIRA HODGSON is the restaurant critic for "The New York Observer," She has worked on the staff of "The New York Times "and" Vanity Fair," and is the author of several cookbooks. She lives in New… York City and Connecticut.