Introduction © 2011 by Terri Windling
“Things to Know About Being Dead” copyright © 2011 by Genevieve Valentine
“All Smiles” copyright © 2011 by Steve Berman
“Gap Year” copyright © 2011 by Christopher Barzak
“Bloody Sunrise” copyright © 2008, 2010 by Neil Gaiman, written as a song lyric for Claudia Gonson and recorded on the CD accompanying The Lifted Brow Volume 4, published in November 2008. This is the piece’s first print publication.
“Flying” copyright © 2011 by Delia Sherman
“Vampire Weather” copyright © 2011 by Garth Nix
“Late Bloomer” copyright © 2011 by Suzy McKee Charnas
“The List of Definite Endings” copyright © 2011 by Kaaron Warren
“Best Friends Forever” copyright © 2011 by Cecil Castellucci
“Sit the Dead” copyright © 2011 by Jeffrey Ford
“Sunbleached” copyright © 2011 by Nathan Ballingrud
“Baby” copyright © 2011 by Kathe Koja
“In the Future When All’s Well” copyright © 2011 by Catherynne M. Valente
“Transition” copyright © 2011 by Melissa Marr
“History” copyright © 2011 by Ellen Kushner
“The Perfect Dinner Party” copyright © 2011 by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
“Slice of Life” copyright © 2011 by Lucius Shepard
“My Generation” copyright © 2011 by Emma Bull
“Why Light?” copyright © 2011 by Tanith Lee