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Best New Horror: Volume 25 ed. Stephen Jones (Skyhorse Publishing, November 2014, 978-1-62873-818-6, $15.95, 592pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Reprint (Robinson 2014 as The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition) horror anthology. Annual horror anthology of 21 stories, with a lengthy overview of the year 2013 by Jones, and a necrology by Jones & Kim Newman. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and Tanith Lee. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Horror in 2013 · Stephen Jones · ar 91 · Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980 [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · ss Johnny Alucard (online) June 2002 108 · Click-Clack the Rattlebag · Neil Gaiman · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013 first released as an audio download in October 2012. 113 · Dead End · Nicholas Royle · ss X7: A Seven Deadly Sins Anthology ed. Alex Davis, KnightWatch Press, 2013 124 · Isaac’s Room · Daniel Mills · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 139 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 149 · Holes for Faces · Ramsey Campbell · nv Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell, Dark Regions Press, 2013 171 · By Night He Could Not See · Joel Lane · ss Crimewave #12, 2013 182 · Come Into My Parlour · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013 201 · The Middle Park · Michael Chislett · ss Supernatural Tales #25, Winter 2013/2014 213 · Into the Water · Simon Kurt Unsworth · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 234 · The Burned House · Lynda E. Rucker · ss The Moon Will Look Strange by Lynda E. Rucker, Karōshi Books, 2013 246 · What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Z—— · Lavie Tidhar · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 251 · Fishfly Season · Halli Villegas · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013 263 · Doll Re Mi · Tanith Lee · nv Nightmare #8, May 2013 284 · A Night’s Work · Clive Barker · vi The Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013 ed. Norman Rubenstein, Horror Writers Association, 2013 287 · The Sixteenth Step · Robert Shearman · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 307 · Stemming the Tide · Simon Strantzas · ss Dead North ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013 315 · The Gist · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean Press, May 2013 331 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 363 · Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · nv Anno Dracula 1976-1991: Johnny Alucard by Kim Newman, Titan, 2013 394 · Whitstable · Stephen Volk · ex Spectral Press, 2013 507 · Necrology: 2013 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 16, 2014, 978-1-4721-1870-7, £8.99, 592pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Anthology of 21 stories. Introduction by Jones, and a lengthy Necrology by Jones and Newman. Authors include Tanith Lee, Lavie Tidhar, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Royle, Ramsey Campbell, Thana Niveau, and Stephen Volk. · Horror in 2013 · Stephen Jones · ar · Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980 [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · ss Johnny Alucard (online) June 2002 · Click-Clack the Rattlebag · Neil Gaiman · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013 first released as an audio download in October 2012. · Dead End · Nicholas Royle · ss X7: A Seven Deadly Sins Anthology ed. Alex Davis, KnightWatch Press, 2013 · Isaac’s Room · Daniel Mills · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Holes for Faces · Ramsey Campbell · nv Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell, Dark Regions Press, 2013 · By Night He Could Not See · Joel Lane · ss Crimewave #12, 2013 · Come Into My Parlour · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013 · The Middle Park · Michael Chislett · ss Supernatural Tales #25, Winter 2013/2014 · Into the Water · Simon Kurt Unsworth · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 · The Burned House · Lynda E. Rucker · ss The Moon Will Look Strange by Lynda E. Rucker, Karōshi Books, 2013 · What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Z—— · Lavie Tidhar · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 · Fishfly Season · Halli Villegas · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013 · Doll Re Mi · Tanith Lee · nv Nightmare #8, May 2013 · A Night’s Work · Clive Barker · vi The Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013 ed. Norman Rubenstein, Horror Writers Association, 2013 · The Sixteenth Step · Robert Shearman · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Stemming the Tide · Simon Strantzas · ss Dead North ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013 · The Gist · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean Press, May 2013 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · nv Anno Dracula 1976-1991: Johnny Alucard by Kim Newman, Titan, 2013 · Whitstable · Stephen Volk · ex Spectral Press, 2013 · Necrology: 2013 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

Best New Horror #26 ed. Stephen Jones (Drugstore Indian Press, July 2016, 978-1-78636-014-4, £12.99, 588pp, tp, an)     Reprint (PS Publishing 2015) anthology.

Best New Horror #26 ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing, August 2016, 978-1-848639-42-3, £12.99, x+588pp, tp, an, cover by Lee Elias from Chamber of Chills (comic) January 1953)     Reprint (PS Publishing 2015) horror anthology. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Horror in 2014 · Stephen Jones · in 85 · Secondhand Magic · Helen Marshall · nv Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications, 2014 107 · The Culvert · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2014 117 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Richard Gavin · ss Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014 129 · The Four Strengths of Shadow · Ron Weighell · nv Summonings by Ron Weighell, Sarob Press, 2014 153 · The Night Run · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Noir ed. Ian Whates>, Newcon Press, 2014, as “The Private Ambulance” 161 · Home and Hearth · Angela Slatter · nv Spectral Press, 2014 173 · Dust · Rebecca Lloyd · nv Mercy and Other Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, 2014 197 · Suffer Little Children · Robert Shearman · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 227 · The Night Doctor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 241 · The Desecrator · Derek John · nv The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Vol 2 ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2014 269 · The Walk · Dennis Etchison · ss Tor.com November 12 2014 287 · Dirt on Vicky · Clint Smith · ss Ghouljaw and Other Stories by Clint Smith, Hippocampus Press, 2014 303 · Skullpocket · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Nightmare Carnival ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2014 337 · Testimony of Samuel Frobisher Regarding Events upon His Majesty’s Ship Confidence, 14-22 June, 1818, with Diagrams · Ian Tregillis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2014 351 · At Lorn Hall · Ramsey Campbell · ss Nightmare #2, November 2012 371 · Selfies · Lavie Tidhar · ss Tor.com September 17 2014 381 · Matilda of the Night · Stephen Volk · nv Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 423 · The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero Introduction by Torless Magnussen, Ph.D. · Peter Straub · ss Turn Down the Lights ed. Richard Chizmar, Cemetery Dance, 2013 432 · Burnt Black Suns · Simon Strantzas · na Burnt Black Suns by Simon Strantzas, Hippocampus Press, 2014 501 · Necrology: 2014 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

Best New Horror #27 ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing, January 2017, 978-1-786360-66-3, £12.99, x+531pp, tp, an, cover by Lee Elias from Chamber of Chills (comic) July 1953)     Also available in a slipcased hardback edition (-65-6, £60.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from online listing. 3 · Horror in 2015 · Stephen Jones · in 89 · The Coffin House · Robert Aickman · ss The Strangers and Other Writings by Robert Aickman, Tartarus Press, 2015 97 · The Lake · Daniel Mills · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015 111 · The Barnacle Daughter · Richard Gavin · ss Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, 2015 122 · Exposure · Helen Marshall · ss Cassilda’s Song ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Chaosium, 2015 139 · The Larder · Nicholas Royle · ss The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2015 147 · The Seventh Wave · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015 167 · Underground Economy · John Langan · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015 179 · The Drowning City [Alondra DeCourval] · Loren Rhoads · ss nEvermore! ed. Caro Soles & Nancy Kilpatrick, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015 195 · The Chapel of Infernal Devotion · Ron Weighell · nv Romances of the White Day by John Howard, Mark Valentine & Ron Weighell, Sarob Press, 2015 237 · Alma Mater · Kate Farrell · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2015 251 · Hibakusha · L. P. Lee · ss Eastlit August 2015 265 · The Offing · Conrad Williams · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015 283 · Marrowvale · Kurt Fawver · ss The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2015 299 · Hairwork · Gemma Files · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 313 · Black Dog [American Gods] · Neil Gaiman · nv Trigger Warning—Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2015 353 · In the Earth · Storm Constantine · ss Creeping Crawlers ed. Allen Ashley, Shadow Publishing, 2015 367 · In the Lovecraft Museum · Steve Rasnic Tem · na PS Publishing, 2015 437 · Necrology: 2015 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

Best New Horror #28 ed. Stephen Jones (Drugstore Indian Press, January 2018, 978-1-786362-12-4, £60.00, xii+576pp, hc, an)     Signed slipcased edition limited to 100 copies.

Best New Horror #28 ed. Stephen Jones (Drugstore Indian Press, February 2018, 978-1-786362-13-1, £12.99, xii+576pp, hc, an)     Also available in a slipcased hardback edition from PS Publishing (-12-4, £60.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Reprint (Drugstore Indian Press 2018) horror anthology. · [front cover] · Lee Elias · cv Tales of Terror (comic) May 1954 3 · Horror in 2016 · Stephen Jones · in 101 · Pale Tree House · Angela Slatter · ss 100 Lightnings ed. Stephen Studach, Paroxysm Press, 2015 105 · The Light at the Centre · Maura McHugh · ss Uncertainties: Volume I ed. Brian J. Showers, The Swan River Press, 2016 117 · En Plein Air · J. T. Glover · ss Nightscript: Volume Two ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2016 129 · India Blue · Glen Hirshberg · nv Cemetery Dance #74/75, 2016 161 · Walking with the Cross · Peter Bell · ss Phantasms by Peter Bell, Sarob Press, 2016 175 · Bedtime Story · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Zoopraxis by Richard Christian Matheson, Gauntlet Press, 2016 179 · The Symphony of the Normal · Darren Speegle · ss A Haunting in Germany & Other Stories by Darren Speegle, PS Publishing, 2016 199 · The Ballet of Dr. Caligari · Reggie Oliver · nv The Madness of Dr. Caligari ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Fedogan & Bremer, 2016 223 · Who Is This Who Is Coming? · Lynda E. Rucker · ss You’ll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker, The Swan River Press, 2016 241 · The House That Moved Next Door · Stephen Volk · ss Supporting Roles by Stephen Volk, PS Publishing, 2016 255 · Princess · Dennis Etchison · ss Nightmare #41, February 2016 265 · A Home in the Sky · Lisa Tuttle · ss Black Static #55, November/December 2016 277 · On These Blackened Shores of Time · Brian Hodge · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016 317 · The Enemy Within · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Something Remains: Joel Lane and Friends ed. Peter Coleborn & Pauline E. Dungate, The Alchemy Press, 2016 329 · The Court of Midnight · Mark Samuels · ss Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers, The Swan River Press, 2016 339 · Far from Any Shore · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2014 357 · The Fig Garden · Mark Valentine · nv Pagan Triptych, Sarob Press, 2016 395 · White Feathers · Alison Littlewood · ss Five Feathered Tales by Alison Littlewood, Short, Scary Tales Publications, 2016 409 · Over to You · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams, Titan, 2016 425 · In the Dark, Quiet Places · Kristi DeMeester · ss Nightscript: Volume Two ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2016 437 · Mare’s Nest · Richard Gavin · nv Sylvan Dread by Richard Gavin, Three Hands Press, 2016 471 · The Red Forest · Angela Slatter · ss Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales by Angela Slatter, PS Publishing, 2016 481 · Necrology: 2016 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob 563 · Useful Addresses · Stephen Jones · ms

Best New Horror #29 ed. Stephen Jones (Drugstore Indian Press, May 15, 2019, 978-1-78636-392-3, £14.99, xii+579pp, tp, an, cover by Howard Nostrand from Chamber of Chills (comic) #20, 1953)     Also available in a slipcased hardback edition from PS Publishing (-93-0, £60.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Horror in 2017 · Stephen Jones · in 105 · Survival Strategies · Helen Marshall · nv Black Static #58, May/June 2017 127 · Cwtch · Conrad Williams · ss I Will Surround You by Conrad Williams, Undertow Publications, 2017 137 · Lagan · Gemma Files · nv Unspeakable Horror 2 ed. Vince A. Liaguno, Evil Jester Press, 2017 159 · The Entertainment Arrives · Alison Littlewood · ss Darker Companions ed. Scott David Aniolowski & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., PS Publishing, 2017 173 · His Heart Shall Speak No More · John Linwood Grant · nv A Persistence of Geraniums by John Linwood Grant, Electric Pentacle Press, 2017 195 · Banishments · Richard Gavin · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 211 · The Flower Unfolds · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 229 · The Voice of the People · Alison Moore · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 235 · Carnivorous · William F. Nolan · ss Black Wings VI ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2017 251 · A Song of Dust · Angela Slatter · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017, as “No Good Deed” 273 · Border Country · Danny Rhodes · ss Black Static #56, January/February 2017 291 · In Stone · Tim Lebbon · nv Dark Cities ed. Christopher Golden, Titan, 2017 311 · Speaking Still · Ramsey Campbell · ss New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 329 · Underwater Ferris Wheel · Michael Bailey · ss Chiral Mad ed. Michael Bailey, Written Backwards, 2012 341 · In the Complex · Mark Samuels · ss The Prozess Manifestations by Mark Samuels, Zagava, 2017 355 · After Sunset, in the Second Drawing Room Garden · Felice Picano · nv The Cutting Block: Single Slices Volume 1 ed. Patrick Beltran, Cutting Block, 2017 381 · Dispossession · Nicholas Royle · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 389 · The Endless Corridor · Reggie Oliver · nv Dark Discoveries #37, Winter 2017 411 · Whatever You Want · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem by Steve Rasnic Tem, Dark Moon Books, 2017 431 · The Seventeen-Year Itch · Garth Nix · ss Haunted Nights ed. Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton, Blumhouse Books, 2017 437 · To Drown the World · Thana Niveau · nv Unquiet Waters by Thana Niveau, Black Shuck Books, 2017 463 · Necrology: 2017 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

Best New Horror #30 ed. Stephen Jones (Drugstore Indian Press, November 2020, 978-1-786366-91-7, £14.99, 606pp, tp, an, cover by Warren Kremer)     Also available in a slipcased hardback edition from PS Publishing (-90-0, £60.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from online listing. · Horror in 2018 · Stephen Jones · in · The House · Peter Bell · ss Revenants & Maledictions by Peter Bell, Sarob Press, 2018 · The Smiling Man · Simon Kurt Unsworth · nv The Martledge Variations by Simon Kurt Unsworth, Black Shuck Books, 2018 · Holiday Reading · Rosalie Parker · ss Sparks from the Fire by Rosalie Parker, Swan River Press, 2018 · Resonant Evil · Graham Masterton · ss Figures of Fear by Graham Masterton, Severn House, 2014 · Redriff · Michael Chislett · ss Supernatural Tales #38, Summer 2018 · The Blink · Nicholas Royle · ss The Dummy & Other Uncanny Stories by Nicholas Royle, The Swan River Press, 2018 · The Deep Sea Swell · John Langan · ss The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2018 · Sisters Rise · Christopher Harman · ss A Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2018 · The Run of the Town · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Discoveries #38, Spring 2018 · The Marvellous Talking Machine · Alison Littlewood · ss Phantoms: Haunting Tales from Masters of the Genre ed. Marie O'Regan, Titan, 2018 · Who’s Got the Button? · James Wade · ss Such Things May Be by James Wade, Shadow Publishing, 2018 · The Typewriter · Rio Youers · ss New Fears 2 ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2018 · The Keepers of the Lighthouse · Ken Mackenzie · ss Midnight Press, November 30 2017 · The Hungry Grass · Tracy Fahey · ss New Music for Old Rituals by Tracy Fahey, Black Shuck Books, 2018 · Ghostly Studies, Dr. Grace, and the Diodati Society · Daniel McGachey · ss By No Mortal Hand by Daniel McGachey, Sarob Press, 2018 · It Never Looks Like Drowning · Damien Angelica Walters · ss For Those in Peril ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2018 · The Window of Erich Zann [The Lovecraft Squad] · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dreaming ed. Stephen Jones, Pegasus Books, 2018 · Posterity · Mark Samuels · ss (r) · Octoberland · Thana Niveau · ss Octoberland by Thana Niveau, PS Publishing, 2018 · Porson’s Piece · Reggie Oliver · ss Ballet of Dr. Caligari & Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver, Tartarus Press, 2019 · He Sings of Salt and Wormwood · Brian Hodge · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2018 · Virginia Story · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Weird Fiction Review #9, Winter 2019 · The Virgin Mary Well · Peter Bell · ss Revenants & Maledictions by Peter Bell, Sarob Press, 2018 · Necrology: 2018 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob