Imperfections (34 page)

Like anyone reading this, we have to thank our parents. Mine are good and without them, nothing would happen. Any resemblance to Richard's parents is purely coincidental.

And thank you for reading this book and supporting the literary arts with your patronage. If you liked it, tell a friend to read it too because without someone to read it, a book is a lonely and useless object.

—Bradley Somer

For more reading on nifty deaths, happy pills, pretty dresses and plastic skins, the following books fit the bill.
The Dead Beat
by Marilyn Johnson.
Beauty Junkies
by Alex Kuczynski.
Fame Junkies
by Jake Halpern.
Eccentric Glamour
by Simon Donnan.
Making the Body
Beautiful
by Sander Gilman.
Artificial Happiness
by Ronald Dworkin.
The Revolution Will be Accessorized
by Aaron Hicklin, Ed. and
Survival
of the Prettiest
by Nancy Etcoff.

Bradley Somer
was born in Sydney, Australia. He moved to Canada in the early 1980s where he later attended the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. Somer's writing has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies over the past ten years, highlighting a bent for fiction with a touch of the urban fantastic. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.
www.bradleysomer.com