The Living Dead 2

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the following:

Jeremy Lassen and Jason Williams at Night Shade Books, for letting me edit all these anthologies and for doing such a kick-ass job publishing them. Also, to Ross Lockhart and Michael Lee at Night Shade for all they do behind-the-scenes, and to Marty Halpern for his copyediting prowess.

David Palumbo, for yet another fantastic cover.

Gordon Van Gelder, who first infected me with the editorial bug, and made me into the zombie editor I am today.

My former agent Jenny Rappaport, for helping me launch my anthology career. Enjoy retirement!

David Barr Kirtley for his assistance wrangling the header notes. All the clever things in the header notes are all his work. Anything lame you came across is mine.

Rebecca McNulty, for her various and valuable interning assistance-reading, scanning, transcribing, proofing, doing most of the work but getting none of the credit as all good interns do.

Christie Yant, my self-described “minion,” for her friendship and her tireless devotion to making my life easier.

My mom, for the usual reasons.

All of the other kindly folks who assisted me in some way during the editorial process: Charlie Campbell, Ellen Datlow, Pablo Defendini, Diana Fox, Regina Glei, Susan Marie Groppi, Wake Lankard, Seanan McGuire, Tom Piccirilli, Julia & R. J. Sevin, Patrick Swenson, Jeremiah Tolbert, Ryan West, Renee Zuckerbrot, and to everyone else who helped out in some way that I neglected to mention (and to you folks, I apologize!).

The NYC Geek Posse-consisting of Robert Bland, Desirina Boskovich, Christopher M. Cevasco, Douglas E. Cohen, Jordan Hamessley, Andrea Kail, and Matt London, (plus Dave Kirtley, who I mentioned above, and the NYCGP Auxiliary)-for giving me an excuse to come out of my editorial cave once in a while.

The readers and reviewers who loved my other anthologies, making it possible for me to do more.

And last, but certainly not least: a big thanks to all of the authors who appear in this anthology.

Acknowledgment is made for permission to print the following material:

“Last Stand” by Kelley Armstrong. © 2010 Kelley Armstrong.

“Danger Word” by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. © 2004 Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. Originally published in Dark Dreams. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Pirates vs. Zombies” by Amelia Beamer. © 2010 Amelia Beamer.

“We Now Pause for Station Identification” by Gary A. Braunbeck. © 2005 Gary Braunbeck. Originally published as a limited edition chapbook by Endeavor Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Steve and Fred” by Max Brooks. © 2010 Max Brooks.

“Living with the Dead” by Molly Brown. © 2007 Molly Brown. Originally published in Celebration: 50 Years of the British Science Fiction Association. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Zombie Gigolo” by S. G. Browne. © 2010 S. G. Browne.

“The Anteroom” by Adam-Troy Castro. © 2010 Adam-Troy Castro.

“The Human Race” by Scott Edelman. © 2009 Scott Edelman. Originally published in Space and Time. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Summer Place” by Bob Fingerman. © 2010 Bob Fingerman.

“The Rapeworm” by Charles Coleman Finlay. © 2008 Charles Coleman Finlay. Originally published in Noctem Aeternus. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tameshigiri” by Steven Gould. © 2010 Steven Gould.

“Everglades” by Mira Grant. © 2010 Seanan McGuire.

“The Mexican Bus” by Walter Greatshell. © 2010 Walter Greatshell.

“He Said, Laughing” by Simon R. Green. © 2010 Simon R. Green.

“Rural Dead” by Bret Hammond. © 2008 Bret Hammond. Originally published in Tales of the Zombie War. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Therapeutic Intervention” by Rory Harper. © 2008 Rory Harper. Originally published on eatourbrains.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Lost Canyon of the Dead” by Brian Keene. © 2010 Brian Keene.

“Alone, Together” by Robert Kirkman. © 2010 Robert Kirkman.

“The Skull-Faced City” by David Barr Kirtley. © 2010 David Barr Kirtley.

“The Other Side” by Jamie Lackey. © 2010 Jamie Lackey.

“Are You Trying to Tell Me This Is Heaven?” by Sarah Langan. © 2010 Sarah Langan.

“Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco” by Seth Lindberg. © 2001 Seth Lindberg. Originally published in Twilight Showcase. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Wrong Grave” by Kelly Link. © 2007 Kelly Link. Originally published in The Restless Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mouja” by Matt London. © 2010 Matt London.

“Zero Tolerance” by Jonathan Maberry. © 2010 Jonathan Maberry.

“Zombie Season” by Catherine MacLeod. © 2008 Catherine MacLeod. Originally published in Bits of the Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Thought War” by Paul McAuley. © 2008 Paul McAuley. Originally published in Postscripts. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dating in Dead World” by Joe McKinney. © 2010 Joe McKinney.

“Arlene Schabowski of the Undead” by Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon. © 2007 Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon. Originally published in Midnight Premiere. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Who We Used to Be” by David Moody. © 2010 David Moody.

“Thin Them Out” by Kim Paffenroth, R. J. Sevin, and Julia Sevin. © 2008 Kim Paffenroth, R. J. Sevin, and Julia Sevin. Originally published as a limited edition chapbook by Creeping Hemlock Press. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Category Five” by Marc Paoletti. © 2008 Marc Paoletti. Originally published in Sin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Crocodiles” by Steven Popkes. © 2010 Steven Popkes. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Reluctance” by Cherie Priest. © 2010 Cherie Priest.

“Flotsam & Jetsam” by Carrie Ryan. © 2010 Carrie Ryan.

“Where the Heart Was” by David J. Schow. © 1993 David J. Schow. Originally published in Hottest Blood. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Price of a Slice” by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow. © 2010 John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow.

“Zombieville” by Paula R. Stiles © 2009 Paula R. Stiles. Originally published in Something Wicked. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“When the Zombies Win” by Karina Sumner-Smith. © 2010 Karina Sumner-Smith.

“The Days of Flaming Motorcycles” by Catherynne M. Valente. © 2010 Catherynne M. Valente. Originally published in Dark Faith. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“And the Next, and the Next ” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 Genevieve Valentine.

“Good People” by David Wellington. © 2010 David Wellington.

“Obedience” by Brenna Yovanoff © 2009 Brenna Yovanoff. Originally published in Strange Horizons. Reprinted by permission of the author.