The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eight ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 30, 1997, 1-85487-901-4, £6.99, 513pp, tp, an)
Dark fantasy reprint anthology of 23 stories and a playscript. Includes a 48-page roundup of the horror novels, collections, films, magazines, and small press items from 1996; plus a Necrology of authors, editors, artists, and actors lost to the field and the world.
- 1 · Horror in 1996 · Stephen Jones · in
- 49 · Walking the Dog · Terry Lamsley · nv Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley, Ash-Tree Press, 1996
- 86 · Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995
- 109 · An Eye for an Eye · Norman Partridge · ss Gahan Wilson’s The Ultimate Haunted House ed. Gahan Wilson, HarperPrism, 1996
- 124 · Underworld · Douglas Clegg · ss Phantasm #3, Spring 1996, as “Underground”
- 138 · The Curse of Kali · Cherry Wilder · ss Interzone #103, January 1996
- 154 · The Film · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Rage January 1997; revised.
- 160 · Of a Cat, But Her Skin · Storm Constantine · ss Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996
- 176 · Hopscotch · Donald R. Burleson · ss Terminal Fright #11, Spring 1996
- 188 · Ghost in the Machine · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Bloodsongs #7, 1996
- 194 · The Moon Never Changes · Joel Lane · ss Peeping Tom #24, October 1996
- 205 · Butcher’s Logic · Roberta Lannes · ss Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996
- 217 · Kites and Kisses · D. F. Lewis · ss Peeping Tom #22, April 1996
- 224 · Last Train to Arnos Grove · Marni Griffin · ss The Urbanite #7, 1996, as by M. R. Scofidio
- 233 · The King of Rain · Mark Chadbourn · nv Squane’s Journal #3, 1996
- 258 · Hardball [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996
- 269 · Gas Station Carnivals · Thomas Ligotti · ss The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti, Raven, 1996
- 286 · Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune · Thomas Tessier · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996
- 305 · That Blissful Height · Gregory Frost · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996
- 340 · Skin Deep · Nicholas Royle · ss Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996
- 357 · Hell Hath Enlarged Herself · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996
- 382 · Unforgotten · Christopher Fowler · nv Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996
- 401 · A Plague on Both Your Houses · Scott Edelman · pl A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman, Halloween, 1996
- 435 · Final Cut · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996
- 443 · The Break · Terry Lamsley · na Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley, Ash-Tree Press, 1996
- 489 · Necrology: 1996 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob
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