Laura Anne Gilman has published more than twenty short stories, three media tie-in novels, and an original novel, Staying Dead, the first in the Retrievers series, featuring Wren and Sergei. She lives in New Jersey, where she runs d.y.m.k. productions, an editorial services company. Visit her website at www.sff.net/people/lauraanne.gilman.
Simon R. Green is the author of twenty-seven novels, including the bestselling Deathstalker series. “The Nightside, Needless to Say” is set in the world of his Nightside novels, Something from the Nightside, Agents of Light and Darkness, and the forthcoming Nightingale’s Lament. He lives in England.
Charlaine Harris, who writes conventional mysteries as well as odder fare, lives in southern Arkansas with her three children, a husband, two dogs, one ferret, and a duck. The duck stays outside.
Anne Perry is the author of the Pitt and the Monk detective series, both set in Victorian England, a new series set in World War I, two fantasy novels, and many short stories. Her first novel, The Cater Street Hangman, came out in 1979. She lives in Scotland.
Sharon Shinn is the author of Archangel and four other books in the Samaria world, as well as five other science fiction/fantasy novels. She won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer for her first book. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has lived in the Midwest most of her life.
Dana Stabenow writes the Kate Shugak series, the Liam Campbell series, the Star Svensdotter series, and the “Alaska Traveler” column in Alaska magazine. She lives in Anchorage, and can be reached through her website at www.stabenow.com.
John Straley is a novelist and former private investigator from Sitka, Alaska. He is the author of the Cecil Younger mysteries. “Lovely” is his first fantasy story. It was written as ravens walked across the tin roof of his writing studio.
COPYRIGHTS
Introduction, copyright © 2004 by Dana Stabenow.
“Cold Spell,” copyright © 2004 by Donna Andrews.
“The Nightside, Needless to Say,” copyright © 2004 by Simon R. Green.
“Lovely,” copyright © 2004 by John Straley.
“The Price,” copyright © 2004 by Anne Bishop.
“Fairy Dust,” copyright © 2004 by Charlaine Harris.
“The Judgement,” copyright © 2004 by Anne Perry.
“The Sorcerer’s Assassin,” copyright © 2004 by Sharon Shinn.
“The Boy Who Chased Seagulls,” copyright © 2004 by Michael Armstrong.
“Palimpsest,” copyright © 2004 by Laura Anne Gilman.
“The Death of Clickclickwhistle,” copyright © 2004 by Mike Doogan.
“Cairene Dawn,” copyright © 2004 by James A. Hartley.
“Justice Is a Two-edged Sword,” copyright © 2004 by Dana Stabenow.
