The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, August 2003, 0-312-31424-8, $35.00, cxxxiv+564pp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 40 stories, eight poems, one essay, and 134 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2002 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback (-31425-6, $19.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates.
- xv · Summation 2002: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar
- xlvii · Summation 2002: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar
- lxxxvi · The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2002 · Edward Bryant · ar
- ci · Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2002 · Charles Vess · ar
- cx · Manga and Anime 2002: The Light and Dark Fantastic · Joan D. Vinge · ar
- cxxix · Obituaries: 2002 · James Frenkel · ob
- 1 · Lull · Kelly Link · nv Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002
- 25 · Egyptian Avenue [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · ss J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002
- 36 · A Letter of Explanation · Corey Marks · pm Renunciation by Corey Marks, University of Illinois Press, 2002
- 38 · Details · China Miéville · ss The Children of Cthulhu ed. John Pelan & Benjamin Adams, Del Rey, 2002
- 49 · The Assistant to Dr. Jacob · Eric Schaller · ss Nemonymous #2, May 2002, uncredited.
- 56 · The Pagodas of Ciboure · M. Shayne Bell · nv The Green Man ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2002
- 70 · The Coventry Boy · Graham Joyce · nv The Third Alternative #32, Autumn 2002
- 89 · The Wild Hunt · Helga M. Novak · pm Chicago Review Summer 2002
originally published by Schöffling & Co. Verlag.
- 90 · The Green Word · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Green Man ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2002
- 106 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002
- 117 · Puce Boy · Michael Libling · nv On Spec Winter 2001
- 135 · The Violin-Maker · Zoran Zivkovic; translated by Alice Copple-Tosic & Chris Gilmore · ss Seven Touches of Music by Zoran Zivkovic, Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 2001
translated from the Serbian.
- 145 · Maya’s Mother · Bentley Little · nv The Collection by Bentley Little, Signet, 2002
- 157 · Porno in August · Carlton Mellick, III · ss Random Acts of Weirdness ed. Brian Knight, Catalyst Press, 2002
- 170 · Nesting Instincts · Brian Hodge · nv Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge, Night Shade Books, 2002
- 188 · The Machine · Conrad Williams · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002
- 197 · Hansel, A Retrospective, or, The Danger of Childhood Obesity · Tom Disch · pm The Antioch Review Autumn 2002
- 199 · Aquerò · Melissa Hardy · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 2002
- 211 · The Receivers · Joel Lane · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002
- 216 · Standard Gauge · Nicholas Royle · ss Thirteen ed. Marc Atkins, The Do-Not Press, 2002
- 226 · Creation · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002
- 235 · Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes · Tracina Jackson-Adams · pm Star*Line March/April 2002
- 237 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002
- 250 · Reading Myth to Kindergartners · Jackie Bartley · pm The Louisville Review Spring 2002
- 251 · Mermaid Song · Peter Dickinson · nv Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson, Penguin Putnam, 2002
- 266 · Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky · Neil Gaiman · ss Tori Amos 2002 Tour Book, 2002
- 270 · No End of Fun · Ramsey Campbell · nv J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002
- 283 · Swiftly · Adam Roberts · nv Sci Fiction April 3 2002
- 310 · The Green Man · Christopher Fowler · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002
- 324 · Some Other Me · Brian Hodge · ss Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge, Night Shade Books, 2002
first appeared in audio format on Hear the Fear.
- 336 · The Snow Queen · Robert Phillips · pm The Hudson Review Summer 2002
- 338 · Hides · Jay Russell · nv Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters ed. Michele Slung, HarperPerennial, 2002
- 356 · Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush · Luis Alberto Urrea · ss Six Kinds of Sky by Luis Alberto Urrea, Cinco Puntos Press, 2002
- 364 · First Night with Lancelot · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002
- 364 · Second Night · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002
- 364 · From the Walls · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002
- 364 · Guinevere: On Hearing of Galahad’s Birth · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002
- 364 · Elaine Watches Galahad · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002
- 367 · Little Dead Girl Singing · Stephen Gallagher · ss Weird Tales Spring 2002
- 376 · A Pool in the Desert [Damar] · Robin McKinley · na Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson, Penguin Putnam, 2002
- 406 · Thailand · Haruki Murakami · ss After the Quake by Haruki Murakami, Knopf, 2002
- 418 · The Rose in Twelve Petals · Theodora Goss · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2002
- 431 · Road Trip · Kathe Koja · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 2002
- 437 · Unspeakable · Lucy Taylor · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002
- 447 · Inside Out: On Henry Darger · Elizabeth Hand · ex from “Books”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2002
- 454 · The Green Children · Kevin Brockmeier · ss The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier, Pantheon Books, 2002
- 465 · After the Chuck Jones Tribute on Teletoon · Sharon McCartney · pm Malahat Review Fall 2002
- 466 · Feeders and Eaters · Neil Gaiman · ss Keep Out the Night ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2002
originally published in different form in Revolver, 1990.
- 473 · Roofwalker · Susan Power · ss Roofwalker by Susan Power, Milkweed Editions, 2002
- 483 · The Prospect Cards · Don Tumasonis · nv Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002
- 497 · Hide and Seek · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002
- 503 · The Wolf’s Story · Nan Fry · pm Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #11, November 2002
- 505 · The Least Trumps · Elizabeth Hand · na Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002
- 545 · Honorable Mentions: 2002 · [uncredited] · bi
- 563 · The People Behind the Book · [uncredited] · bg
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