Deepest gratitude to the terrific authors who contributed to this anthology as well as the National Arts Council of Singapore. Thanks, too, to the Studios of Key West, which provided a haven for editing at a crucial time, Johnny Temple and his lovely team at Akashic, S.J. Rozan for getting this ball rolling, Mike Hale, Jonathan Santlofer, Gordon Dahlquist, Jesse Pesta, and my agent, the inimitable Jin Auh with the Wylie Agency.