The editors would like to thank all other anthology editors who, out of love of literature, have labored to curate and present to readers the best fiction from all over the world. We also owe a huge debt of gratefulness to our team of translators who helped bring stories (and sometimes authors) into English for the first time, as well as for their new translations of stories previously translated into English. Thank you, Gio Clairval, Ekaterina Sedia, Minsoo Kang, Marian Womack, James Womack, and Joseph Tomaras. We would also like to thank the translators of the past, whose work is represented within these pages.
This book would not have been possible without the assistance, guidance, and support of several people we want to thank: Julie Nováková, Dominik Parisien, Johanna Sinisalo, John Coulthart, Scott Nicolay, Matthew Cheney, Eric Schaller, and Larry Nolen. Thanks for additional research to Chyina Powell, Edward Gauvin, Liam Henneghan, Michael Shreve, James Machin, and all the readers out there who have shared their favorites with us over the years.
We would also like to extend our gratitude to the many agents, editors, publishers, and other representatives who continue to advocate for writers and stories we love and want to share with our readers, including: Marc Lowenthal of Wakefield Press, Sara Kramer of NYRB, Daniel Seton of Pushkin Press, Richard Curtis Literary Agency, Ray Russell of Tartarus Press, CASiana Enterprises (Literary Estate of Clark Ashton Smith), Paul De Angelis Book Development, Dr. Margery Fee of the University of British Columbia, Dr. Carol Gerson of the Simon Fraser University, Dr. Wai Chee Dimock from Yale University, Sara Patel from PMLA, Dr. Danielle Kovacs from Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries, the David Graham Du Bois Trust, the J. R. R. Tolkien Estate, and the Zora Neale Hurston Trust.
And of course, our heartfelt appreciation to our editor Tim O’Connell and all the good folks at Vintage, as well as our agent Sally Harding and everyone at the CookeMcDermid Agency.