A Feast of Sorrows: Stories
To my beloved sister, Michelle, who still dreams.
Copyright © 2016 by Angela Slatter.
Cover art by Lilif Ilane.
Cover design by Sherin Nicole.
Ebook design by Neil Clarke.
ISBN: 978-1-60701-479-9 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-60701-474-4 (trade paperback)
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Thank you:
To Nicole Korhner-Stace, Marianne de Pierres, Garth Nix, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nathan Ballingrud, and Jeff VanderMeer
for their kind words.
To Theodora Goss for the lovely introduction.
To Sean Wallace and Paula Guran for publishing A Feast of Sorrows.
To the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre for the time and place to complete the edits, and to the Copyright Agency for assistance with funding.
To those who first published these tales.
The warmest and deepest of thanks to my family—Betty, Peter, Michelle, and Matthew—who keep me grounded when I’m wandering.
And, as always, the last and best is for David, whose heart I never doubt.