The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (St. Martin’s Griffin, August 2005, 0-312-34194-6, $19.95, 480 + cxxviiipp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 39 stories, five poems, and 128 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2004 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, a music summary by Charles de Lint, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-34193-8, $35.00). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates.
- xiii · Summation 2004: Fantasy · Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant · ar
- xxxvii · Summation 2004: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar
- lxxiii · Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2004 · Edward Bryant · ar
- xciii · Comics and Graphic Novels: 2004 · Charles Vess · ar
- ci · Anime and Manga: 2004 · Joan D. Vinge · ar
- cxvii · Fantasy and Horror in Music: 2004 · Charles de Lint · ar
- cxxv · Obituaries: 2004 · James Frenkel · bi
- 1 · The Oakthing · Gregory Maguire · nv The Faery Reel ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004
- 13 · Horton’s Store · R. T. Smith · pm Georgia Review v58 #1, 2004
- 15 · Rite of Spring · Margo Lanagan · ss Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2004
- 21 · A Hazy Shade of Winter · Simon Bestwick · ss A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon Bestwick, Ash-Tree Press, 2004
- 31 · The Skin of the World · Douglas Clegg · ss The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg, Cemetery Dance, 2004
- 38 · Zora and the Zombie · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction February 4 2004
- 53 · The Changeling · Theodora Goss · pm The Rose in Twelve Petals and Other Stories by Theodora Goss, Small Beer Press, 2004
- 54 · Revenge of the Calico Cat · Stepan Chapman · nv Leviathan 4: Cities ed. Forrest Aguirre, Ministry of Whimsy, 2004
- 80 · Frozen Charlottes · Lucy Sussex · ss Forever Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, 2003
- 89 · Reports of Certain Events in London · China Miéville · nv McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004
- 103 · House of Ice · Jean Esteve · pm Harvard Review #26, 2004
- 104 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · nv Postscripts #1, Spring 2004
- 119 · The Baum Plan for Financial Independence · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction March 24 2004
- 129 · Dancing on Air · Frances Oliver · ss Dancing on Air by Frances Oliver, Ash-Tree Press, 2004
- 141 · Cold Fires · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004
- 152 · And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead · Richard Mueller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2004, as “Jew if by Sea”
- 164 · A Trick of the Dark · Tina Rath · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires (var. 1) ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2004
- 171 · The Bad Magician · Philip Raines & Harvey Welles · ss Albedo One #28, 2004
- 185 · Speir-Bhan · Tanith Lee · ss Emerald Magic ed. Andrew M. Greeley, Tor, 2004
- 203 · Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland · John Farris · ss Elvisland by John Farris, Babbage Press, 2002
- 215 · Guts · Chuck Palahniuk · ss Playboy March 2004
- 221 · Water Babies · Simon Brown · nv Agog! Smashing Stories ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004
- 243 · Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle · Peter Straub · nv McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004
- 263 · We Find Things Old · Bentley Little · ss The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three ed. M. W. Anderson & Brett Alexander Savory, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004
- 272 · Wonderwall · Elizabeth Hand · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004
- 284 · Postcretaceous Era · D. Ellis Dickerson · ss Story Quarterly #40, 2004
- 290 · Watch and Wake · M. T. Anderson · nv Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004
- 299 · The Oracle Alone · Catherynne M. Valente · pp Music of a Proto-Suicide by Catherynne M. Valente, J*A*M Pie Press, 2004
- 301 · A Night in the Tropics · Jeffrey Ford · ss Argosy Magazine January/February 2004
- 313 · Clownette · Terry Dowling · ss Sci Fiction December 15 2004
- 324 · Stripping · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Postscripts #1, Spring 2004
- 326 · Seven Feet · Christopher Fowler · ss Demonized by Christopher Fowler, Serpent's Tail, 2004
- 337 · Singing My Sister Down · Margo Lanagan · ss Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2004
- 344 · Bulldozer · Laird Barron · nv Sci Fiction August 25 2004
- 366 · These Various Methods of Brightness · Anna Ross · pm Southwest Review v89 #1, 2004
- 368 · The Cajun Knot · Mélanie Fazi; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Third Alternative #40, Winter 2004/2005
- 379 · Tales from the City of Seams · Greg van Eekhout · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004
- 390 · The Specialist · Alison Smith · ss McSweeney’s #11, 2003
- 402 · Here Is the Church · Shelley Jackson · ss Black Clock #2, Fall 2004/Winter 2005
- 409 · The Witch of Truro · Alice Hoffman · ss The Kenyon Review Spring 2004
- 416 · Lapland, or Film Noir · Peter Straub · ss Conjunctions #42, Spring 2004
- 422 · What Her Mother Said · Theodora Goss · pm The Journal of Mythic Arts Autumn 2004
- 424 · The Owl · Conrad Williams · ss Use Once, Then Destroy by Conrad Williams, Night Shade Books, 2004
- 435 · The Silver Dragon · Elizabeth A. Lynn · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004
- 461 · Honorable Mentions: 2004 · [uncredited] · bi
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