Running With the Pack (38 page)

PUBLICATION HISTORY

“The Barony at Rodal” by Peter Bell. © 2008 Peter Bell. Originally published in
Exotic Gothic 2
, Ash Tree Press, 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Comparison of Efficacy Rates for Seven Antipathetics as Employed Against Lycanthropes” by Marie Brennan. © 2010 Marie Brennan.

“The Pack and the Pickup Artist” by Michael Brotherton. © 2010 Michael Brotherton.

“Blamed for Trying to Live” by Jesse Bullington. © 2010 Jesse Bullington.

“Locked Doors” by Stephanie Burgis. © 2007 Stephanie Burgis. Originally published in
Strange Horizons
, January 2007. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Garden, the Moon, the Wall” by Amanda Downum. © 2006 Amanda Downum. Originally published in
Ideomancer
, September 2006. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Side-Effects May Include” by Steve Duffy. © 2008 Steve Duffy.Originally published in
Exotic Gothic 2
, Ash Tree Press, 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Deadfall” by Karen Everson. © 2010 Karen Everson.

“The Beautiful Gelreesh” by Jeffrey Ford. © 2003 Jeffrey Ford.Originally published in
Album Zutique
, Ministry of Whimsy Press, 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Werelove” by Laura Anne Gilman. © 2010 Laura Anne Gilman.

“Are You a Vampire or a Goblin?” by Geoffrey H. Goodwin. © 2010 Geoffrey H. Goodwin.

“Skin in the Game” by Samantha Henderson. © 2010 Samantha Henderson.

“Red Riding Hood’s Child” by N.K. Jemisin. © 2005 N.K. Jemisin. Originally published in
Fishnet
, April 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Blended” by CE Murphy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. © 2010 C.E. Murphy

“Gestella” by Susan Palwick. © 2001 Susan Palwick. Originally published in
Starlight 3
, Tor Books, 2001. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Royal Bloodlines” by Mike Resnick. © 1992 Mike Resnick. Originally published as a chapter titled “The Werewolf” in
Lucifer Jones
, Warner Books, 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Take Back the Night” by Lawrence Schimel. © 1997 Lawrence Schimel. Originally published in
The Drag Queen of Elfland
, Circlet Press, 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mongrel” by Maria V. Snyder. © 2010 Maria V. Snyder.

“In Sheep’s Clothing” by Molly Tanzer. © 2010 Molly Tanzer.

“The Dire Wolf” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 Genevieve Valentine.

“Wild Ride” by Carrie Vaughn. © 2010 Carrie Vaughn, LLC.

“Inside Out” by Erzebet YellowBoy. © 2010 Erzebet YellowBoy.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Ekaterina Sedia resides in the Pinelands of New Jersey. Her critically-acclaimed novels,
The Secret History of Moscow
and
The Alchemy of Stone
, were published by Prime Books. Her short stories have sold to
Analog, Baen's Universe, Dark Wisdom
and
Clarkesworld
, as well as the
Japanese Dreams
and
Magic in the Mirrorstone
anthologies. She won a World Fantasy Award in 2009, for
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy
.

OTHER BOOKS BY EKATERINA SEDIA

The Alchemy of Stone

Bewere the Night
(edited; forthcoming)

The House of Discarded Dreams
(forthcoming)

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy
(edited)

The Secret History of Moscow

FOOTNOTES

[
1
]Including the websites Wolfpelt, Lunar Eclipse, and Sisterhood of the Silver Bullets.

[
2
]Briggs 2005: http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/silver/silverbullets.shtml.

[
3
]Thirty rounds were produced in total; twelve were eliminated due to poor quality, which would have increased the risk of gun malfunction in the field and therefore biased the data. This production issue, however, must be considered relevant to the larger question of efficacy. (For ballistics information on this ammunition, see the appendix.)

[
4
]For a full account of each subject’s background, involvement in the anti-lycanthrope community, and predatory efforts, see the author’s monograph
Under the Full Moon: An Urban Safari Into the Biology of Lycanthropes
, in preparation.

[
5
]While it may lie beyond the scope of this study to make tactical evaluations of lycanthrope-hunting techniques, the investigator believes it is generally more advisable to aim for the center mass, for reasons illustrated by Hunter A’s results.

[
6
]Initially this subject was disqualified from the trial on the basis of evidence that he was merely seeking revenge against the non-lycanthropic leader of a rival gang. The alternative candidate for the fourth trial, however, revoked her permission and abandoned her hunt at the same time that new evidence came to light, supporting Hunter D’s claim regarding his target. (It is regrettable that this new evidence took the form of an entire gang of lycanthropes.)

[
7
]This analysis is based on slow-motion playback of the video recording. The investigator failed to directly observe anything of value either during the confrontation or after, as safety considerations required immediate departure from the trial location.

[
8
]The investigator indicated to Hunter F that the trial would be biased if multiple subjects were directly involved. He responded in language unsuited to an academic journal.

[
9
]Some lycanthropes observed in this study appear to have possessed opposable thumbs, but in other cases this trait is uncertain at best. There may be variation in the wild.

[
10
]According to a report from Assistant F6; unverified by the investigator.

[
11
]One of many common names for the genus. Others include monkshood, aconite, blue rocket, and women’s bane. No antipathetic qualities have been observed in human females—beyond the naturally-occurring cardiac poison, which is equally effective against human males.

[
12
]Formerly known as Hunter B.