Ekaterina Sedia - Bewere the Night

Jen Whiteis an Australian writer of speculative fiction. She lived for many years in the Northern Territory and, although she has now moved to gentler climes, she still finds inspiration in the vibrancy and mystery of Australia’s north. Her fiction has been published in various anthologies and magazines, and has recently appeared in the anthology The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder and Evolution . She has a story in the upcoming anthology Dead Red Heart .

A.C. Wisewas born and raised in Montreal, and currently lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, two cats, and a very short dog. Her fiction has appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and ChiZine , among others. Along with Bernie Mojzes, she is co-editor of The Journal of Unlikely Entomology . For more information, please visit the author’s website at www.acwise.net.

Melissa Yuan-Inneslikes werewolves (warm, furry) better than vampires (cold, dead). Her fiction has appeared in Indian Country Noir, Nature, The Dragon and the Stars, and other fine venues. She practices emergency medicine and dotes on her son and infant daughter outside of Montreal, Canada. Her website is www.melissayuaninnes.net.

“The Poison Eaters” by Holly Black. © 2010 Holly Black. Originally published in The Poison Eaters: And Other Stories , Big Mouth House, 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Song to the Moon” by Richard Bowes. © 2011 Richard Bowes. Original to this volume.

“Coyotaje” by Marie Brennan. © 2011 Marie Brennan. Original to this volume.

“Infested” by Nadia Bulkin. © 2011 Nadia Bulkin. Original to this volume.

“Blue Joe” by Stephanie Burgis. © 2009 Stephanie Burgis. Originally published in Shimmer Magazine, No. 10 , March 2009. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Extra Credit” by Seth Cadin. © 2011 Seth Cadin. Original to this volume.

“Grotesque Angels” by Gwendolyn Clare. © 2011 Gwendolyn Clare. Original to this volume.

“Seven Year Itch” by Leah Cutter. © 2011 Leah Cutter. Original to this volume.

“Swear Not By the Moon” by Renee Carter Hall. © 2008 Renee Carter Hall. Originally published in A Fly in Amber, November 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Snow on Sugar Mountain” by Elizabeth Hand. © 1991 Elizabeth Hand. Originally published in Full Spectrum 3, 1991. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Aphotic Ghost” by Carlos Hernandez. © 2011 Carlos Hernandez. Original to this volume.

“In the Seeonee Hills” by Erica Hildebrand. © 2009 Erica Hildebrand. Originally published in Queer Wolf (ed. James EM Rasmussen), Queered Fiction Press, 2009. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Go Home Stranger” by Justin Howe. © 2011 Justin Howe. Original to this volume.

“And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” by Carrie Laben. © 2011 Carrie Laben. Original to this volume.

“Tusk and Skin” by Marissa Lingen. © 2011 Marissa Lingen. Original to this volume.

“(Nothing But) Flowers” by Nick Mamatas. © 2011 Nick Mamatas. Original to this volume.

“Moonlight and Bleach” by Sandra McDonald. © 2010 Sandra McDonald. Originally published in Daily Science Fiction (dailysciencefiction.com), October 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“An Unnatural History of Scarecrows” by Mario Milosevic. © 2011 Mario Milosevic. Original to this volume.

“The Fowler’s Daughter” by Michelle Muenzler. © 2008 Michelle Muenzler. Originally published in Shroud Magazine, Issue 3 , summer 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Heavy” by Cherie Priest. © 2008 Cherie Priest. Originally published in Apex Digest #12 , 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Thirst” by Vandana Singh. © 2004 Vandana Singh. Originally published in The Third Alternative, Issue 40 , Winter 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Coldest Game” by Maria V. Snyder. © 2011 Maria V. Snyder. Original to this volume.

“Watchmen” by Aaron Sterns. Copyright © 2003 Aaron Sterns. Originally published in Gathering the Bones: New Stories by the World’s Masters of Horror (ed. Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & Ramsey Campbell), HarperCollins, Australia/Tor, US, 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Werewizard of Oz” by Lavie Tidhar. © 2011 Lavie Tidhar. Original to this volume.

“She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion!” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2011 Genevieve Valentine. Original to this volume.

“The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall” by Kaaron Warren. © 2009 Kaaron Warren. Originally published in Exotic Gothic 3 (ed. Danel Olsen), Ash Tree Press, 2009. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Red on Red” by Jen White. @ 2002 Jen White. Originally published in Redsine 10, 2002. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Thief of Precious Things” by A.C. Wise. © 2011 A.C. Wise. Original to this volume.

“The Sinews of His Heart” by Melissa Yuan-Innes. © 2011 Melissa Yuan-Innes.

Ekaterina Sedia resides in the Pinelands of New Jersey. She is the editor of anthologies Paper Cities (a World Fantasy Award winner) and Running with the Pack . Her critically acclaimed novels, The Secret History of Moscow, The Alchemy of Stone, and The House of Discarded Dreams were published by Prime Books. Her forthcoming novel, Heart of Iron , will be published later this year. Her short stories have sold to Analog, Baen’s Universe, Subterranean, and Clarkesworld, as well as numerous anthologies, including Haunted Legends and Magic in the Mirrorstone. Visit her at www.ekaterinasedia.com

Copyright © 2011 by Ekaterina Sedia.

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