Bewere the Night

“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.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

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

Copyright © 2011 by Ekaterina Sedia.

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