1

The Deal was published in "Confrontation" Exile and the Writer issue, a literary journal of Long Island University Nos. 27–28, 1984, p. 119–126.

It was edited by Anita Nordstrom.

2

Unless noted all translations from Russian are made by Mikhail Armalinsky.

3

Hero was published in "Mid-American Review", a literary journal of Bowling Green State University, Volume VI, Number 2, 1986, p. 87–96.

4

Nothing in the Mail was published in TWO LINES: A Journal of Translation, issue XII Bodies, San Franscisco, 2005, p. 55–73.