Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight (37 page)

Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight © 2009 by Cat Rambo

Introduction © 2009 by Michael Livingston

edited by Michael Livingston and Lawrence M. Schoen

“
The Accordion” first appeared in
Cafe Irreal
.

“
I’ll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said” first appeared in
Clarkesworld
.

“
Heart in a Box” first appeared in
Strange Horizons
as “Foam on the Water.”

“
In the Lesser Southern Isles” first appeared in
Black Sails
.

“
Up the Chimney” first appeared in
Postcards
.

“
Events at Fort Plentitude” first appeared in
Weird Tales
.

“
Dew Drop Coffee Lounge” first appeared in
Clockwork Phoenix
.

“
Eagle-haunted Lake Sammamish” first appeared in
Shimmer
.

“
Sugar” first appeared in
Fantasy Magazine Sampler
.

“
A Key Decides Its Destiny” first appeared in
Say...What’s the Combination
.

“
The Towering Monarch of His Mighty Race” first appeared in
Intergalactic Medicine Show
.

“
The Dead Girl’s Wedding March” first appeared in
Fantasy Magazine
.

“
Worm Within” first appeared in
Clarkesworld
.

“
Magnificent Pigs” first appeared in
Strange Horizons
.

"Grandmother's Road Trip" first appeared in
Chiaroscuro
.

The hardcopy version of this book is available in both hardback and trade paperback from, Paper Golem LLC, 1049 Union Meeting Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422 USA

http://www.papergolem.com

Cover Art by Carrie Ann Baade

Cover Design by Mary Robinette Kowal

Book Design by Lawrence M. Schoen

DEDICATION

For Wayne, always.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

When I first went to Clarion West in 2005, I had no idea what an amazing journey it would launch, or how many friends and family-of-affinity members I would acquire along the way. I’d like to particularly acknowledge the following:

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My fellow members of Clarion West 2005, who saw several of these stories in embryo, and who have been sources of encouragement, inspiration, and the occasional kick in the ass. And our instructors: Octavia Butler, L. Timmel Duchamp, Andy Duncan, Michael Swanwick (who did not make us cry), Gordon Van Gelder, and Connie Willis. And last but never least, Neile Graham and Leslie Howle, who kept us all sane.

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Members of the Codex Writers’ Group as well as the Redmond Riters and Horrific Miscue, Seattle Branch.

•
Lawrence M. Schoen, Michael Livingston, and Mary Robinette Kowal.

•
Kris Dikeman, to whom I owe so very, very much.

•
Sean Wallace, who always tells me the good gossip.

•
Jeff VanderMeer, who rocks my socks off.

•
Ken and Sarah, most excellent proprietors of the Griffon Bookstore, which made adolescence bearable.

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And my mother, who started reading F&SF because I was writing “that kind of stuff.”