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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, November 16, 2021, 978-1-949102-60-4, $15.99, xlvi+383pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Summation 2020 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Exhalation #10 · A. C. Wise · nv Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 23 · A Hotel in Germany · Catriona Ward · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 40 · A Deed Without a Name · Jack Lothian · ss The Fiends in the Furrows II ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, 2020 50 · Lords of the Matinee · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 65 · Cleaver, Meat, and Block · Maria Haskins · ss Black Static #73, January/February 2020 81 · The Eight-Thousanders · Jason Sanford · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 100 · Scold’s Bridle: A Cruelty · Richard Gavin · ss Grotesquerie by Richard Gavin, Undertow Publications, September 2020 107 · Come Closer · Gemma Files · ss Apostles of the Weird ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, March 2020 119 · It Doesn’t Feel Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 134 · Mine Seven · Elana Gomel · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 148 · Sicko · Stephen Volk · ss Black Static #73, January/February 2020 168 · Mouselode Maze · Christopher Harman · ss The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Mazes ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, May 2020 189 · Heath Crawler · Sam Hicks · ss Vastarien Fall 2020 200 · The Devil Will Be at the Door · David Surface · ss Crooked Houses ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2020 215 · Let Your Hinged Jaw Do the Talking · Tom Johnstone · ss Nightscript VI ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2020 224 · Scream Queen · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 246 · We Do Like to Be Beside · Pete Sutton · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, 2020 257 · Contrition (1998) · J. A. W. McCarthy · ss Oculus Sinister ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2020 274 · Tethered Dogs · Gary McMahon · ss Some Bruising May Occur by Gary McMahon, JournalStone Publishing, 2020 282 · Bloody Rhapsody · Alessandro Manzetti · pm Whitechapel Rhapsody by Alessandro Manzetti, Independent Legions Publishing, October 2020 284 · In the English Rain · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Home Counties ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, October 2020 302 · A Treat for Your Last Day · Simon Bestwick · ss Patreon.com/SimonBestwick March 23 2020 313 · Trick of the Light · Andrew Humphrey · ss Nightjar Press, 2020 326 · Two Truths and a Lie · Sarah Pinsker · nv Tor.com June 17 2020 356 · The Whisper of Stars · Thana Niveau · ss Lovecraft Mythos New and Classic Collection ed. Gillian Whittaker, Flame Tree Publishing, 2020 373 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 375 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 384 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Fourteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, December 20, 2022, 978-1-949102-67-3, $19.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. i · Summation of the Year 2021 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Redwater · Simon Bestwick · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 3 ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, 2021 19 · Caker’s Man · Matthew Holness · ss Beyond the Veil ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2021 42 · Black Leg · Glen Hirshberg · ss Tor.com July 14 2021 56 · The Offering · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, September 2021 77 · Fox Girl · Lee Murray · pm Tortured Willows ed. Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray, Angela Yuriko Smith & Christina Sng, Yuriko Publishing, October 2021 79 · Shuck · G. V. Anderson · nv The Deadlands #2, June 2021 85 · The Hunt at Rotherdam · A. C. Wise · ss Bourbon Penn #24, August 2021 107 · Dancing Sober in the Dust · Steve Toase · ss To Drown in Dark Water by Steve Toase, Undertow Publications, April 2021 122 · The God Bag · Christopher Golden · ss Beyond the Veil ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2021 140 · The Strathentine Imps · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands ed. Paul Finch, Telos, October 2021 162 · The Quizmasters · Gerard McKeown · ss The Black Dreams ed. Reggie Chamberlain-King, Blackstaff Press, October 2021 169 · All Those Lost Days · Brian Evenson · ss Tales from Omnipark ed. Ben Thomas, House Blackwood, 2021 183 · Anne Gare’s Rare and Import Video Catalogue, October 2022 · Jonathan Raab · ss Hymns of Abomination ed. Justin A. Burnett, Silent Motorist Media, September 2021 186 · Three Sisters Bog · Eóin Murphy · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, April 2021 200 · The Steering Wheel Club · Kaaron Warren · ss Giving the Devil His Due ed. Rebecca Brewer, Running Wild Press, 2021 210 · The King of Stones · Simon Strantzas · ss The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, September 2021 226 · Stolen Property · Sarah Lamparelli · ss Black Static #80/81, 2021 241 · Shards · Ian Rogers · nv Tor.com January 27 2021 267 · Chit Chit · Steve Toase · ss Chilling Crime Short Stories ed. Josei Karani, Flame Tree Publishing, 2021 279 · Poor Butcher-Bird · Gemma Files · ss Humans Are the Problem ed. Willow Becker & Michael Cluff, Weird Little Worlds, November 2021 286 · Trap · Carly Holmes · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, April 2021 311 · I’ll Be Gone by Then · Eric LaRocca · ss The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales by Eric LaRocca, Off Limits Press, 2021 322 · Jack-in-the-Box · Robin Furth · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2021 350 · Tiptoe · Laird Barron · nv When Things Get Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, September 2021 374 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 376 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 384 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Fifteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, January 16, 2024, 978-1-949102-72-7, $19.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Summation of the Year 2022 · Ellen Datlow · in · Solivagant · Angela Slatter · ss Isolation ed. Dan Coxon, Titan, September 2022 · Gate 9 · Jeffrey Ford · ss Conjunctions #78, Spring 2022 · Flaming Teeth · Garry Kilworth · ss Screams from the Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Nightfire, June 2022 · On the Hills, the Knitters · Steve Toase · ss Bourbon Penn #26, March 2022 · New Fox Smell · Livia Llewellyn · ss Cosmic Horror Monthly #36, June 2023 · The Harvester of Ladslove · Steve Duffy · ss Supernatural Tales #50, Autumn 2022 · Incident at Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · nv Other Terrors ed. Vince A. Liaguno & Rena Mason, Morrow, July 2022 · The Myth of Pasiphaë · Andy Davidson · ss Human Monsters ed. Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Saywers, Dark Matter Ink, October 2022 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reporter · Daniela Tomova · nv Tor.com March 16 2022 · In the Wabe · Alison Littlewood · ss Close to Midnight ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2022 · New Meat(™) · Jordan Shiveley · vi Nightmare #112, January 2022 · Eyes Like Small Black Stones · David Surface · ss Ornithologiæ ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2022 · Bb Minor, or The Suicide Choir: An Oral History · Gemma Files · ss Looming Low: Volume II ed. Sam Cowan & Justin Steele, Dim Shores, March 2023 · Lifelike · Gary McMahon · ss (r) · The Zoo · Gemma Amor · ss Damnation Games ed. Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press, August 2022 · Dinner Plans with Baba Yaga · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Into the Forest ed. Lindy Ryan, Black Spot Books, November 2022 · The Collection · Charlie Hughes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2022 · Tell-Tale Tit · Margo Lanagan · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, February 2022 · The Last Box · Luigi Musolino; translated by James D. Jenkins · ss A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino, tr. James D. Jenkins, Valancourt Books, November 2022 translated from the Italian. · 1855 · Jacob Steven Mohr · ss D&T Publishing, March 2022 · Enough for Hunger and Enough for Hate · John Langan · nv Dark Stars ed. John F. D. Taff, Titan, March 2022 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Sixteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, November 26, 2024, 978-1-949102-73-4, $19.99, 384pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Summation of the Year 2023 · Ellen Datlow · in · The Importance of a Tidy Home · Christopher Golden · ss Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, October 2023 · Dodger · Carly Holmes · ss Darkness Beckons ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2023 · Rock Hopping · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Unquiet Grove ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, August 2023 · That Maddening Heat · Ray Cluley · ss Nightmare Abbey Summer/Fall 2023 · Jack O’Dander · Priya Sharma · ss Tor.com October 4 2023 · The Assembled · Ramsey Campbell · ss Novus Monstrum ed. Douglas Gwilym & Ken MacGregor, Publishdrive, October 2023 · R Is for Remains · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #82/83, 2023 · The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Bourbon Penn #31, November 2023 · Return to Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · ss Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, October 2023 · The Enfilade · Andrew Hook · nv Black Static #82/83, 2023 · Lover’s Lane · Stephen Graham Jones · ss McSweeney’s #71, October 2023 · Hare Moon · H. V. Patterson · ss Darkness Beckons ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2023 · Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest #203, December 2022 · The Scare Groom · Patrick Barb · ss Come October ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, September 2023 · The Teeth · Brian Evenson · ss None of You Shall Be Spared by Brian Evenson, Weird House Press, November 2023 · Nábrók · Helen Grant · ss Supernatural Tales #54, Winter 2023/2024 · The Salted Bones · Neil Williamson · ss Black Static #82/83, 2023 · Tell Me When I Disappear · Glen Hirshberg · ss Tell Me When I Disappear: Vanishing Stories by Glen Hirshberg, Cemetery Dance Publications, February 2023 · The Motley · Charlie Hughes · ss The Fiends in the Furrows III ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, August 2023 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seventeen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, December 16, 2025, 978-1-949102-78-9, $19.99, 334pp, tp, an, cover by Asya Yordanova)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation of the Year · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Cleaner · Victoria Dalpe · ss Monsters in the Mills ed. Christa Carmen & L. E. Daniels, Glass House Books, July 2024 11 · Summer Bonus · Lee Murray · ss Folk Horror ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan, Flame Tree Publishing, August 2024 25 · Like Furies · Epiphany Ferrell · ss The Horror Zine Fall 2024 37 · Body Worlds · Tom Johnstone · ss Body Shots v1, Fall 2024 59 · An Act of Sorrow · James Cooper · ss Glass Shatters Fist by James Cooper, Drugstore Indian Press, December 2023 79 · Fancy Dad · David Nickle · ss Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, October 2024 93 · Only Children · Gemma Files · ss Enter Boogeyman ed. Alessandro Manzetti, Acheron Books, October 2024 103 · The Rock Statue · Mark Falkin · ss Supernatural Tales #55, Spring 2024 125 · In Flickering Light · Dan Coxon · ss Come Sing for the Harrowing by Dan Coxon, Weird Little Worlds, October 2024 135 · Davidson’s Son · Charles Wilkinson · nv Chthonic Matter Spring 2024 149 · The Boy in the Closet · Douglas Ford · ss Chthonic Matter Spring 2024 159 · Blessed Mary · Stephen Volk · ss Folk Horror ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan, Flame Tree Publishing, August 2024 177 · Mrs Crace · Cliff McNish · ss Supernatural Tales #55, Spring 2024 187 · A Lullaby of Anguish · Marie Croke · ss Apex Magazine #145, 2024 205 · Drive · Brian Evenson · ss Conjunctions #83, Fall 2024 215 · Archies · Paul Tremblay · ss Conjunctions #83, Fall 2024 225 · Sunk · Richard Thomas · ss The Off-Season ed. Marissa van Uden, Dark Matter Ink, October 2024 231 · Less Exalted Tastes · Gemma Amor · ss All Who Wander Are Lost by Gemma Amor, Cemetery Gates Media, April 2024 247 · The Ribbon Rule · Mae Jimenez · ss The Dark #112, September 2024 261 · The Night Birds · Premee Mohamed · ss Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, October 2024 277 · Pages from a Diary · Steve Kilbey · pp Nosferatu Unbound ed. Steven Paulsen & Christopher Sequeira, IFWG Publishing International, September 2024 289 · Broken Back Man · Lucie McKnight Hardy · ss Bound in Blood ed. Johnny Mains, Titan Books, September 2024 301 · I Love the Very Flesh Off You · Robert Shearman · nv Skin ed. Mark S. Peters & S. J. Townend, Bag of Bones Press, June 2024 321 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · ms 323 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms 331 · Acknowledgments of Copyright · [uncredited] · ms 334 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, October 2, 2018, 978-1-59780-983-2, $17.99, xxvii+481pp, tp, an)     Horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Lowland Sea · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, January 2009 23 · Wingless Beasts · Lucy Taylor · ss Fatal Journeys (limited edition) by Lucy Taylor, Overlook Connection Press, 2014 37 · The Nimble Men · Glen Hirshberg · ss 2009 Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook: Bartlett: A Centenary Symposium, Earthling Publications, 2009 49 · Little America · Dan Chaon · nv Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, July 2012 65 · Black and White Sky · Tanith Lee · nv Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, March 2010 91 · The Monster Makers · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 99 · Chapter Six · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Tor.com June 11 2014 111 · In a Cavern, In a Canyon · Laird Barron · nv Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, October 2015 129 · Allochthon · Livia Llewellyn · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 139 · Shepherd’s Business · Stephen Gallagher · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, September 2017 157 · Down to a Sunless Sea · Neil Gaiman · ss The Guardian March 22 2013 161 · The Man from the Peak · Adam Golaski · ss Worse Than Myself by Adam Golaski, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2008 175 · In Paris, in the Mouth of Kronos · John Langan · nv Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, June 2011 207 · The Moraine · Simon Bestwick · ss Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, September 2011 225 · At the Riding School · Cody Goodfellow · ss The Bleeding Edge ed. William F. Nolan & Jason V. Brock, Cycatrix Press, November 2009 239 · Cargo · E. Michael Lewis · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, October 2008 255 · Tender as Teeth · Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, July 2012 275 · Wild Acre · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Visions Fading Fast ed. Gary McMahon, Pendragon Press UK, February 2012 299 · The Callers · Ramsey Campbell · ss Four for Fear ed. Peter Crowther, PS Publishing, June 2012 311 · This Stagnant Breath of Change · Brian Hodge · ss Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, January 2015 329 · Grave Goods · Gemma Files · nv Autumn Cthulhu ed. Mike Davis, Lovecraft eZine Press, May 2016 351 · The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine · Peter Straub · na Subterranean Press, December 2011 391 · Majorlena · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #24, Autumn 2013 397 · The Days of Our Lives · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams, Titan, April 2016 413 · You Can Stay All Day · Mira Grant · nv Nights of the Living Dead ed. Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, St. Martin's Griffin, July 2017 429 · No Matter Which Way We Turned · Brian Evenson · ss People Holding May 17 2016 431 · Nesters · Siobhan Carroll · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, August 2016 449 · Better You Believe · Carole Johnstone · nv Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, April 2017

Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales ed. Ellen Datlow (Pegasus Books, February 7, 2017, 978-1-68177-321-6, $25.95, xii+307pp, hc, oa, cover by Rovina Cai)     Original anthology of 15 dark stories, two reprints, and one poem involving birds. Authors include Joyce Carol Oates, Jeffrey Ford, and Pat Cadigan. Details taken from online listing. xi · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · O Terrible Bird · Sandra Kasturi · pm 3 · The Obscure Bird · Nicholas Royle · ss Black Static #18, August/September 2010 11 · The Mathematical Inevitability of Corvids · Seanan McGuire · nv 29 · Something About Birds · Paul Tremblay · nv 51 · Great Blue Heron · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 87 · The Season of the Raptors · Richard Bowes · ss 97 · The Orphan Bird · Alison Littlewood · nv 117 · The Murmurations of Vienna Von Drome · Jeffrey Ford · nv 139 · Blyth’s Secret · Mike O’Driscoll · nv 165 · The Fortune of Sparrows · Usman T. Malik · ss 181 · Pigeon from Hell · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 199 · The Secret of Flight · A. C. Wise · ss 217 · Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring · M. John Harrison · nv Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, September 1994 241 · A Little Bird Told Me · Pat Cadigan · nv 261 · The Acid Test · Livia Llewellyn · ss 277 · The Crow Palace · Priya Sharma · nv

Black Heart, Ivory Bones ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Avon, March 2000, 0-380-78623-0, $13.50, 368pp, tp, oa, cover by Thomas Canty)     Original anthology of 17 fairy tales for adults, one a reprint, plus four poems. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, and Howard Waldrop. 1 · Introduction · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · in 4 · Rapunzel · Tanith Lee · ss 20 · The Crone · Delia Sherman · pm 23 · Big Hair · Esther Friesner · ss 38 · The King with Three Daughters · Russell Blackford · nv 60 · Boys and Girls Together · Neil Gaiman · pm 63 · And Still She Sleeps · Greg Costikyan · nv 90 · Snow in Summer · Jane Yolen · ss 98 · Briar Rose · Debra Cash · pm 100 · Witch · Debra Cash · pm 102 · Chanterelle · Brian Stableford · nv 136 · Bear It Away · Michael Cadnum · ss 143 · Goldilocks Tells All · Scott Bradfield · ss 154 · My Life as a Bird [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Triskell Press, 1996 181 · The Red Boots · Leah Cutter · ss 198 · Rosie’s Dance · Emma Hardesty · ss 212 · You, Little Match-girl · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 234 · Dreaming among Men · Bryn Kanar · ss 239 · The Cats of San Martino · Ellen Steiber · nv 282 · The Golem · Severna Park · nv 303 · Our Mortal Span · Howard Waldrop · ss 317 · Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 359 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Avon, June 1997, 0-380-97523-8, $23.00, 366pp, hc, oa, cover by Thomas Canty)     Original anthology of 21 adult fairy tales. Authors include Michael Cadnum, Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Crowley. A list of recommended reading is included. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · in 6 · The Flounder’s Kiss · Michael Cadnum · ss 14 · The Black Fairy’s Curse · Karen Joy Fowler · ss 20 · Snow in Dirt · Michael Blumlein · nv 56 · Riding the Red · Nalo Hopkinson · ss 61 · No Bigger Than My Thumb · Esther M. Friesner · ss 80 · In the Insomniac Night · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 102 · The Little Match Girl · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi 104 · The Trial of Hansel and Gretel · Garry Kilworth · ss 122 · Rapunzel · Anne Bishop · ss 142 · Sparks · Gregory Frost · nv 178 · The Dog Rose · Sten Westgard · ss 198 · The Reverend’s Wife · Midori Snyder · nv 221 · The Orphan the Moth and the Magic · Harvey Jacobs · nv 240 · Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs · Don Webb · ss 256 · True Thomas · Bruce Glassco · nv 277 · The True Story · Pat Murphy · ss 288 · Lost and Abandoned · John Crowley · ss 297 · The Breadcrumb Trail · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 301 · On Lickerish Hill [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 330 · Steadfast · Nancy Kress · ss 350 · Godmother Death · Jane Yolen · ss 359 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Morrow AvoNova, September 1994, 0-688-13713-X, $22.00, 386pp, hc, oa, cover by Thomas Canty)     Original anthology of 18 adult fairy tales, a follow-up volume to Snow White, Blood Red. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · in 7 · Words Like Pale Stones · Nancy Kress · nv 30 · Stronger Than Time · Patricia C. Wrede · nv 58 · Somnus’s Fair Maid · Ann Downer · nv 86 · The Frog King, or Iron Henry · Daniel Quinn · ss 98 · Near-Beauty · M. E. Beckett · ss 107 · Ogre · Michael Kandel · ss 120 · Can’t Catch Me · Michael Cadnum · ss 129 · Journeybread Recipe · Lawrence Schimel · vi 132 · The Brown Bear of Norway · Isabel Cole · ss 151 · The Goose Girl · Tim Wynne-Jones · nv 173 · Tattercoats · Midori Snyder · nv 203 · Granny Rumple · Jane Yolen · ss 217 · The Sawing Boys · Howard Waldrop · nv 245 · Godson · Roger Zelazny · nv 281 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv 306 · Silver and Gold · Ellen Steiber · pm 310 · Sweet Bruising Skin · Storm Constantine · nv 359 · The Black Swan · Susan Wade · nv 382 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Blood and Other Cravings ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, September 2011, 978-0-7653-2828-1, $25.99, 317pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 17 horror stories, two reprints, about the many forms of vampirism. Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Melanie Tem, and Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg. Details taken from online listing. 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 17 · All You Can Do Is Breathe · Kaaron Warren · ss 35 · Needles · Elizabeth Bear · ss 51 · Baskerville’s Midgets · Reggie Oliver · ss Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver, Ex Occidente Press, February 2009 69 · Blood Yesterday, Blood Tomorrow · Richard Bowes · ss 85 · X for Demetrious · Steve Duffy · ss 99 · Keeping Corky · Melanie Tem · ss 113 · Shelf-Life · Lisa Tuttle · ss 133 · Caius · Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini · ss 139 · Sweet Sorrow · Barbara Roden · nv 161 · First Breath · Nicole J. LeBoeuf · ss 169 · Toujours · Kathe Koja · ss 179 · Miri · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 195 · Mrs. Jones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni August 1993 211 · Bread and Water · Michael Cisco · ss 227 · Mulberry Boys · Margo Lanagan · ss 247 · The Third Always Beside You · John Langan · nv 277 · The Siphon · Laird Barron · nv 319 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism ed. Ellen Datlow (Morrow, January 1989, 0-688-08526-1, $19.95, 318pp, hc, an)     Anthology of vampire stories—ten are original. 11 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 15 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1) · Afterword to “Carrion Comfort” · Dan Simmons · as 55 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967 · Afterword to “The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be” · Gahan Wilson · as 69 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss · Afterword to “The Silver Collar” · Garry Kilworth · as 83 · Try a Dull Knife · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968 · Afterword to “Try a Dull Knife” · Harlan Ellison · as 99 · Varicose Worms · Scott Baker · nv · Afterword to “Varicose Worms” · Scott Baker · as 130 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyev · ss Current Literature May 1907 translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906). 148 · L’Chaim! · Harvey Jacobs · ss · Afterword to “L’Chaim!” · Harvey Jacobs · as 154 · Return of the Dust Vampires · Sharon N. Farber · ss Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, February 1985 · Afterword to “Return of the Dust Vampires” · Sharon N. Farber · as 167 · Good Kids · Edward Bryant · ss · Afterword to “Good Kids” · Edward Bryant · as 181 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 · Afterword to “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” · Fritz Leiber · as 196 · The Janfia Tree · Tanith Lee · ss · Afterword to “The Janfia Tree” · Tanith Lee · as 212 · A Child of Darkness · Susan Casper · ss · Afterword to “A Child of Darkness” · Susan Casper · as 224 · Nocturne · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm · Afterword to “Nocturne” · Steve Rasnic Tem · as 228 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner R. Dozois & Jack M. Dann · nv Oui July 1982 · Afterword to “Down Among the Dead Men” · Gardner R. Dozois · as · Afterword to “Down Among the Dead Men” · Jack Dann · as 256 · …To Feel Another’s Woe · Chet Williamson · ss · Afterword to “…To Feel Another’s Woe” · Chet Williamson · as 271 · Time Lapse · Joe Haldeman · pm · Afterword to “Time Lapse” · Joe Haldeman · as 275 · Dirty Work [Deadpan Allie] · Pat Cadigan · nv · Afterword to “Dirty Work” · Pat Cadigan · as 312 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 19, 2021, 978-1-61696-360-6, $17.95, 384pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · The Travellers Stay · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #25, October/November 2011 25 · Toother [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, October 2007 49 · Painlessness · Kirstyn McDermott · nv Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine #2, Spring 2008 75 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003 89 · A Positive · Kaaron Warren · ss Bloodsongs #10, 1998 99 · La Beauté Sans Vertu · Genevieve Valentine · ss Tor.com April 27 2016 111 · Subsumption · Lucy Taylor · ss Endless Apocalypse ed. Josie Mitchell, Flame Tree Publishing, 2018 119 · Spar · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #37, October 2009 127 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, November 1988 143 · Atwater · Cody Goodfellow · ss Black Static #4, April/May 2008 163 · The Transfer · Edward Bryant · ss Muse 1985 175 · Welcome to Mengele’s · Simon Bestwick · ss Nasty Piece of Work #11, March 1999 185 · Black Neurology: A Love Story · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix March 5 2003 189 · Cuckoo · Angela Slatter · ss A Killer Among Demons ed. Craig Bezant, Dark Prints Press, June 2013 197 · Cinereous · Livia Llewellyn · ss Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, August 2013 207 · The Truth That Lies Under Skin and Meat · Cassandra Khaw · ss Gamut Magazine #8, August 2017 215 · Natural Skin · Alyssa Wong · ss Lightspeed #78, November 2016 227 · The Lake · Tananarive Due · ss St. Martin’s, August 2011 243 · I’m Always Here · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest, September 1989 251 · The Look · Christopher Fowler · ss The Urbanite #12, Spring 2001 269 · The Old Women Who Were Skinned · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Fairy Tale Review v12 #1, 2016 275 · Spores · Seanan McGuire · nv The End Is Nigh ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey, Broad Reach Publishing, March 2014 293 · Sweet Subtleties · Lisa L. Hannett · ss Clarkesworld #75, December 2012 305 · Elegy for a Suicide · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2013 315 · Skin City · Gemma Files · ss Grue #16, Summer 1994 327 · A True Friend · Brian Evenson · ss People Holding April 3 2020 331 · What I Found in the Shed · Tom Johnstone · ss Supernatural Tales #31, Winter 2015/2016 337 · Fabulous Beasts · Priya Sharma · nv Tor.com July 27 2015 365 · Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report · Michael Blumlein · ss Interzone #7, Spring 1984 378 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books, August 2016, 978-1-5067-0004-5, $19.99, 361pp, tp, oa, cover by Mike Mignola & Dave Stewart)     Original anthology of 14 Lovecraftian stories. Authors include Gemma Files, Laird Barron, and Richard Kadrey. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 9 · Nesters · Siobhan Carroll · nv 31 · Little Ease · Gemma Files · nv 61 · Eternal Troutland · Stephen Graham Jones · nv 99 · The Supplement · John Langan · nv 123 · Mortensen’s Muse · Orrin Grey · ss 137 · Oblivion Mode [Antiquity] · Laird Barron · nv 171 · Mr. Doornail · Maria Dahvana Headley · nv 195 · The Secrets of Insects · Richard Kadrey · ss 211 · Excerpts for an Eschatology Quadrille · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 235 · Jules and Richard · David Nickle · nv 259 · Glasses · Brian Evenson · ss 269 · When the Stitches Come Undone · A. C. Wise · nv 295 · On These Blackened Shores of Time · Brian Hodge · nv 337 · Bright Crown of Joy · Livia Llewellyn · ss

Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow (Titan Books, October 24, 2023, 978-1-80336-326-4, $27.99, 448pp, hc, oa)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in · The Importance of a Tidy Home · Christopher Golden · ss · The Ones He Takes · Benjamin Percy · ss · His Castle · Alma Katsu · ss · The Mawkin Field · Terry Dowling · ss · The Blessing of the Waters · Nick Mamatas · ss · Dry and Ready · Glen Hirshberg · ss · Last Drinks at Bondi Beach · Garth Nix · ss · Return to Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · ss · The Ghost of Christmases Past · Richard Kadrey · ss · Our Recent Unpleasantness · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · All the Pretty People · Nadia Bulkin · ss · Löyly Sow-na · Josh Malerman · ss · Cold · Cassandra Khaw · ss · Gravé of Small Birds · Kaaron Warren · ss · The Visitation · Jeffrey Ford · ss · The Lord of Misrule · M. Rickert · ss · No Light, No Light · Gemma Files · ss · After Words · John Langan · ss

The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Penguin/Viking, June 2007, 978-0-670-06194-5, $19.99, 523pp, hc, oa, cover by Charles Vess)     Original YA anthology of 22 stories and four poems about tricksters. Introduction by Terri Windling. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Authors include Kelly Link, Patricia A. McKillip, and Charles de Lint. 1 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr 5 · Introduction · Terri Windling · in 27 · One Odd Shoe · Pat Murphy · nv 49 · Coyote Woman · Carolyn Dunn · pm 54 · Wagers of Gold Mountain · Steve Berman · nv 82 · The Listeners · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv 108 · Realer Than You · Christopher Barzak · nv 131 · The Fiddler of Bayou Teche · Delia Sherman · nv 157 · A Tale for the Short Days · Richard Bowes · nv 180 · Friday Night at St. Cecilia’s · Ellen Klages · nv 204 · The Fortune-Teller · Patricia A. McKillip · ss 215 · How Raven Made His Bride · Theodora Goss · pm 219 · Crow Roads · Charles de Lint · nv 245 · The Chamber Music of Animals · Katherine Vaz · nv 267 · Uncle Bob Visits · Caroline Stevermer · ss 280 · Uncle Tompa · Midori Snyder · pm 284 · Cat of the World · Michael Cadnum · ss 293 · Honored Guest [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv 317 · Always the Same Story · Elizabeth E. Wein · ss 336 · The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn · Kim Antieau · ss 348 · Black Rock Blues · Will Shetterly · nv 374 · The Constable of Abal · Kelly Link · nv 418 · A Reversal of Fortune · Holly Black · ss 437 · God Clown · Carol Emshwiller · ss 450 · The Other Labyrinth · Jedediah Berry · ss 465 · The Dreaming Wind · Jeffrey Ford · nv 486 · Kawaku Anansi Walks the World’s Web · Jane Yolen · pm 489 · The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change · Kij Johnson · nv 519 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms

The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 2014, 978-1-61696-167-1, $16.95, xvii+366pp, tp, an, cover by Josh Beatman)     Anthology of 21 stories (one original) and two poems. of horror, noir, and movies. Introduction by Genevieve Valentine. Authors include Edward Bryant, Howard Waldrop, and Kim Newman. E-book also available. Details supplied by Denny Lien. xiii · Introduction · Genevieve Valentine · in xvi · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr 1 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, July 1988 15 · The Hanged Man of Oz · Steve Nagy · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 30 · Deadspace · Dennis Etchison · nv Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, February 1985 55 · Cuts · F. Paul Wilson · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, July 1988 75 · Final Girl Theory · A. C. Wise · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 89 · Lapland, or Film Noir · Peter Straub · ss Conjunctions #42, Spring 2004 98 · The Thousand Cuts · Ian Watson · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 3 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1982 112 · Occam’s Ducks · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni February 1995 130 · Dead Image · David Morrell · nv Night Visions 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Dark Harvest, October 1985 161 · The Constantinople Archives · Robert Shearman · ss One Hundred Stories August 26 2012, as “Matthew Tozer” 171 · Each Thing I Show You Is a Piece of My Death · Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer · nv Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, July 2009 202 · Cinder Images · Gary McMahon · ss Darker Minds ed. Ross Warren & Anthony Watson, Dark Minds Press, April 2012 211 · The Pied Piper of Hammersmith · Nicholas Royle · ss Time Out October 1997 219 · Filming the Making of the Film of the Making of Fitzcarraldo · Garry Kilworth · ss In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave by Garry Kilworth, The Bodley Head, January 1989 232 · Onlookers · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv Midnight Premiere ed. Tom Piccirilli, Cemetery Dance, June 2007 253 · Recreation · Lucy A. Snyder · pm A Sea of Alone ed. Christopher Conlon, Dark Scribe Press, July 2011 254 · Bright Lights, Big Zombie · Douglas E. Winter · nv Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, July 1992 277 · She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion! · Genevieve Valentine · ss Bewere the Night ed. Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, April 2011 287 · Even the Pawn · Joel Lane · ss Crimewave #10, 2008 295 · Tenderizer · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 307 · Ardor · Laird Barron · nv Suffered from the Night ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, October 2013 331 · Final Girl II: The Frame · Daphne Gottlieb · pm Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb, Soft Skull Press, 2003 334 · Illimitable Dominion · Kim Newman · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, January 2009, as “Illimitable Domain” 353 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Ellen Datlow] 355 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, March 2010, 978-1-892391-95-7, $15.95, 470pp, tp, an, cover by Ann Monn)     Anthology of 25 horror stories from 1984-2005. Introduction by Datlow; foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Authors include Clive Barker, Ed Bryant, Stephen King, and Poppy Z. Brite. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw 23 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984 59 · Dancing Chickens · Edward Bryant · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, November 1984 69 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, March 1986 77 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 107 · The Juniper Tree [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, June 1988 137 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988 145 · The Power and the Passion · Pat Cadigan · ss Patterns by Pat Cadigan, Ursus, September 1989 159 · The Phone Woman · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, January 1991 173 · Teratisms · Kathe Koja · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, November 1991 183 · Chattery Teeth · Stephen King · nv Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992 215 · A Little Night Music · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni March 1992 231 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, July 1992 245 · The Erl-King · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, April 1993 283 · The Dog Park · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, October 1993 297 · Rain Falls · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, July 1994 309 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, November 1995 321 · █████ · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, February 1995 335 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, February 1996 343 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998 357 · The Tree Is My Hat · Gene Wolfe · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, September 1999 383 · Heat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, May 1999 393 · No Strings · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, December 2000 403 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002 417 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, October 2003 451 · My Father’s Mask · Joe Hill · nv 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, PS Publishing, 2005

The Dark: New Ghost Stories ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, October 2003, 0-765-30444-9, $25.95, 379pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 scary (not heartwarming) ghost stories. Authors include Tanith Lee, Terry Dowling, Jack Cady, and Lucius Shepard. Authors provide afterwords describing their favorite ghost stories. 15 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 19 · The Trentino Kid · Jeffrey Ford · ss 35 · The Ghost of the Clock · Tanith Lee · nv 63 · One Thing About the Night · Terry Dowling · nv 85 · The Silence of the Falling Stars · Mike O’Driscoll · nv 107 · The Dead Ghost · Gahan Wilson · ss 115 · Seven Sisters · Jack Cady · nv 141 · Subway · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 151 · Doctor Hood · Stephen Gallagher · nv 183 · An Amicable Divorce · Daniel Abraham · ss 201 · Feeling Remains · Ramsey Campbell · ss 219 · The Gallows Necklace · Sharyn McCrumb · ss; several manuscript pages were dropped from the story in this edition. 237 · Brownie and Me · Charles L. Grant · ss 251 · Velocity · Kathe Koja · ss 261 · Limbo · Lucius Shepard · na 325 · The Hortlak · Kelly Link · nv 351 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv

The Dark of the Woods ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, June 2006, 0-7607-8277-6, $7.95, 331pp, hc, om)     Omnibus of two YA fairytale anthologies: A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (2001) and Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (2003). Bound in boards. · A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales · ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · oa A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 vii · Introduction · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · in A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 1 · The Months of Manhattan · Delia Sherman · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 17 · Cinder Elephant · Jane Yolen · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 30 · Instructions · Neil Gaiman · pm A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 35 · Mrs. Big: “Jack and the Beanstalk” Retold · Michael Cadnum · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 44 · Falada: The Goose Girl’s Horse · Nancy Farmer · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 55 · A Wolf at the Door · Tanith Lee · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 63 · Ali Baba and the Forty Aliens · Janeen Webb · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 74 · Swans · Kelly Link · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 93 · The Kingdom of Melting Glances · Katherine Vaz · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 108 · Hansel’s Eyes · Garth Nix · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 124 · Becoming Charise · Kathe Koja · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 136 · The Seven Stage a Comeback · Gregory Maguire · pm A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 150 · The Twelve Dancing Princesses · Patricia A. McKillip · ss A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, July 2000 · Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold · ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · oa Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 vii · Introduction · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · in Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 1 · Greenkid · Jane Yolen · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 13 · Golden Fur · Midori Snyder · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 30 · Chambers of the Heart · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 49 · Little Red and the Big Bad · Will Shetterly · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 55 · The Fish’s Story · Pat York · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 69 · The Children of the Tilford Fortune · Christopher Rowe · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 82 · The Girl in the Attic · Lois Metzger · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 93 · The Harp That Sang · Gregory Frost · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 106 · A Life in Miniature · Bruce Coville · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 121 · Lupe · Kathe Koja · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 134 · Awake · Tanith Lee · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 148 · Inventing Aladdin · Neil Gaiman · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003 153 · My Swan Sister · Katherine Vaz · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, September 2003

Day: Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight ed. Ellen Datlow (Saga Press, September 2, 2025, 978-1-6680-8000-9, $20.00, tp, oa, cover by Samuel Araya)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Night. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr 1 · The Bright Day · Priya Sharma · ss 16 · Faire · Rachel Harrison · ss 33 · Trick of the Light · Brian Evenson · ss 43 · One Day · Jeffrey Ford · ss 58 · The Wanting · A. T. Greenblatt · ss 68 · Hold Us in the Light · A. C. Wise · ss 88 · Dismaying Creatures · Robert Shearman · ss 108 · Bitter Skin · Kaaron Warren · ss 129 · Cold Iron · Sophie White · ss

The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Ballantine Del Rey, May 2008, 978-0-345-49632-4, $16.99, vi + 400pp, tp, oa, cover by Christian Northeast)     Original anthology of 16 stories. Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, and Paul McAuley & Kim Newman. v · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr 3 · The Elephant Ironclads · Jason Stoddard · na 53 · Ardent Clouds · Lucy Sussex · nv 77 · Gather · Christopher Rowe · ss 91 · Sonny Liston Takes the Fall · Elizabeth Bear · ss 105 · North American Lake Monsters · Nathan Ballingrud · ss 123 · All Washed Up While Looking for a Better World · Carol Emshwiller · ss 141 · Special Economics · Maureen F. McHugh · nv 175 · Aka St. Mark’s Place [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv 199 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss 215 · Shira · Lavie Tidhar · nv translated from the Hebrew. 237 · The Passion of Azazel · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 251 · The Lagerstätte · Laird Barron · nv 287 · Gladiolus Exposed · Anna Tambour · ss 299 · Daltharee · Jeffrey Ford · ss 311 · Jimmy · Pat Cadigan · nv 339 · Prisoners of the Action · Paul McAuley & Kim Newman · na

Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, April 13, 1989, 0-7126-3420-7, £6.95, 482pp, tp, an)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection) anthology of 36 fantasy and horror stories plus write-ups on the year etc. This edition omits “The Moon’s Revenge” by Joan Aiken. Also available in hardcover (-3021-X, £12.95). xiii · Summation 1987: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xx · Summation 1987: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar xxix · 1987: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar xxxiv · Obituaries: 1987 · [uncredited] · ob 1 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, September 1987 26 · A World Without Toys · T. M. Wright · ss Upstate October 26 1986, as “The House Under the Street” 35 · DX · Joe W. Haldeman · pm In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, February 1987 43 · Friend’s Best Man · Jonathan Carroll · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987 59 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, August 1987 71 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 91 · My Name Is Dolly · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, July 1987 95 · Author’s Notes · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, October 1987 102 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, June 1987 107 · Csucskari · Steven Brust · ex from The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Ace, 1987 125 · The Other Side · Ramsey Campbell · ss 1986 World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1986; story based on a J.K. Potter illustration. 136 · Pamela’s Get · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987 158 · Voices in the Wind · Elizabeth S. Helfman · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, November 1987 166 · “Once Upon a Time…” She Said · Jane Yolen · pm National Storyteller Journal Spring 1987 168 · The Circular Library of Stones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni February 1987 177 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 190 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987 212 · Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 234 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 259 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, February 1987 275 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, July 1987 286 · The Improper Princess · Patricia C. Wrede · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, November 1987 297 · The Fable of the Farmer and Fox · John Brunner · vi Omni June 1987 300 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, October 1987 317 · Dead Possums [Greystone Bay] · Kathryn Ptacek · ss Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, December 1987 328 · Pictures Made of Stones · Lucius Shepard · pm Omni September 1987 338 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, June 1987 347 · Gentlemen · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, October 1987 370 · Demon Luck [Ithkar] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Magic in Ithkar 4 ed. Andre Norton & Robert Adams, Tor, July 1987 379 · Words of Power · Jane Yolen · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987 391 · Jamie’s Grave · Lisa Tuttle · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1987 405 · The Maid on the Shore · Delia Sherman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1987 418 · Halley’s Passing · Michael McDowell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 433 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987 439 · Simple Sentences · Natalie Babbitt · ss The Devil’s Other Scrapbook by Natalie Babbitt, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987 443 · A Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, September 1987 478 · Honorable Mentions: 1987 · [uncredited] · bi

Demons and Dreams 2 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, February 15, 1990, 0-09-972360-3, £7.99, 579pp, tp, an, cover by Tom Canty)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection) fantasy/horror annual best-of-year anthology. A hardcover edition (0-7126-3639-0, £13.95) was announced but not seen. xiii · Summation 1988: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xxvi · Summation 1988: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar xlvii · 1988: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar liv · Obituaries: 1988 · Jim Frenkel · ob 1 · Death Is Different · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988 16 · The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) · Gene Wolfe · nv Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, August 1988 38 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, November 1988 53 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, July 1988 66 · The Freezer Jesus · John DuFresne · vi The Quarterly Fall 1988 70 · Voices of the Kill · Thomas M. Disch · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, September 1988 86 · Secretly · Ruth Roston · pm Pandora #19, Spring 1988 89 · The Devil’s Rose · Tanith Lee · nv Women of Darkness ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, December 1988 110 · Wempires · Daniel M. Pinkwater · vi Omni October 1988 114 · Scatter My Ashes · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #23, Spring 1988 125 · Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh · Ian McDonald · nv Empire Dreams by Ian McDonald, Bantam Spectra, February 1988 149 · Shoo Fly · Richard Matheson · ss Omni November 1988 164 · The Thing Itself · Michael Blumlein · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, September 1988 178 · The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 192 · Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, November 1988 200 · The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn · Patricia C. Wrede · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, September 1988 211 · The Book and Its Contents · Robert Kelly · ss Doctor of Silence by Robert Kelly, McPherson, 1988 224 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, June 1988 245 · Lost Bodies · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #25, September/October 1988 257 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988 264 · Preflash · John M. Ford · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, July 1988 283 · Life of Buddha · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni May 1988 301 · Appointment with Eddie · Charles Beaumont · ss Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, Dark Harvest, October 1988 315 · Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods · William Kotzwinkle · ss Omni April 1988 323 · Spillage · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1988 334 · Snowman · Charles L. Grant · ss Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Robinson, October 1988 343 · The Scar · Dennis Etchison · ss The Horror Show Winter 1987 351 · Laiken Langstrand · Gwyneth Jones · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, November 1988 364 · The Last Poem About the Snow Queen · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, Norton, 1988 367 · Pinocchio · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, Norton, 1988 369 · Game in the Pope’s Head · Gene Wolfe · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, September 1988 376 · Playing the Game · Ramsey Campbell · ss Lord John Ten ed. Dennis Etchison, Lord John Press, 1988 388 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, Dark Harvest, December 1988 412 · Snowfall · Jessie Thompson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1988 417 · Seal-Self · Sara Maitland · ss A Book of Spells by Sara Maitland, Michael Joseph, September 1987 427 · No Hearts, No Flowers · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 14 Vicious Valentines ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, February 1988 437 · The Boy Who Drew Unicorns · Jane Yolen · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, September 1988 445 · The Darling · Scott Bradfield · nv The Secret Life of Houses by Scott Bradfield, Unwin Hyman, November 1988 462 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, July 1988 477 · Your Story · Rick DeMarinis · ss The Coming Triumph of the Free World by Rick DeMarnis, Viking, 1988 488 · Winter Solstice, Camelot Station · John M. Ford · pm Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, March 1988 494 · The Boy Who Hooked the Sun [Book of the New Sun] · Gene Wolfe · ss Cheap Street, December 1985 498 · Clem’s Dream · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Cape, November 1985 505 · Love in Vain · Lewis Shiner · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, September 1988 524 · In the Darkened Hours · Bruce Boston · pm The Nightmare Collector by Bruce Boston, 2AM, October 1988 528 · A Golden Net for Silver Fishes · Ru Emerson · ss Argos #1, Winter 1988 537 · Dancing Among Ghosts · Jim Aikin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1988 575 · Honorable Mentions: 1988 · [uncredited] · bi

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, March 20, 2018, 978-1-59780-907-8, $25.99, 336pp, hc, oa, cover by Kevin Peterson)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in · Deadwater · Simon Bestwick · ss · Fodder’s Jig · Lee Thomas · ss · The Curious Allure of the Sea · Christopher Golden · ss · The Tryal Attract · Terry Dowling · ss · The Whalers Song · Ray Cluley · ss · A Ship of the South Wind · Bradley Denton · ss · What My Mother Left Me · Alyssa Wong · ss · Broken Record · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · Saudade · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · A Moment Before Breaking · A. C. Wise · nv · Sister, Dearest Sister, Let Me Show to You the Sea · Seanan McGuire · ss · The Deep Sea Swell · John Langan · ss · He Sings of Salt and Wormwood · Brian Hodge · nv · Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv · Haunt · Siobhan Carroll · nv

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Prime Books, January 2010, 978-1-60701-208-5, $14.95, 310pp, tp, an, cover by Marc Hericher)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online October 1996 29 · Mr. Goober’s Show · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Online March 1998 45 · Get a Grip · Paul Park · nv Omni Online March 1997 61 · The Girl Detective · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon March 16 1999 85 · Pansolapia · Jeffrey Ford · ss Event Horizon July 26 1999 89 · Harbingers · Severna Park · nv Event Horizon January 14 1999 119 · Frankenstein’s Daughter · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Sci Fiction April 2 2003 137 · The Pottawatomie Giant · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction November 1 2000 163 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002 185 · Daughter of the Monkey God · M. K. Hobson · ss Sci Fiction July 23 2003 203 · Tomorrow Town [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv Sci Fiction November 15 2000 239 · There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005 259 · All of Us Can Almost… · Carol Emshwiller · ss Sci Fiction November 17 2004 271 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003 287 · Russian Vine · Simon Ings · ss Sci Fiction June 6 2001