Thank you, first and foremost, to Angela Slatter, who helped look over These Deathless Bones, and who, in many way, was instrumental in all the successes that followed. You’re a brilliant writer, a selfless teacher, and I still re-read Finnegan’s Field like clockwork. (If you’re reading this and you’re thinking what should I start with, you should absolutely check out All the Murmuring Bones, which is probably one of my favorite gothic works ever.)

Thank you to Ellen Datlow. For your grace, for your friendship, for the gift of your editing. I will always be in awe of how you can shift through the dross and find the gleaming heart of a story inside.

Thank you to Mouse for being my first reader, for everything, for being you. Thank you to Michael Curry, my darling agent, for always having my back. Thank you to my editor, Michael Kelly, for everything you’ve done to help me during a difficult time and for the gorgeousness you put into the world.

about the author

USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw’s books include, Hammers on Bone, a British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist; The All-Consuming World, one of the Washington Post’s best science fiction, fantasy and horror books of 2021; and their most recent novella, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, a Japanese haunted house story described as “sharp, playful, and nasty as hell,” which was published by Tor Nightfire in late 2021.

Their short fiction can be found in a myriad of places, including The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Tor.com, Nature, The Dark, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Khaw is also an award-winning game writer who has worked on games such as She Remembered Caterpillars (German Game Awards Best Children’s Game 2017), Wasteland 3, and Rainbow Six: Siege. They currently reside in Montreal with two gigantic cats, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @casskhaw.

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