Night Terrors

by Ashley Cardiff

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  I must first address my father and brother, both of whom have extraordinary senses of humor. Thank you for shaping mine.

  Thanks to my wonderful agent, Erin Malone, and everyone at WME.

  Thanks to Patrick Mulligan for buying this thing. Thanks to Lauren Marino for believing in it. Thanks to Emily Wunderlich, indefatigable and brimming with compassion—you are the foil every author needs.

  To the now-defunct B5 Media, thanks for being the first people to pay for my writing and welcoming me to republish some of that material in this very book.

  Special thanks to . . .

  Jennifer Wright, for giving me my break.

  Lauren Leto, who stuck her neck out for me.

  A few friends who were kind enough to offer invaluable feedback (and patience) throughout this process: Nic Rad, Liana Maeby, Patrick Moberg, Erica Gorochow, Dylan Parry, Ann Talley, Emily Andrews, Ranjan Das.

  Thanks to Matt Langer for being my friend for like 1,000 years.

  Thanks to Karen McCann for knowing more about this than me and always making herself available.

  Thanks to David Gluck, who I called immediately when I found out I’d sold my first book and who said simply, “Don’t fuck this up.” I can’t express how fortunate I was to get so much of his time and how grateful I am to see his influence all over this book. Dave, few people ever get a friend like you.

  To Jeremy Schoenherr, for everything.

  Strangely and unexpectedly, most of all: enormous gratitude to my dear friend Ben Lansky, who one day a few years ago in a yellowing stairwell was the first person to ever tell me I was funny. It surprised me at the time but I gave it a shot.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Ashley Cardiff grew up in Northern California. She studied classics at St. John’s College. She lives in Brooklyn.