by Paula Guran
“La Dame” © 1995 Tanith Lee. First publication: Sisters of the Night, eds. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg (Aspect/Warner Books, 1995).
“Sun Falls” © 2011 Angela Slatter. First publication: Dead Red Heart: Australian Vampire Tales, ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Pubications, 2011).
“Magdala Amygdala” © 2012 Lucy Snyder. First publication: Dark Faith: Invocations, eds. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus (Apex Publications, 2012).
“Father Peña’s Last Dance” © 2010 Hannah Strom-Martin. First publication: Realms of Fantasy, August, 2010.
“The Better Half” © 1989 Melanie Tem. First publication: Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1989.
“In the Future When All’s Well” © 2011 Catherynne M. Valente. First publication: Teeth: Vampire Tales. eds. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Harper, 2011).
“A Princess of Spain” © 2007 Carrie Vaughn, LLC. First publication: The Secret History of Vampires, ed. Darrell Schweitzer (DAW Books, 2007).
“The Fall of the House of Blackwater” © 2010 Freda Warrington. First publication: The Bitten Word, ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press, 2010).
“Renewal” © 1982 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. First publication: Shadows 5, ed. Charles L. Grant (Doubleday, 1982).
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Paula Guran edits the annual Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror series as well as a growing number of other anthologies. She is senior editor for Prime Books and earlier edited the Juno fantasy imprint from its small press inception through its incarnation as an imprint of Pocket Books. In an previous life she produced weekly email newsletter DarkEcho (winning two Stokers, an IHG award, and a World Fantasy Award nomination), edited magazine Horror Garage (earning another IHG and a second World Fantasy nomination), and has contributed reviews, interviews, and articles to numerous professional publications. It is easy to find her online through paulaguran.com, Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. The mother of four, mother-in-law of two, and grandmother of one, Guran lives in Akron, Ohio. She has, to her knowledge, never met a vampire.
