photographer Bruce Ecker in 1999.
Story Contributors
Kelly Barnhill has had fiction published in Fantasy, Weird Tales, Clockwork Phoenix, and many other publications. Her first novel, The Mostly True Story of Jack—a lyrical fantasy for middle-grade readers—is set for a 2011 release by Little, Brown.
Holly Black is a best-selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including The Spiderwick Chronicles and the Curse Workers series.
S. J. Chambers has had fiction and nonfiction published by Fantasy, the Baltimore Sun’s Read Street Blog, Yankee Pot Roast, and Tor.com. Her most recent projects include The Steampunk Bible, a coffee-table book coauthored with Jeff VanderMeer.
Stepan Chapman is the author of The Troika, which won the Philip K. Dick Award. His short fiction can be found in magazines and anthologies such as Analog, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Leviathan, Polyphony, and Album Zutique.
Ted Chiang is a multiple award–winning short story writer. His work has won the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus Award, and others. His latest book is the novella The Lifecycle of Software Objects, published by Subterranean Press in 2010.
Michael Cisco’s novels include The Divinity Student, The Traitor, and, most recently, The Narrator. His stories have appeared in Leviathan 3, Leviathan 4, Lovecraft Unbound, and many other anthologies.
Gio Clairval is an Italian-born speculative fiction writer who commutes between Paris and Lake Como. Several of her translations of iconic stories will appear in The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Fictions from Atlantic in 2011.
Amal El-Mohtar is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cornwall, England. Her poetry has won the Rhysling Award, and her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Weird Tales, Cabinet des Fees, and Shimmer. She also coedits Goblin Fruit, an online quarterly of fantastical poetry.
Brian Evenson is the author of nine books, most recently the novel Last Days and the short story collection Fugue State. He directs Brown University’s Creative Writing program.
Minister Faust is an Edmontonian writer, high school English teacher, union delegate, broadcaster, community activist, and novelist. His latest book is titled From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain and he is a past finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.
Jeffrey Ford lives in South Jersey and is a multiple World Fantasy Award winner. His latest novel is The Shadow Year, and his latest collection of stories is The Drowned Life (both from HarperCollins).
Lev Grossman is a journalist for Time magazine and novelist living in New York City. His latest book is The Magicians, and the sequel is expected in 2011.
Will Hindmarch is a writer and graphic designer, with work published in various books, games, and magazines. Some of his work has appeared in The Escapist, Atlanta magazine, Geek Monthly, and Everywhere.
N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn-based author. Her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, Baen’s Universe, Strange Horizons, Postscripts, Weird Tales, and many others. Her first two novels, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and its sequel, The Broken Kingdoms, have been published by Orbit Books.
Caitlin R. Kiernan was born in Ireland, raised in the southeastern United States, and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Her short fiction has been collected in several volumes, most recently A Is for Alien, and she’s published eight novels, including Daughter of Hounds and The Red Tree.
Mur Lafferty is a writer, podcaster, and blogger. She has written for various RPGs, Tor.com, Scrybe Press, Murky Depths, and Hub Magazine.
Jay Lake lives in Portand, Oregon, where he writes, edits, and generally misbehaves. His latest novels are Green and Madness of Flowers.
China Mieville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. His novel The City & The City recently won the British Science Fiction Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Hugo Award. In addition to fiction, he has also contributed his art to this book.
Michael Moorcock is an iconic figure in literature, having written in perhaps every genre as well as published such classics as Mother London. A multiple-award winner, he lives in Texas with his wife, Linda, and several cats.
Alan Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in graphic novels. Some of his more well-known series include Watchmen, From Hell, V Is for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Reza Negarestani is an Iranian writer working in diverse fields of contemporary theory, ancient Greek and contemporary philosophy, and politics. His latest novel is Cyclonopedia: Complicities with Anonymous Materials.
Garth Nix is a best-selling, multiple award–winning Australian writer best known for his young adult fantasy novels. He has also written for RPGs and magazines and journals. His latest book is Lord Sunday.
Naomi Novik is a New York Times best-selling writer. She was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2007. Her latest book is Tongues of Serpents.
Helen Oyeyemi is a Nigerian writer living in the United Kingdom. Her latest novel, White Is for Witching, was nominated for the Shirley Jackson award.
Cherie Priest is the author of seven novels published by Tor and Subterranean Press, including the Nebula Award nominee Boneshaker, Dreadful Skin, and the Eden Moore trilogy. Her short stories and nonfiction articles have appeared in such fine publications as Weird Tales, Subterranean Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and the Stoker-nominated anthology Aegri Somnia published by Apex.
Ekaterina Sedia has published three novels—The Secret History of Moscow, The Alchemy of Stone, and The House of Discarded Dreams. Her short stories have been published in Analog, Baen’s Universe, and Clarkesworld.
Rachel Swirsky has had short fiction appear in venues including Tor.com, Subterranean Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, Weird Tales, and the Konundrum Engine Literary Review. Her latest book, Through the Drowsy Dark, is a mini-collection of feminist poems and short stories, available from Aqueduct Press.
Carrie Vaughn is the author of the popular urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. She has published over forty short stories in magazines such as Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and Asimov’s Science Fiction.
Tad Williams is a best-selling writer who lives in California. His latest book is Shadowheart, the fourth book in his Shadowmarch series.
Charles Yu is an American writer whose first novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, has been added to many year’s best lists for 2010. His short fiction has
