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Copyright © 2007 by Ellen Datlow
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“Bethany’s Wood” © 2007 by Paul Finch
“The Bedroom Light” © 2007 by Jeffrey Ford
“The Uninvited” © 2007 by Christopher Fowler
“Misadventure” © 2007 by Stephen Gallagher
“Lives” © 2007 by John Grant
“The Janus Tree” © 2007 by Glen Hirshberg
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“Ghorla” © 2007 by Mark Samuels
“The Ease with Which We Freed the Beast” © 2007 by Lucius Shepard
“An Apiary of White Bees” © 2007 by Lee Thomas
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