“Hair” by Joan Aiken © 2011 by Joan Aiken Estate (John Sebastian Brown and Elizabeth Delano Charlaff). Used by permission. All rights reserved. First publication: The Monkey’s Wedding & Other Stories (Small Beer Press) / The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August, 2011.
“Rakshasi” by Kelley Armstrong © 2011 by KLA Fricke Inc. First publication: The Monster’s Corner: Through Inhuman Eyes, edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Griffin).
“Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin” by Adam Callaway © 2011 by Adam Callaway. First publication: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #73, July 14, 2011.
“The Lake” by Tananarive Due © 2011 by Tananarive Due. First publication: The Monster’s Corner: Through Inhuman Eyes, edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011).
“Tell Me I’ll See You Again” by Dennis Etchison © 2011 by Dennis Etchison. First publication: A Book of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones (Quercus).
“King Death” by Paul Finch © 2011 by Paul Finch. First publication: King Death (Spectral Press,).
“The Last Triangle” by Jeffrey Ford © 2011 by Jeffrey Ford. First publication: Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse).
“Crossroads” by Laura Anne Gilman © 2011 by Laura Anne Gilman. First publication: Fantasy, August 2011.
“Near Zennor” by Elizabeth Hand © 2011 by Elizabeth Hand. First publication: A Book of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones (Quercus).
“After-Words” by Glen Hirshberg © 2011 by Glen Hirshberg. First publication: The Janus Tree and Other Stories (Subterranean Press).
“Rocket Man” by Stephen Graham Jones © 2011 by Stephen Graham Jones. First publication: Stymie, Vol. 4. Issue 1, Spring & Summer 2011.
“The Maltese Unicorn” by Caitlín R. Kiernan © 2011 by Caitlín R. Kiernan. First publication: Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse).
“The Dune” by Stephen King © 2011 by Stephen King. First publication: Granta 117, Autumn 2011.
“Catastrophic Disruption of the Head” by Margo Lanagan © 2011 by Margo Lanagan. First publication: The Wilful Eye: Tales from the Tower, Vol. 1 (Allen & Unwin).
“The Bleeding Shadow” by Joe R. Lansdale © 2011 by Joe R. Lansdale. First publication: Down These Strange Streets, edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (Ace Books).
“Why Light?” © 2011 by Tanith Lee. First publication: Teeth, edited by Ellen Datlow & Teri Windling (HarperCollins).
“Conservation of Shadows” © 2011 by Yoon Ha Lee. First publication: Clarkesworld, August 2011.
“A Tangle of Green Men” by Charles de Lint. © 2011 by Charles de Lint. First publication: Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black & Ellen Kushner (Random House Books for Young Readers).
“After the Apocalypse” © 2011 by Maureen F. McHugh. First publication: After the Apocalypse (Small Beer Press).
“Why Do You Linger?” © 2011 by Sarah Monette. First publication: Subterranean #8.
“Lord Dunsany’s Teapot” by Naomi Novik © 2011 by Temeraire LLC. First publication: The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (HarperVoyager).
“Mysteries of the Old Quarter” by Paul Park © 2011 by Paul Park. First publication: Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense, edited by Jack Dann & Nick Gever (HarperVoyager).
“Vampire Lake” by Norman Partridge © 2011 by Norman Partridge. First publication: Subterranean Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, edited by William K. Schafer (Subterranean Press).
“A Journey of Only Two Paces” by Tim Powers © 2011 by Tim Powers. First publication: The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (Tachyon Press). [A shorter version of this story appeared in 2009 in LX Eastercon: Souvenir Book, edited by Steve Cooper (Bradford, UK).]
“Four Legs in the Morning” by Norman Prentiss © 2011 by Norman Prentiss. First publication: Four Legs in the Morning (Cemetery Dance).
“The Fox Maiden” by Priya Sharma © 2011 by Priya Sharma. First publication: On Spec, Summer 2011.
“Time and Tide” by Alan Peter Ryan © 2011 by Alan Peter Ryan. First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October, 2011.
“Sun Falls” by Angela Slatter © 2011 by Angela Slatter. First publication: Dead Red Heart, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Press).
“Still” by Tia V. Travis © 2011 by Tia V. Travis. First publication: Portents, edited by Al Sarrantonio (Flying Fox).
“Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear” by Lisa Tuttle © 2011 by Lisa Tuttle. First publication: House of Fear, edited by Jonathan Oliver (Solaris).
“The Bread We Eat in Dreams” by Catherynne M. Valente © 2011 by Catherynne M. Valente. First publication: Apex Magazine, Issue 30, November 2011.
“All You Can Do Is Breathe” by Kaaron Warren © 2011 by Kaaron Warren. First publication: Blood & Other Cravings, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor).
“Josh” by Gene Wolfe © 2011 by Gene Wolfe. First publication: Portents, edited by Al Sarrantonio (Flying Fox).