by Paula Guran
“Skin Deep” © 2008 by Richard Parks. First publication: Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Jonathan Strahan. (Night Shade, 2008). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Ill Met in Ulthar” © 2012 by T.A. Pratt. Original to this volume.
“Marlboros and Magic” © 2012 by Linda Robertson. Original to this volume.
“Walpurgis Afternoon” © 2005 by Delia Sherman. First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2005.
“The World Is Cruel, My Daughter” © 2011 by Cory Skerry. First publication: Fantasy, August 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Robbery” © 1995, 2012 by Cynthia Ward. First publication in slightly different form: 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, 1995). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Afterward” © 1999 by Don Webb. First publication: Not One of Us, March 21, 1999. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Magic Carpets” © 1995 by Leslie What. First publication: Realms of Fantasy, September/October 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Boris Chernevsky’s Hands” © 1982 by Jane Yolen. First publication: Hecate’s Cauldron edited by Susan M. Schwartz (Daw, 1982). Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.