The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2013 ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, August 20, 2013, 978-1-60701-397-6, $19.95, 527pp, tp, an, cover by Andre Kiselev)
Year’s Best anthology with 35 stories from 2012. Guran’s introduction discusses the difficulty of defining dark fantasy and horror. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, Terry Dowling, and Maria Dahvana Headley.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.
- 9 · Instructions for Use · Paula Guran · in
- 13 · No Ghosts in London · Helen Marshall · ss Hair Side, Flesh Side by Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications, 2012
- 25 · Fake Plastic Trees · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012
- 41 · A Natural History of Autumn · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012
- 54 · Great-Grandmother in the Cellar [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv Under My Hat ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House, 2012
- 68 · Renfrew’s Course · John Langan · ss Lightspeed #25, June 2012
- 84 · End of White · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Shotguns v. Cthulhu ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press, 2012
- 94 · Who Is Arvid Pekon? · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012
translated from the Swedish (“Vem är Arvid Pekon?”, 2002).
- 102 · Iphigenia in Aulis [The Hungry Plague] · Mike Carey · nv An Apple for the Creature ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2012
- 124 · Slaughterhouse Blues · Tim Lebbon · ss Nothing As It Seems by Tim Lebbon, PS Publishing, 2012
- 134 · England Under the White Witch · Theodora Goss · ss Clarkesworld #73, October 2012
- 144 · The Sea of Trees · Rachel Swirsky · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012
- 165 · The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury · Neil Gaiman · ss Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012
- 170 · The Education of a Witch · Ellen Klages · nv Under My Hat ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House, 2012
- 185 · Welcome to the Reptile House · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Strange Aeons #9, 2012
- 198 · Glamour of Madness · Peter Bell · ss The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2012
- 210 · Bigfoot on Campus [Harry Dresden; Irwin the Bigfoot] · Jim Butcher · na Hex Appeal ed. P. N. Elrod, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012
- 248 · Everything Must Go · Brooke Wonders · ss Clarkesworld #74, November 2012
- 257 · Nightside Eye · Terry Dowling · ss Cemetery Dance #66, 2012
- 271 · Escena de un Asesinato · Robert Hood · nv Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012
- 294 · Good Hunting · Ken Liu · ss Strange Horizons October 9 2012 (+1)
- 311 · Go Home Again · Simon Strantzas · ss Fungi ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Orrin Grey, Innsmouth Free Press, 2012
- 318 · The Bird Country · K. M. Ferebee · ss Shimmer #15, 2012
- 329 · Sinking Among Lilies · Cory Skerry · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #92, April 5 2012
- 349 · Down in the Valley · Joseph Bruchac · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012
- 360 · Armless Maidens of the American West · Genevieve Valentine · ss Apex Magazine #39, August 2012
- 366 · Blue Lace Agate · Sarah Monette · ss Lightspeed #20, January 2012
- 379 · The Eyes of Water · Alison Littlewood · nv Spectral Press, 2012
- 395 · The Tall Grass · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations ed. Eric J. Guignard, Dark Moon Books, 2012
- 403 · Game · Maria Dahvana Headley · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2012
- 427 · Pearls · Priya Sharma · ss Bourbon Penn #4, April 2012
- 438 · Forget You · Marc Laidlaw · ss Lightspeed #23, April 2012
- 442 · When Death Wakes Me to Myself · John Shirley · nv Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012
- 464 · Dahlias · Melanie Tem · ss Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012
- 470 · Bedtime Stories for Yasmin · Robert Shearman · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #4, Autumn 2012
- 480 · Hand of Glory · Laird Barron · nv The Book of Cthulhu II ed. Ross E. Lockhart, Night Shade Books, 2012
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