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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 14, 2004, 1-84119-923-0, £7.99, 624pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Annual dark fantasy anthology of 25 stories, including works by Gaiman, Fowler, Wolfe, Farris, Tem, Kiernan, and Exorcizing Angels by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a sadly long Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. 1 · Horror in 2003 · Stephen Jones · in 93 · Fear the Dead · Ramsey Campbell · nv Fear Within ed. Nicole Thomas, 3F Publications, 2003 114 · The Hanged Man of Oz · Steve Nagy · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 129 · Mara · Michael Chislett · ss Conventional Vampires ed. Tina Rath, The Dracula Society, 2003 143 · Cell Call · Marc Laidlaw · ss By Moonlight Only ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2003 153 · In the Tunnels · Pauline E. Dungate · ss Beneath the Ground ed. Joel Lane, The Alchemy Press, 2003 164 · Hunger: A Confession · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2003 178 · Seven Feet · Christopher Fowler · ss Demonized by Christopher Fowler, Serpent's Tail, 2004 195 · The Centipede · Susan Davis · ss All Hallows #33, June 2003 205 · The Goat Cutter · Jay Lake · ss Greetings from Lake Wu by Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2003 216 · Maybe Next Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2003 232 · Storytime with the Bluefield Strangler · John Farris · ss Elvisland by John Farris, Babbage Press, 2002 245 · Hunter Lake · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 257 · Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe · Scott Emerson Bull · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 265 · The Bereavement Photographer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 13 Horrors ed. Brian A. Hopkins, KaCSFFS Press, 2003 279 · Kissing Carrion · Gemma Files · ss Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files, Prime Books, 2003 299 · The White Hands · Mark Samuels · ss The White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels, Tartarus Press, 2003 originally in substantially different form as “Amelia” (Black Tears No. 1, 1993). 316 · Waycross [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Subterranean Press, 2003 340 · Lucy, in Her Splendor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss www.marsdust.com 2003 354 · Dead Boy Found · Christopher Barzak · ss Trampoline ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003 372 · The Haunting · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003 383 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 417 · Bitter Grounds · Neil Gaiman · nv Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003 436 · Child of the Stones · Paul McAuley · nv Sci Fiction November 12 2003 477 · The Silence of the Falling Stars · Mike O’Driscoll · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 501 · Exorcizing Angels · Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon · na Exorcising Angels by Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon, Earthling Publications, 2003 553 · Necrology: 2003 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Sixteen ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, November 17, 2005, 1-84529-117-4, £7.99, 610pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Annual dark fantasy anthology of 21 stories, including works by Gaiman, Newman, Campbell, Gallagher, Lee, Lebbon, Brite, and Jay Russell. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a long Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. 1 · Horror in 2004 · Stephen Jones · in 81 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 94 · Lilies · Iain Rowan · ss Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 105 · Breaking Up · Ramsey Campbell · ss Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 116 · “The King”, in: YELLOW · Brian Keene · ss Fear of Gravity by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2004 131 · A Trick of the Dark · Tina Rath · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires (var. 1) ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2004 140 · The Mutable Borders of Love · Leslie What · ss Amazing Stories November 2004 151 · Flour White and Spindle Thin · L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims · ss Falling Into Heaven by L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, Sarob Press, 2004 170 · Tighter · Christa Faust · ss Strange Bedfellows ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Kensington, 2004 181 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · nv Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 201 · Israbel · Tanith Lee · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2004 217 · The Growlimb · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2004 248 · This Is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004 261 · Remnants · Tim Lebbon · na Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon, Leisure, 2004 301 · Safety Clowns · Glen Hirshberg · nv Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 326 · The Devil of Delery Street [Stubbs family] · Poppy Z. Brite · ss McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004 340 · Apocalypse Now, Voyager [Marty Burns] · Jay Russell · na Earthling Publications, 2004 387 · Stone Animals · Kelly Link · nv Conjunctions #43, Fall 2004 426 · Soho Golem [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · na Sci Fiction October 13 2004 472 · Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic · Dale Bailey · ss Charlotte Observer October 13 2004 (+8); 9-part serial ending on 31 October; in “Catawba Valley Neighbors” section. 476 · My Death · Lisa Tuttle · na PS Publishing, 2004 543 · The Problem of Susan [Narnia] · Neil Gaiman · ss Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 551 · Necrology: 2004 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seventeen ed. Stephen Jones (Carroll & Graf, October 2006, 0-7867-1833-1, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Reprint (Robinson 2006) annual horror anthology of 22 stories, with an overview of the year 2005 by Jones, and a necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Clive Barker, and Carol Emshwiller. First US edition. 1 · Horror in 2005 · Stephen Jones · in 79 · The Decorations · Ramsey Campbell · ss Alpenhouse Apparitions, 2005 94 · Black and Green and Gold · David Herter · nv Postscripts #3, Spring 2005 119 · I Live with You and You Don’t Know It · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2005 130 · The Cubist’s Attorney · Peter Atkins · ss Cemetery Dance #56, 2006 140 · All Fish and Dracula · Liz Williams · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2005 150 · The Ball Room · China Miéville, Emma Bircham & Max Schaefer · ss Looking for Jake and Other Stories by China Miéville, Macmillan, 2005 163 · Gulls · Tim Pratt · ss TEL: Stories ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005 170 · Pinkie · Elizabeth Massie · ss The Little Magenta Book of Mean Stories by Elizabeth Massie, Borderlands Press, 2005 185 · Glyphotech · Mark Samuels · nv Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005 202 · One of the Hungry Ones · Holly Phillips · nv In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips, Prime Books, 2005 221 · If I Should Wake Before I Die · Brian Hodge · ss Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005 236 · The Other Family · Roberta Lannes · ss Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 253 · The Outermost Borough · Gahan Wilson · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005 263 · American Morons · Glen Hirshberg · ss Darkness Rising: The Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook 2005, Earthling Publications, 2005 277 · Where Angels Come In · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2005 [Ref. M. R. James] 293 · Sickhouse Hospitality · Terry Lamsley · nv Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 333 · Best New Horror · Joe Hill · nv Postscripts #3, Spring 2005 353 · La Peau Verte · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv To Charles Fort, With Love by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2005 378 · Time Was · David Morrell · nv Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005 401 · Haeckel’s Tale · Clive Barker · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005 418 · The Taint [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · na Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2005 470 · The Winner · Ramsey Campbell · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005 483 · Necrology: 2005 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eighteen ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 25, 2007, 978-1-84529-481-6, £7.99, 574pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Annual dark fantasy anthology of 24 stories, including works by Bishop, Campbell, Fowler, Hand, Matheson, Morrell, Newman, Ryman, Wolfe. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a long Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. 1 · Horror in 2006 · Stephen Jones · in 73 · Summer · Al Sarrantonio · ss Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2006 87 · Digging Deep · Ramsey Campbell · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007 96 · The Night Watch · John Gordon · ss Left in the Dark by John Gordon, Medusa Press, 2006 107 · The Luxury of Harm · Christopher Fowler · ss The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration ed. Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan, British Fantasy Society, 2006 113 · Sentinels · Mark Samuels · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006 127 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006 143 · What Nature Abhors · Mark Morris · na Night Visions 12 ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Subterranean Press, 2006 156 · The Last Reel · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Supernatural Tales #10, 2006 168 · The American Dead · Jay Lake · ss Interzone #203, April 2006 177 · Between the Cold Moon and the Earth · Peter Atkins · ss At the Sign of the Snowman’s Skull: Tales from the 2006 Revue, Earthling Publications, 2006 188 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 205 · Continuity Error · Nicholas Royle · nv City of Disappearances ed. Iain Sinclair, Hamish Hamilton, 2006 228 · Dr. Prida’s Dream-Plagued Patient · Michael Bishop · ss Aberrant Dreams #7, Spring 2006 234 · The Ones We Leave Behind · Mark Chadbourn · ss Dark Horizons #48, Spring 2006 253 · Mine · Joel Lane · ss The Lost District by Joel Lane, Night Shade Books, 2006 257 · Obsequy · David J. Schow · nv Subterranean #3, 2006 284 · Thrown · Don Tumasonis · ss New Genre Winter 2006 295 · Houses Under the Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Thrillers 2 ed. Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance, 2007 322 · They · David J. Morrell · ss Amazon.com website September 2006 338 · The Clockwork Horror · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss Evermore ed. James Robert Smith & Stephen Mark Rainey, Arkham House, 2006 358 · Making Cabinets · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques V ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck, Gauntlet Press, 2006 361 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 393 · Devil’s Smile · Glen Hirshberg · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006 417 · The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train [Richard Jeperson] · Kim Newman · na The Man from the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, MonkeyBrain Books, 2006 505 · Necrology: 2006 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Best New Horror 19 ed. Stephen Jones (Running Press, September 29, 2008, 978-0-7624-3397-1, $13.95, 512pp, tp, an, cover by Carlos Kastro)     Annual horror anthology of 26 stories, with an overview of the year 2007 by Jones, and a necrology by Jones & Kim Newman. Authors include Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Tim Pratt, and Neil Gaiman. Simultaneous with the Robinson UK edition. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Horror in 2007 · Stephen Jones · in 81 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007 92 · The Church on the Island · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007 109 · The Twilight Express · Christopher Fowler · ss Postscripts #13, Winter 2007 119 · Peep · Ramsey Campbell · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 135 · From Around Here · Tim Pratt · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 156 · Pumpkin Night · Gary McMahon · ss Estronomicon October 2007 162 · The Other Village · Simon Strantzas · ss Strange Tales Volume II, Tartarus Press, 2007 176 · 13 O’Clock · Mike O’Driscoll · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 198 · Still Water · Joel Lane · ss Supernatural Tales #11, Spring 2007 205 · Thumbprint · Joe Hill · nv Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 227 · Lancashire · Nicholas Royle · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007 237 · The Admiral’s House · Marc Lecard · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007 250 · Man, You Gotta See This! · Tony Richards · ss Going Back by Tony Richards, Elastic Press, 2007 260 · The Fisherman · David A. Sutton · na Gothic Press, 2007 278 · The Children of Monte Rosa · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark Horizons #51, Autumn/Winter 2007 295 · The Witch’s Headstone · Neil Gaiman · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 320 · Calico Black, Calico Blue · Joel Knight · ss Strange Tales Volume II, Tartarus Press, 2007 336 · This Rich Evil Sound · Steven Erikson · ss Revolvo and Other Canadian Tales by Steven Erikson, Tsar Books, 1997 345 · Miss Ill-Kept Runt · Glen Hirshberg · ss Twilight Limited: The Rolling Darkness Revue 2007 ed. Paul Miller, Earthling Publications, 2007 358 · Deadman’s Road [Reverend Jebediah Mercer (aka Rains)] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007 383 · A Gentleman from Mexico [Cthulhu] · Mark Samuels · nv Summer Chills ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 2007 405 · Loss · Tom Piccirilli · nv Five Strokes to Midnight ed. Gary A. Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, Haunted Pelican Press, 2007 441 · Behind the Clouds: In Front of the Sun · Christopher Harman · nv Postscripts #11, Summer 2007 465 · The Ape’s Wife [King Kong] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Clarkesworld #12, September 2007 486 · Tight Wrappers · Conrad Williams · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007 498 · Cold Snap [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · na The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, MonkeyBrain Books, 2007 565 · Necrology: 2007 · Kim Newman & Stephen Jones · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twenty ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 15, 2009, 978-1-84529-932-3, £7.99, 541pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Horror anthology. 1 · Horror in 2008 · Stephen Jones · in 78 · Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told · Peter Crowther · nv Black Cats and Broken Mirrors ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 1998 104 · It Runs Beneath the Surface · Simon Strantzas · ss Beneath the Surface by Simon Strantzas, Humdrumming Ltd., 2008 113 · These Things We Have Always Known · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Black Static #8, December 2008/January 2009 124 · Feminine Endings · Neil Gaiman · ss Four Letter Word: Original Love Letters February 14 2008 130 · Through the Cracks · Gary McMahon · ss How to Make Monsters by Gary McMahon, Morrigan Books, 2008 142 · Falling Off the World · Tim Lebbon · ss The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories ed. Ian Alexander Martin, Humdrumming, 2008 151 · The Old Traditions Are Best · Paul Finch · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 168 · The Long Way · Ramsey Campbell · nv PS Publishing, 2008 187 · The Pile · Michael Bishop · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2008 205 · Under Fog · Tanith Lee · ss Subterfuge ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2008 216 · Arkangel · Christopher Fowler · nv Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 240 · The Camping Wainwrights · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Postscripts #17, Winter 2008 259 · A Donkey at the Mysteries · Reggie Oliver · nv Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 278 · The Oram County Whoosit · Steve Duffy · nv Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 311 · The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 320 · Our Man in the Sudan · Sarah Pinborough · nv The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories ed. Ian Alexander Martin, Humdrumming, 2008 342 · “Destination Nihil” by Edmund Bertran · Mark Samuels · ss PS Showcase #4: Glyphotech And Other Macabre Processes by Mark Samuels, PS Publishing, 2008 348 · The Overseer · Albert E. Cowdrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2008 397 · The Beginnings of Sorrow · Pinckney Benedict · nv Sonora Review November 2008 426 · The Place of Waiting · Brian Lumley · na The Ghost Quartet ed. Marvin Kaye, Tor, 2008 471 · 2PM: The Real Estate Agent Arrives · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Crimewave #10, 2008 472 · Necrology: 2008 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21 ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 28, 2010, 978-1-84901-372-7, £7.99, 496pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Horror anthology. 1 · Horror in 2009 · Stephen Jones · in 101 · The Woods · Michael Kelly · ss Tesseracts Thirteen ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & David Morrell, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2009 106 · Throttle · Joe Hill & Stephen King · nv He Is Legend ed. Christopher Conlon, Gauntlet Press, 2009 142 · Out and Back · Barbara Roden · nv Northwest Passages by Barbara Roden, Prime Books, 2009 166 · Respects · Ramsey Campbell · ss British Invasion ed. Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon & James A. Moore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009 181 · Cold to the Touch · Simon Strantzas · ss Cold to the Touch by Simon Strantzas, Tartarus Press, 2009 200 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Reggie Oliver · ss Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver, Ex Occidente Press, 2009 completion by Oliver of an unfinished story by James. 213 · Shem-el-Nessim: An Inspiration in Perfume · Chris Bell · ss Zahir #13, Summer 2007 227 · What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Nightjar Press, 2009 235 · The Reunion · Nicholas Royle · ss Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009 247 · Mami Wata · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Exotic Gothic 3 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2009 267 · Venturi · Richard Christian Matheson · ss He Is Legend ed. Christopher Conlon, Gauntlet Press, 2009; a tale inspired by “Legion of Plotters”. 273 · Party Talk · John Gaskin · ss Strange Tales Volume III, Tartarus Press, 2009 286 · Two Steps Along the Road · Terry Dowling · nv Exotic Gothic 3 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2009 310 · The Axholme Toll · Mark Valentine · ss The Nightfarers by Mark Valentine, Ex Occidente Press, 2009 324 · Granny’s Grinning · Robert Shearman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009 328 · In the Garden · Rosalie Parker · ss The Fifth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2009 343 · After the Ape · Stephen Volk · nv The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009 366 · The Nonesuch [unnamed narrator] · Brian Lumley · na The Nonesuch and Others by Brian Lumley, Subterranean Press, 2009 407 · Princess of the Night · Michael Kelly · vi Undertow and Other Laments by Michael Kelly, Dark Regions Press, 2009 409 · Necrology: 2009 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · bg