Thanks to Rebekah Tisch for the use of her gorgeous artwork Goodbye 2020 on the cover of this book. Thanks and acknowledgements also and always to the editors and publishers at the following publications, who gave these stories their first outings and allowed this editor to snap up the reprints:
“New Zealand Gothic,” by Jack Remiel Cottrell, first published in Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, edited by Michelle Elvy, Paula Morris and James Norcliffe, art editor David Eggleton (Otago University Press, 2020).
“Synaesthete,” by Melanie Harding-Shaw, first published in Black Dogs, Black Tales: A Mental Health Anthology (Things in the Well Press 2020).
“Kōhuia,” by T. Te Tau, first published in audio by Balamohan Shingade in the ‘Bedtime Stories’ series on Instagram Live, 28 April 2020.
“Death confetti,” by Zoë Meager, first published by Maudlin House, 10 November 2020.
“For Want of Human Parts,” by Casey Lucas, first published in Diabolical Plots #66B.
“How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster),” by Marie Cardno, first published in Her Magical Pet (2020).
“Salt White, Rose Red,” by Emily Brill-Holland, first published in Dually Noted.
“Florentina,” by Paul Veart, first published in Turbine | Kapohau (2020).
“Otto Hahn Speaks to the Dead,” by Octavia Cade, originally published in The Dark, issue 59, April 2020.
“The Waterfall,” by Renee Liang, first published in Scorchers, edited by Paul Mountfort and Rosslyn Prosser (Eunoia Press 2020).
“The Double-Cab Club,” by Tim Jones, first published in Stuff’s Forever Project in print and online on 25 March 2020.
“Wild Horses,” by Anthony Lapwood, first published in Cyberpunk in 2020: Science Fiction from Dystopian Moment to Sustainable Future – The London Reader, Volume 17 (October 2020). The knock-knock joke in “Wild Horses” is derived from an original told by comedian and storyteller Gerard Harris and is used with permission.
“You and Me at the End of the World,” by Dave Agnew, first published in Thunderzine Vol 1, April 2020.
“The Secrets She Eats,” by Nikky Lee, first published in Libra (The Zodiac Series #10, Deadset Press 2020).
“How to Build a Unicorn,” by AJ Fitzwater, first published at Fireside Fiction, April 2020 (print), available online July 2020.
“Even the Clearest Water,” by Andi C. Buchanan, first published at Fireside Fiction, April 2020 (print), available online July 2020.
“You Can’t Beat Wellington on a Good Day,” by Anna Kirtlan, first published in Ghost Bus (2020).
“The Moamancer,” by Bing Turkby, was self-published by the author as a standalone story.
“They probably play the viola,” by Jack Remiel Cottrell, first published in Flash Frontier (6 October 2020).
“Crater Island,” by P.K. Torrens, first published in Kasma SF.
“A Love Note,” by Melanie Harding-Shaw, first published in Takahē 98.
“The Turbine at the End of the World,” by James Rowland, first published in Prairie Fire Vol. 41 Issue 3.