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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, September 3, 2013, 978-1-59780-474-5, $15.99, liv+406pp, tp, an, cover by Allen Williams)     Year’s best anthology with 28 horror stories from 2012, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Jeffrey Ford, and Ramsey Campbell. Details supplied by Denny Lien. ix · Summation 2012 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Nikishi · Lucy Taylor · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012 15 · Little America · Dan Chaon · nv Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012 31 · A Natural History of Autumn · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 45 · Mantis Wives · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #71, August 2012 49 · Tender as Teeth · Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 69 · The Callers · Ramsey Campbell · ss Four for Fear ed. Peter Crowther, PS Publishing, 2012 81 · Two Poems for Hill House · Kevin McCann · gp (r) _81 · Answered an Ad · Kevin McCann · pm herenow.7beats.com July 2012 _83 · I Am the One · Kevin McCann · pm herenow.7beats.com July 2012 85 · Mariners’ Round · Terry Dowling · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012 105 · Nanny Grey · Gemma Files · ss Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2012 117 · The Magician’s Apprentice · Tamsyn Muir · ss Weird Tales Winter 2012 131 · Kill All Monsters · Gary McMahon · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #3, Spring 2012 141 · The House on Ashley Avenue · Ian Rogers · nv Every House Is Haunted by Ian Rogers, ChiZine Publications, 2012 163 · Dead Song · Jay Wilburn · ss Zombies for a Cure ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2012 175 · Sleeping, I Was Beauty · Sandi Leibowitz · pm Goblin Fruit Winter 2012 177 · Bajazzle · Margo Lanagan · nv Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan, Twelfth Planet Press, 2012 193 · The Pike · Conrad Williams · ss Born with Teeth by Conrad Williams, PS Publishing, 2012 209 · The Crying Child [Lerici] · Bruce McAllister · nv Cemetery Dance #68, 2012, as “The Bleeding Child” 239 · This Circus the World · Amber Sparks · ss Corium Magazine (online) Summer 2012 241 · Some Pictures in an Album · Gary McMahon · ss Chiral Mad ed. Michael Bailey, Written Backwards, 2012 250 · Wild Acre · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Visions Fading Fast ed. Gary McMahon, Pendragon Press UK, 2012 275 · Final Exam · Megan Arkenberg · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 287 · None So Blind · Stephen Bacon · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #3, Spring 2012 295 · The Ballad of Boomtown · Priya Sharma · ss Black Static #28, April/May 2012 313 · Pig Thing · Adam Nevill · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012 327 · The Word-Made Flesh · Richard Gavin · ss At Fear’s Altar by Richard Gavin, Hippocampus Press, 2012 345 · Into the Penny Arcade · Claire Massey · ss Nightjar Press, 2012 353 · Magdala Amygdala · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2012 365 · Frontier Death Song · Laird Barron · nv Nightmare #1, October 2012 391 · Honourable Mentions · Ellen Datlow · bi 393 · About the Authors · Various · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 3, 2014, 978-1-59780-503-2, $15.99, 396pp, tp, an, cover by Pierre Droal)     Year’s best anthology with 24 horror stories from 2013, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Steve Rasnic Tem, Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, and Linda Nagata. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. viii · Summation 2013 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Apports · Stephen Bacon · ss Black Static #36, September/October 2013 13 · Mr. Splitfoot · Dale Bailey · ss Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor, 2013 27 · The Good Husband · Nathan Ballingrud · nv North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud, Small Beer Press, 2013 53 · The Tiger · Nina Allan · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 73 · The House on Cobb Street · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Nightmare #9, June 2013 89 · The Soul in the Bell Jar · K. J. Kabza · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 119 · Call Out · Steve Toase · ss Innsmouth Magazine January 2013 127 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 145 · Bones of Crow · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #37, November/December 2013 159 · Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm Phantom Drift #3, October 2013 161 · The Tin House · Simon Clark · ss Shadow Masters ed. Jeani Rector, Imajin Books, 2013 175 · The Fox · Conrad Williams · ss This Is Horror 2013 185 · The Withering · Tim Casson · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 195 · Stemming the Tide · Simon Strantzas · ss Dead North ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013 203 · The Anatomist’s Mnemonic · Priya Sharma · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 213 · The Monster Makers · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 223 · The Only Ending We Have · Kim Newman · nv Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 247 · The Dog’s Paw · Derek Künsken · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013 259 · Fine in the Fire · Lee Thomas · nv Like Light for Flies by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press, 2013 279 · Majorlena · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #24, Autumn 2013 307 · Down to a Sunless Sea · Neil Gaiman · ss The Guardian March 22 2013 311 · Jaws of Saturn · Laird Barron · nv The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories by Laird Barron, Night Shade Books, 2013 333 · Halfway Home · Linda Nagata · ss Nightmare #12, September 2013 345 · The Same Deep Waters as You · Brian Hodge · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 384 · Honorable Mentions: 2013 · [uncredited] · bi 386 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 397 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, August 2015, 978-1-59780-829-3, $15.99, xliii+369pp, tp, an, cover by Noia Hokama)     Year’s best anthology of 22 horror stories from 2014, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Genevieve Valentine, Garth Nix, and Cody Goodfellow. viii · Summation 2014 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 23 · Winter Children · Angela Slatter · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2014 37 · A Dweller in Amenty · Genevieve Valentine · ss Nightmare #18, March 2014 49 · Outside Heavenly · Rio Youers · nv The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 73 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 85 · Allochthon · Livia Llewellyn · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 95 · Chapter Six · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Tor.com June 11 2014 109 · This Is Not for You · Gemma Files · ss Nightmare #25, October 2014 123 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014 145 · The Culvert · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2014 153 · Past Reno · Brian Evenson · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 167 · The Coat Off His Back · Keris McDonald · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 189 · The Worms Crawl In · Laird Barron · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 209 · The Dog’s Home · Alison Littlewood · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 219 · Tread Upon the Brittle Shell · Rhoads Brazos · nv SQ Mag #14, May 2014 239 · Persistence of Vision · Orrin Grey · ss Fractured ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2014 247 · It Flows from the Mouth · Robert Shearman · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 263 · Wingless Beasts · Lucy Taylor · ss Fatal Journeys (limited edition) by Lucy Taylor, Overlook Connection Press, 2014 277 · Departures · Carole Johnstone · ss The Bright Day Is Done by Carole Johnstone, Gray Friar Press, 2014 297 · Ymir · John Langan · nv The Children of Old Leech ed. Ross E. Lockhart & Justin Steele, Word Horde, 2014 321 · Plink · Kurt Dinan · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2014 332 · Nigredo · Cody Goodfellow · ss In the Court of the Yellow King ed. Glynn Owen Barrass, Celaeno Press, 2014

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 7, 2016, 978-1-59780-853-8, $15.99, xli+317pp, tp, an, cover by Blake Malcerta)     Year’s best anthology of 20 stories, with a summation of the year 2015 in horror by Datlow. Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Laird Barron, and Neil Gaiman. Details taken from online listing. viii · Summation 2015 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · We Are All Monsters Here · Kelley Armstrong · ss Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, 2015 17 · Universal Horror · Stephen Graham Jones · ss October Dreams II ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2015 35 · Slaughtered Lamb · Tom Johnstone · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2015 45 · In a Cavern, In a Canyon · Laird Barron · nv Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, 2015 65 · Between the Pilings · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, 2015 79 · Snow · Dale Bailey · ss Nightmare #33, June 2015 93 · Indian Giver · Ray Cluley · ss Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley, ChiZine Publications, 2015 107 · My Boy Builds Coffins · Gary McMahon · ss Black Static #46, May/June 2015 123 · The Woman in the Hill · Tamsyn Muir · ss Dreams from the Witch House ed. Lynne Jamneck, Dark Regions Press, 2016 133 · Underground Economy · John Langan · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015 143 · The Rooms Are High · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sea of Blood by Reggie Oliver, Dark Renaissance Books, 2015 159 · All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck · Kate Jonez · ss Black Static #47, July/August 2015 177 · Lord of the Sand · Stephen Bacon · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2015 185 · Wilderness · Letitia Trent · ss Exigencies ed. Richard Thomas, Dark House Press, 2015 201 · Fabulous Beasts · Priya Sharma · nv Tor.com July 27 2015 229 · Descent · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Nightmare #29, February 2015 239 · Hippocampus · Adam Nevill · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015 247 · Black Dog [American Gods] · Neil Gaiman · nv Trigger Warning—Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2015 283 · The 21st Century Shadow · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, 2015 285 · This Stagnant Breath of Change · Brian Hodge · ss Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, 2015

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, July 11, 2017, 978-1-5107-1666-7, $15.99, xlii+388pp, tp, an, cover by Kevin Peterson)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation 2016 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Nesters · Siobhan Carroll · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016 19 · The Oestridae · Robert Levy · ss Black Static #52, May/June 2016 33 · The Process Is a Process All Its Own [Tillman Hayward] · Peter Straub · na Conjunctions #67, Fall 2016 59 · The Bad Hour · Christopher Golden · ss What the #@&% Is That? ed. John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen, Saga Press, 2016 73 · Red Rabbit · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Borderlands 6 ed. Olivia F. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Samhain Publishing, 2016 81 · It’s All the Same Road in the End [Cthulhu] · Brian Hodge · nv The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu ed. Paula Guran, Robinson, 2016 115 · Fury · DB Waters · ss Nightjar Press, November 2016 125 · Grave Goods · Gemma Files · nv Autumn Cthulhu ed. Mike Davis, Lovecraft eZine Press, 2016 147 · Between Dry Ribs · Gregory Norman Bossert · ss The Dark #11, February 2016 163 · The Days of Our Lives · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams, Titan, 2016 179 · The House of Wonders · C. E. Ward · ss Malevolent Visitants by C. E. Ward, Sarob Press, 2016 199 · The Numbers · Christopher Burns · ss Nightjar Press, June 2016 211 · Bright Crown of Joy · Livia Llewellyn · ss Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016 233 · The Beautiful Thing We Will Become · Kristi DeMeester · ss Eternal Frankenstein ed. Ross E. Lockhart, Word Horde, 2016 243 · Wish You Were Here · Nadia Bulkin · ss Nightmare #49, October 2016 261 · Ragman · Rebecca Lloyd · nv Ragman & Other Family Curses by Rebecca Lloyd, Egaeus Press, 2016 289 · What’s Out There? · Gary McMahon · ss Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 2016 299 · No Matter Which Way We Turned · Brian Evenson · ss People Holding May 17 2016 301 · The Castellmarch Man · Ray Cluley · nv Green and Pleasant Land ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 329 · The Ice Beneath Us · Steve Duffy · ss Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 2016 343 · On These Blackened Shores of Time · Brian Hodge · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016 379 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 381 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 12, 2018, 978-1-5107-1667-4, $15.99, xxxix+435pp, tp, an, cover by Chenthooran Nambiarooran)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation 2017 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Better You Believe · Carole Johnstone · nv Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, 2017 21 · Liquid Air · Inna Effress · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 31 · Holiday Romance · Mark Morris · nv Black Static #58, May/June 2017 55 · Furtherest · Kaaron Warren · nv Dark Screams: Volume Seven ed. Richard Chizmar & Brian James Freeman, Hydra, 2017 77 · Where’s the Harm? · Rebecca Lloyd · nv Seven Strange Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, 2017 107 · Whatever Comes After Calcutta · David Erik Nelson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2017 129 · A Human Stain · Kelly Robson · nv Tor.com January 4 2017 155 · The Stories We Tell About Ghosts · A. C. Wise · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 173 · Endoskeletal · Sarah Read · ss Black Static #59, July/August 2017 189 · West of Matamoros, North of Hell · Brian Hodge · nv Dark Screams: Volume Seven ed. Richard Chizmar & Brian James Freeman, Hydra, 2017 231 · Alligator Point · S. P. Miskowski · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 239 · Dark Warm Heart · Rich Larson · ss Tor.com April 12 2017 257 · There and Back Again · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Mixed Up ed. Nick Mamatas & Molly Tanzer, Skyhorse Publishing, 2017 261 · Shepherd’s Business · Stephen Gallagher · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 279 · You Can Stay All Day · Mira Grant · nv Nights of the Living Dead ed. Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, St. Martin's Griffin, 2017 295 · Harvest Song, Gathering Song · A. C. Wise · ss For Mortal Things Unsung ed. Alex Hofelich, Escape Artists, Inc., 2017 315 · The Granfalloon · Orrin Grey · ss Darker Companions ed. Scott David Aniolowski & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., PS Publishing, 2017 327 · Fail-Safe · Philip Fracassi · ss Behold the Void by Philip Fracassi, JournalStone, 2017 345 · The Starry Crown · Marc E. Fitch · ss Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, 2017 361 · Eqalussuaq · Tim Major · ss Not One of Us #58, October 2017 379 · Lost in the Dark · John Langan · nv Haunted Nights ed. Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton, Blumhouse Books, 2017

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, September 3, 2019, 978-1-59780-972-6, $15.99, xii+437pp, tp, an, cover by Audrey Benjaminsen)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. xi · Summation 2018 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · I Remember Nothing · Anne Billson · ss We Were Strangers ed. Richard Hirst, Confingo Publishing, 2018 19 · Monkeys on the Beach · Ralph Robert Moore · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v2, 2018 29 · Painted Wolves · Ray Cluley · nv In Dog We Trust ed. Anthony Cowin, Black Shuck, 2018 59 · Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2018 81 · You Know How the Story Goes · Thomas Olde Heuvelt · ss Tor.com February 21 2018 translated from the Dutch (“Je weet hoe dit verhaal gaat”, 2017). 99 · Back Along the Old Track · Sam Hicks · ss The Fiends in the Furrows ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, 2018 113 · Masks · Peter Sutton · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, 2018 119 · The Donner Party · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2018 147 · Milkteeth · Kristi DeMeester · ss Shimmer #44, July 2018 157 · Haak · John Langan · nv New Fears 2 ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2018 181 · Thin Cold Hands · Gemma Files · ss LampLight June 2018 197 · A Tiny Mirror · Eloise C. C. Shepherd · ss Supernatural Tales #39, Winter 2018/2019 203 · I Love You Mary-Grace · Amelia Mangan · ss In Dog We Trust ed. Anthony Cowin, Black Shuck, 2018 219 · The Jaws of Ouroboros · Steve Toase · ss The Fiends in the Furrows ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, 2018 233 · A Brief Moment of Rage · Bill Davidson · ss Endless Apocalypse ed. Josie Mitchell, Flame Tree Publishing, 2018 245 · Golden Sun · Kristi DeMeester, Richard Thomas, Damien Angelica Walters & Michael Wehunt · nv Chiral Mad 4 ed. Michael Bailey & Lucy A. Snyder, Written Backwards, 2018 269 · White Mare · Thana Niveau · nv The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018 291 · Girls Without Their Faces On · Laird Barron · ss Ashes and Entropy ed. Robert S. Wilson, Nightscape Press, 2018 307 · Thumbsucker · Robert Shearman · ss New Fears 2 ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2018 319 · You Are Released · Joe Hill · nv Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales ed. Stephen King & Bev Vincent, Cemetery Dance, 2018 345 · Red Rain · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Nightmare #69, June 2018 353 · Split Chain Stitch · Steve Toase · ss Mystery Weekly November 2018 363 · No Exit · Orrin Grey · ss Lost Highways ed. D. Alexander Ward, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018 373 · Haunt · Siobhan Carroll · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2018 401 · Sleep · Carly Holmes · nv Figurehead by Carly Holmes, Tartarus Press, 2018 423 · Honorable Mentions · The Editor · bi 425 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 437 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, October 20, 2020, 978-1-59780-973-3, $15.99, xliii+424pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. xiii · Summation 2019 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person · Paul Tremblay · ss Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, 2019 21 · A Song for Wounded Mouths · Kristi DeMeester · ss previously available as an audio download from Pseudopod, March 29, 2019. 33 · Birds of Passage · Gordon B. White · ss Twice-Told ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2019 46 · The Puppet Motel · Gemma Files · nv Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, 2019 76 · The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team · Joe R. Lansdale · ss At Home in the Dark ed. Lawrence Block, Subterranean Press, 2019 91 · The Night Nurse · Sarah Langan · nv Hex Life ed. Rachel Autumn Deering & Christopher Golden, Titan, 2019 116 · They Are Us (1964): An Oral History · Jack Lothian · ss Twice-Told ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2019 127 · As Dark as Hunger · S. Qiouyi Lu · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 146 · I Say (I Say, I Say) · Robert Shearman · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v3, 2019 158 · The Pain-Eater’s Daughter · Laura Mauro · nv Sing Your Sadness Deep by Laura Mauro, Undertow Publications, 2019 182 · The Hope Chest · Sarah Read · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 197 · Nor Cease You Never Now · Ren Warom · ss Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2020 212 · Playscape · Diana Peterfreund · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2019 222 · Adrenaline Junkies · Ray Cluley · nv The Porcupine Boy and Other Anthological Oddities ed. Christopher M. Jones, Macabreink.com, 2019 249 · Watching · Tim Lees · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 255 · Mr. and Mrs. Kett · Sam Hicks · ss Nightscript Vol. V ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2019 268 · Below · Simon Bestwick · ss Terror Tales of Northwest England ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2019 288 · My Name Is Ellie · Sam Rebelein · ss Bourbon Penn #18, July 2019 300 · Slipper · Catriona Ward · ss Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2020 312 · How to Stay Afloat When Drowning · Daniel Braum · nv Pareidolia ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Black Shuck Books, 2019 336 · This Was Always Going to Happen · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Terror at 5280′, Denver Horror Collective, 2019 340 · The Butcher’s Table · Nathan Ballingrud · na Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud, Saga Press, 2019 413 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 415 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 424 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

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, 2020 23 · A Hotel in Germany · Catriona Ward · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 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, 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, 2020 107 · Come Closer · Gemma Files · ss Apostles of the Weird ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2020 119 · It Doesn’t Feel Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 2020 134 · Mine Seven · Elana Gomel · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 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, 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, 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, 2020 284 · In the English Rain · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Home Counties ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 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, 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, 2021 77 · Fox Girl · Lee Murray · pm Tortured Willows ed. Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray, Angela Yuriko Smith & Christina Sng, Yuriko Publishing, 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, 2021 122 · The God Bag · Christopher Golden · ss Beyond the Veil ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 2021 140 · The Strathentine Imps · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands ed. Paul Finch, Telos, 2021 162 · The Quizmasters · Gerard McKeown · ss The Black Dreams ed. Reggie Chamberlain-King, Blackstaff Press, 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, 2021 186 · Three Sisters Bog · Eóin Murphy · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 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, 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, 2021 286 · Trap · Carly Holmes · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 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, 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, 2022 · Gate 9 · Jeffrey Ford · ss Conjunctions #78, Spring 2022 · Flaming Teeth · Garry Kilworth · ss Screams from the Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Nightfire, 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, 2022 · The Myth of Pasiphaë · Andy Davidson · ss Human Monsters ed. Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Saywers, Dark Matter Ink, 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, 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, 2023 · Lifelike · Gary McMahon · ss (r) · The Zoo · Gemma Amor · ss Damnation Games ed. Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press, 2022 · Dinner Plans with Baba Yaga · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Into the Forest ed. Lindy Ryan, Black Spot Books, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2023 · Dodger · Carly Holmes · ss Darkness Beckons ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 2023 · Rock Hopping · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Unquiet Grove ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2023 · The Teeth · Brian Evenson · ss None of You Shall Be Spared by Brian Evenson, Weird House Press, 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, 2023 · The Motley · Charlie Hughes · ss The Fiends in the Furrows III ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, 2023 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · 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, 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, 2012 65 · Black and White Sky · Tanith Lee · nv Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 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, 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, 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, 2011 207 · The Moraine · Simon Bestwick · ss Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2011 225 · At the Riding School · Cody Goodfellow · ss The Bleeding Edge ed. William F. Nolan & Jason V. Brock, Cycatrix Press, 2009 239 · Cargo · E. Michael Lewis · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 255 · Tender as Teeth · Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 275 · Wild Acre · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Visions Fading Fast ed. Gary McMahon, Pendragon Press UK, 2012 299 · The Callers · Ramsey Campbell · ss Four for Fear ed. Peter Crowther, PS Publishing, 2012 311 · This Stagnant Breath of Change · Brian Hodge · ss Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, 2015 329 · Grave Goods · Gemma Files · nv Autumn Cthulhu ed. Mike Davis, Lovecraft eZine Press, 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, 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, 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, 2016 449 · Better You Believe · Carole Johnstone · nv Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2013 197 · Cinereous · Livia Llewellyn · ss Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1985 55 · Cuts · F. Paul Wilson · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 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, 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, 2009 202 · Cinder Images · Gary McMahon · ss Darker Minds ed. Ross Warren & Anthony Watson, Dark Minds Press, 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, 1989 232 · Onlookers · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv Midnight Premiere ed. Tom Piccirilli, Cemetery Dance, 2007 253 · Recreation · Lucy A. Snyder · pm A Sea of Alone ed. Christopher Conlon, Dark Scribe Press, 2011 254 · Bright Lights, Big Zombie · Douglas E. Winter · nv Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, 1992 277 · She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion! · Genevieve Valentine · ss Bewere the Night ed. Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, 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, 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, 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, 1984 59 · Dancing Chickens · Edward Bryant · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 69 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 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, 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, 1989 159 · The Phone Woman · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991 173 · Teratisms · Kathe Koja · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 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, 1992 245 · The Erl-King · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993 283 · The Dog Park · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 297 · Rain Falls · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1994 309 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 321 · █████ · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 335 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 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, 1999 383 · Heat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999 393 · No Strings · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000 403 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002 417 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 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