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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: Strange Stories 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

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 22 ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 2, 2011, 978-1-84901-618-6, £7.99, 575pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Fantasy anthology. 1 · Horror in 2010 · Stephen Jones · in 107 · What Will Come After · Scott Edelman · ss What Will Come After by Scott Edelman, PS Publishing, 2010 122 · Substitutions · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2010 142 · A Revelation of Cormorants · Mark Valentine · ss Nightjar Press, 2010 153 · Out Back · Garry Kilworth · ss Fantasycon Programme Booklet 2010 170 · Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History · Albert E. Cowdrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2010 193 · Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls · Brian Hodge · nv Darkside Digital, 2010 209 · Fallen Boys · Mark Morris · ss The End of the Line ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2010 227 · The Lemon in the Pool · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Lost Places by Simon Kurt Unsworth, Ash-Tree Press, 2010 244 · The Pier · Thana Niveau · ss The Seventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 254 · Featherweight · Robert Shearman · nv Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2010 275 · Black Country · Joel Lane · ss Nightjar Press, 2010 286 · Lavender and Lychgates · Angela Slatter · nv Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter, Tartarus Press, 2010 311 · Christmas with the Dead · Joe R. Lansdale · nv PS Publishing, 2010 327 · We All Fall Down · Kirstyn McDermott · ss Aurealis #44, September 2010 346 · Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside · Christopher Fowler · ss Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2010 362 · Losenef Express · Mark Samuels · ss The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Stories by Mark Samuels, Ex Occidente Press, 2010 375 · Lesser Demons · Norman Partridge · nv Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2010 400 · Telling · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Seventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 409 · As Red as Red · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, Tor, 2010 428 · With the Angels · Ramsey Campbell · ss Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2010 441 · Autumn Chill · Richard L. Tierney · pm Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror by Richard L. Tierney, P'rea Press, 2010 445 · City of the Dog · John Langan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2010 481 · When the Zombies Win · Karina Sumner-Smith · ss The Living Dead 2 ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, 2010 485 · Necrology: 2010 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob 563 · Useful Addresses · [uncredited] · ms

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 23 ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 2012, 978-1-78033-090-7, £7.99, 589pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Details taken from online listing. 8 · Horror in 2011 · Stephen Jones · in 62 · Holding the Light · Ramsey Campbell · ss PS Publishing, 2011 71 · Lantern Jack · Christopher Fowler · ss The Independent on Sunday October 31 2010 75 · Rag and Bone · Paul Kane · ss The Butterfly Man and Other Stories by Paul Kane, PS Publishing, 2011 83 · Some Kind of Light Shines from Your Face · Gemma Files · ss Gutshot ed. Conrad Williams, PS Publishing, 2011 93 · Midnight Flight · Joel Lane · ss The Horror Anthology of Horror Anthologies ed. D. F. Lewis, Megazanthus Press, 2011 99 · Trick of the Light · Tim Lebbon · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011 109 · But None Shall Sing for Me · Gregory Nicoll · nv Zombiesque ed. Stephen L. Antczak, James C. Bassett & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2011 122 · About the Dark · Alison Littlewood · ss Black Static #25, October/November 2011 131 · The Photographer’s Tale · Daniel Mills · ss Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #36, Spring 2011 142 · The Tower · Mark Samuels · ss The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels, Chômu Press, 2011 148 · Dancing Like We’re Dumb · Peter Atkins · ss Rumours of the Marvellous by Peter Atkins, Alchemy Press, 2011 157 · An Indelible Stain Upon the Sky · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightingale Songs by Simon Strantzas, Dark Regions Press, 2011 165 · Hair · Joan Aiken · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2011 170 · Miri · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Blood and Other Cravings ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2011 179 · Corbeaux Bay · Geeta Roopnarine · ss Murmurations ed. Nicholas Royle, Two Ravens Press, 2011 181 · Sad, Dark Thing · Michael Marshall Smith · ss A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011 190 · Smithers and the Ghosts of the Thar · Robert Silverberg · ss Ghosts by Gaslight ed. Jack Dann & Nick Gevers, Harper Voyager US, 2011 203 · Quieta Non Movere · Reggie Oliver · ss The Eighth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2011 214 · The Crawling Sky [Reverend Jebediah Mercer (aka Rains)] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009 231 · Wait · Conrad Williams · nv Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2011 244 · The Ocean Grand, North West Coast · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth, Dark Continents, 2011 264 · They That Have Wings · Evangeline Walton · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011 278 · White Roses, Bloody Silk · Thana Niveau · ss Delicate Toxins ed. John Hirschhorn-Smith, Side Real Press, 2011 287 · The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer · John Ajvide Lindqvist · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011 310 · Passing Through Peacehaven · Ramsey Campbell · ss Portents ed. Al Sarrantonio, Flying Fox Publishers, 2011 318 · Holiday Home · David Buchan · vi Daily Frights 2012: 366 Days of Dark Flash Fiction ed. Jessy Marie & Deana Roberts, Pill Hill Press, 2011 319 · Necrology: 2011 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · bg 356 · Useful Addresses · [uncredited] · ms

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24 ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 17, 2013, 978-1-4721-0027-6, £8.99, 495pp, tp, an, cover by Vincent Chong)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Horror in 2012 · Stephen Jones · in 91 · Witch Work · Neil Gaiman · pm Under My Hat ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House, 2012 94 · The Discord of Being · Alison Littlewood · ss Where Are We Going? ed. Allen Ashley, Eibonvale Press, 2012 113 · Necrosis · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2012 121 · The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Trapped in the Saturday Matinee by Joe R. Lansdale, PS Publishing, 2012 138 · The Cotswold Olimpicks · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Terror Tales of the Cotswolds ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012 154 · Where the Summer Dwells · Lynda E. Rucker · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 167 · The Callers · Ramsey Campbell · ss Four for Fear ed. Peter Crowther, PS Publishing, 2012 182 · The Curtain · Thana Niveau · ss From Hell to Eternity by Thana Niveau, Gray Friar Press, 2012 196 · The Fall of the King of Babylon · Mark Valentine · ss Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012 207 · Nightside Eye · Terry Dowling · ss Cemetery Dance #66, 2012 227 · The Old and the New · Helen Marshall · ss Hair Side, Flesh Side by Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications, 2012 241 · Waiting at the Crossroads Motel · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012 251 · His Only Audience · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Rolling Darkness Revue 2012: The Raven of October, Earthling Publications, 2012 274 · Marionettes · Claire Massey · ss Nightjar Press, 2012 283 · Between Four Yews · Reggie Oliver · nv The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2012 311 · Slick Black Bones and Soft Black Stars · Gemma Files · ss A Season in Carcosa ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Miskatonic River Press, 2013 330 · The Other One · Evangeline Walton · nv Above Ker-Is and Other Stories by Evangeline Walton, Nodens Books, 2012 351 · Slow Burn · Joel Lane · ss Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane, PS Publishing, 2012 360 · Celebrity Frankenstein · Stephen Volk · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2012 378 · Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon · Robert Shearman · ss Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman, ChiZine Publications, 2012 397 · October Dreams · Michael Kelly · vi Supernatural Tales #22, Winter 2012 400 · The Eyes of Water · Alison Littlewood · nv Spectral Press, 2012 422 · Necrology: 2012 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob