The idea of Slayage was born in the spring of 2001 as we considered over one hundred and forty proposals submitted for possible inclusion in Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a book published by Rowman and Littlefield). We learned, too, that two other collections of essays on Buffy were also in the works. It seemed obvious that there was a not-soon-to-be-exhausted international critical and scholarly interest in BtVS. With Whoosh! The Journal of the International Association of Xenoid Studies in mind as a model, Slayage was born early in 2001. It will continue to be published at least four times a year as long as interest warrants.

--David Lavery and Rhonda V. Wilcox

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