Lightspeed: Year One

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks to the following:

Lightspeed’s publisher, Sean Wallace, for publishing Lightspeed and choosing me to edit it.

The brilliant and dedicated Lightspeed editorial team: Molly Tanzer, Esther Inglis-Arkell, Stefan Rudnicki, Christie Yant, Erin Stocks, Stacey Friedberg, and Robyn Lupo. I couldn’t edit the magazine without your support; although only my name goes on the cover and may be recognized by award committees, you guys are every bit as much a part of this as I am. Additionally, a huge thanks goes out to former team members Andrea Kail and Jordan Hamessley—both of whom were with us from the very start and were instrumental in getting Lightspeed off the ground.

Our amazing webmaster Jeremiah Tolbert, for creating such a beautiful design for the magazine, and making all of the behind-the-scenes coding and whatnot work without a hitch.

Our ever-vigilant slush readers: Kate Galey, Andrew Liptak, Shannon Rampe, Caleb Schulz, Moshe Siegel, and LaShawn Wanak.

Our nonfiction writers—including especially our most prolific contributor Genevieve Valentine—for balancing our fiction with some fact.

All of our wonderful artists who provided our covers.

Astronomers Mike Brotherton and Pamela Gay, for not only providing some of Lightspeed’s nonfiction content, but also advising on the astronomical science in some of our stories.

My intern, Rebecca McNulty, for her tireless devotion to the occasionally mundane tasks I assign her, and for always being there when I need her.

My agent, Joe Monti, for the incredible amount of support he’s provided since taking me on as a client—he’s gone above and beyond the call of duty. To any writers reading this: you’d be lucky to have Joe in your corner.

Gordon Van Gelder, for mentoring me, and giving me my start in the field. None of my successes would have been possible without his tuteledge.

My mom, for her endless enthusiasm for all my new projects.

My dear friends Robert Bland, Desirina Boskovich, Christopher M. Cevasco, Douglas E. Cohen, David Barr Kirtley, and Matt London, for all of their support.

The readers and critics who have praised Lightspeed and made our first year such a huge success.

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS MADE FOR PERMISSION TO PRINT THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL: