ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“Ghosts of Wind and Shadow” was first published by Triskell Press, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Charles de Lint. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mazirian the Magician” by Jack Vance. Copyright © 1950, renewed 1978 by Jack Vance. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agents, Ralph M. Vicinanza, Ltd.

“Troll Bridge” by Terry Pratchett. Copyright © 1992 by Terry Pratchett. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Tale of Hauk” by Poul Anderson. Copyright © 1977 by Poul Anderson. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“In Our Block” by R. A. Lafferty. Copyright © 1965 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of the agent for the author’s Estate, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

“The Gnarly Man” by L. Sprague de Camp. Copyright © 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, renewed 1966 by L. Sprague de Camp. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Homeland” by Barbara Kingsolver. Copyright © 1989 by Barbara Kingsolver. Excerpted from Homeland and Other Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

“Stealing God” by Debra Doyle and James Macdonald. Copyright © 1995 by Debra Doyle and James Macdonald. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Shadowlands” by Elisbeth Waters. Copyright © 1990 by Elisbeth Waters. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Liane the Wayfarer” by Jack Vance. Copyright © 1950, 1978 by Jack Vance. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agents, Ralph M. Vicinanza, Ltd.

“The Spring” by Manly Wade Wellman. Copyright © 1979 by Manly Wade Wellman. Reprinted by permission of the Executrix for the author’s Estate, Frances Wellman.

“That Hell-Bound Train” by Robert Bloch. Copyright 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the agent for the author’s Estate, Ralph Vicinanza, Ralph M. Vicinanza, Ltd.

“The Dancer From the Dance” by M. John Harrison. Copyright © 1985 by M. John Harrison. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“More Spinned Against” by John Wyndham. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981 by the Estate of John Beynon Harris. Reprinted by permission of the agent for the author’s Estate, the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, LP.

“Unicorn Variations” by Roger Zelazny. Copyright © 1991 by Davis Publication, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the agent for the author’s Estate, The Pimlico Agency, Inc.