Thank you to everyone at Saga Press and Gallery Books who had a hand in making The Mythic Dream: Michael McCartney and Erika Genova, who made our book look beautiful; Caroline Pallota, Kaitlyn Snowden, Stephen Breslin, and Allison Green, who kept things on track and made sure the book came together; Serena Malyon, whose gorgeous art is on the cover; LJ Jackson, publicity and marketing manager extraordinaire; Erin Larson, Allison Light, and Samantha Desz, who made it sound so good; and our publishing team, Jen Bergstrom, Jen Long, Justin Chanda, Joe Monti, and Madison Penico. We feel remarkably lucky to have gotten to make this book with the best people in publishing.
And the biggest thank-you to the writers whose stories make up this anthology: we quite literally could not have done it without you. We are so grateful that you loved mythic stories this passionately, and reinvented them so powerfully.
Dominik would like to thank André and Ginette Parisien, as well as Sophie, Luigi, Théa, and Livie Zaccardo for their unparalleled support. Thanks to Ann VanderMeer for her guidance over all these years. Thanks to Nicole Joanisse and Joanne Larocque, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Mike Allen, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Kit, John, and Andrew F. Sullivan, and Amy Jones. A heartfelt thanks to Navah for this last editorial venture—what an incredible journey we’ve had, truly one of mythic proportions in my eyes. I will be forever grateful for all we’ve done together, and for your friendship. Finally, thank you, of course, to Kelsi Morris, who continues to believe in and supports all of my wild projects—it means so very much to me.
Navah would like to thank her parents, Debbie and Judah Rosensweig, who always believed she’d make books one day; her siblings (and siblings-in-law), Talya and Yechiel, Hillela and Noah, Chayim and Shayna, Moshe, and Elisha; and her extremely excellent tiny nieces and nephews, Maya Ellie, Miriam, and Rafael. Thanks for friendship and moral support go to the Second Saturday game folks, the 9pm Heavy Hitting boxing crew, the BAMS family, the Murder Friends, and especially Maruja Ivri (even though it’s not Galentine’s Day). Thank you to Dominik, for being the best co-editor and friend a person could wish for. Thank you thank you to Naftali Wolfe, for all the things, always. And finally, thank you to Eliora and Ronen, story readers, adventure-havers, myth-believers. Of all the stories I know, you two are the best.