ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
All stories are reprinted with the kind permission of the authors. Special thanks, once again, to Rene Sears, Jennifer Do, and Jarred Weisfeld of Pyr and Start as well as their super production team.
“Mr. Catt” © 2023 Eleanor Arnason. First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2023.
“The God of Minor Troubles” © 2023 Megan Chee. First publication: Strange Horizons, May 29, 2023.
“What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” © 2023 P. Djèlí Clark. First publication: The Book of Witches, ed. Jonathan Strahan.
“The Spirit of Bois” © 2023 Karyn Díaz. First publication: FIYAH #27.
“John Hollowback and the Witch” © 2023Amal El-Mohtar. First publication: The Book of Witches, ed. Jonathan Strahan.
“Mid-Earth Removals Limited” © 2023 R. S. A. Garcia. First publication: The Sunday Morning Transport, November 5, 2023.
“How to Stay Married to Baba Yaga” © 2023 S. M. Hallow. First publication: Baffling #11.
“The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside” © 2023 Isabel J. Kim. First publication: Apex #135.
“The Passing of the Dragon” © 2023 Ken Liu. First publication: Tor. com*, September 13, 2023.
“A Princess with a Nose Three Ells Long” © 2023 Malda Marlys. First publication: Fantasy #88.
“Spinning Shadow” © 2023 Margaret Ronald. First publication: Beneath Ceaseless Skies #384.
“Remembered Salt” © 2023 E. Catherine Tobler. First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2023.
“Always Be Returning” © 2023 Eugenia Triantafyllou. First publication: The Sunday Morning Transport, July 5, 2023.
“Can You Hear Me Now?” © 2023 Catherynne M. Valente. First publication: Uncanny #54.
“On the Fox Roads” © 2023 Nghi Vo. First publication: Tor.com*, October 31, 2023.
“The Rain Remembers What the Sky Forgets” © 2023 Fran Wilde. First publication: Uncanny #52.
“The Cat’s Tale” Excerpted from Jewel Box: Stories © 2023 by E. Lily Yu, first published by Erewhon Books, Kensington Publishing Corp.