Cauchemar (32 page)

Copyright © Alexandra Grigorescu, 2015

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Editors for the press: Jennifer Knoch and Crissy Calhoun

Cover design: Natalie Olsen/Kisscut design

Cover images: house on water © michaelmuecke/Photocase, mosquitoes >© gernot1610/Photocase

Author photo: Maja Hajduk

The publication of
Cauchemar
has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country, and by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,793 individual artists and 1,076 organizations in 232 communities across Ontario, for a total of $52.1 million. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities, and the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation.