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The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XI ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, November 1983, 0-87997-878-3, $2.95, 237pp, pb, an) 11 · One from the Vault · Karl Edward Wagner · in 17 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery January 1982 24 · Being Dead · Tamsin Campbell · vi; part of Wagner’s introduction to the Ramsey Campbell story. 24 · The Show Goes On · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions by Ramsey Campbell, Macmillan, 1982 37 · The House at Evening · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers March 1982 45 · I Hae Dream’d a Dreary Dream · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Argonaut #8, Fall/Winter 1981 57 · Deathtracks · Dennis Etchison · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 68 · “Come, Follow!” · Sheila Hodgson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4, 1982 adapted by the author from her play of the same name. 87 · The Smell of Cherries · Jeffrey Goddin · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November 1982 101 · A Posthumous Bequest · David Campton · ss Whispers August 1982 115 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1982 133 · The Executor [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4, 1982 150 · Mrs. Halfbooger’s Basement · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1982 163 · Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Kadath July 1982 174 · Spare the Child · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982 188 · The New Rays · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #1, Spring 1982 202 · Cruising · Donald Tyson · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine September 1982 206 · The Depths · Ramsey Campbell · nv Dark Companions by Ramsey Campbell, Macmillan, 1982 227 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, November 1984, 0-87997-973-9, $2.95, 239pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 19 horror stories from 1983 including the World Fantasy Award winner “Elle Est Trois (La Mort)” by Tanith Lee. 11 · Of Fads and Frights · Karl Edward Wagner · in 17 · Uncle Otto’s Truck [Castle Rock] · Stephen King · ss Yankee October 1983 36 · 3.47 AM · David Langford · ss The Gruesome Book ed. Ramsey Campbell, Piccolo, 1983 46 · Mistral · Jon Wynne-Tyson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July/August 1983 60 · Out of Africa · David Drake · ss From the Heart of Darkness by David Drake, Tor, 1983 68 · The Wall-Painting · Roger Johnson · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983 84 · Keepsake · Vincent McHardy · ss Quarry Spring 1983 93 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983 97 · After-Images · Malcolm Edwards · ss Interzone #4, Spring 1983 111 · The Ventriloquist’s Daughter · Juleen Brantingham · ss Whispers October 1983 119 · Come to the Party · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 128 · The Chair · Dennis Etchison · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 149 · Names · Jane Yolen · ss Tales of Wonder by Jane Yolen, Schocken, 1983 155 · The Attic · Billy Wolfenbarger · ss Dark Horizons #26, Spring 1983 163 · Just Waiting · Ramsey Campbell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 175 · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers October 1983 187 · Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) · Tanith Lee · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 210 · Spring-Fingered Jack · Susan Casper · ss Fears ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983 214 · The Flash! Kid · Scott Bradfield · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983 227 · The Man with Legs · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1985, 0-88677-086-6, $2.95, 251pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 18 horror and fantasy stories from 1984. Wagner searches out some totally obscure sources. 11 · 13 Is a Lucky Number · Karl Edward Wagner · in 13 · Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut [Castle Rock] · Stephen King · nv Redbook May 1984 41 · Are You Afraid of the Dark? · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasycon IX Programme Booklet, Fantasycon IX, 1984 59 · Catch Your Death · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984 72 · Dinner Party · Gardner R. Dozois · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 88 · Tiger in the Snow · Daniel Wynn Barber · ss The Horror Show Fall 1984 94 · Watch the Birdie · Ramsey Campbell · ss Watch the Birdie by Ramsey Campbell, Rosemary Pardoe, 1984 101 · Coming Soon to a Theater Near You · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine March/April 1984, as by Oliver Lowenbruck 121 · Hands with Long Fingers · Leslie Halliwell · ss The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes by Leslie Halliwell, Granada, 1984 133 · Weird Tales · Fred Chappell · ss The Texas Review Spring 1984 145 · The Wardrobe · Jovan Panich · ss Potboiler Winter 1983/1984 161 · Angst for the Memories · Vincent McHardy · ss Damnations ed. R. M. Leming, The Strange Company, 1984 170 · The Thing in the Bedroom [Dagon Smythe] · David Langford · ss Knave (UK) v16 #11, 1984 [Ref. William Hope Hodgson] 181 · Borderland · John Brizzolara · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1984 191 · The Scarecrow · Roger Johnson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #6, 1984 204 · The End of the World · James B. Hemesath · ss WIND/Literary Journal v14 #51, 1984 217 · Never Grow Up · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984 224 · Deadlights · Charles Wagner · ss Twisted Tales #9, 1984 233 · Talking in the Dark · Dennis Etchison · ss Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984

The Year’s Best Horror Stories XIV ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1986, 0-88677-156-0, $3.50, 291pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 19 stories from 1985. 1 · Nurturing Nightmares · Karl Edward Wagner · in 3 · Penny Daye · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasycon X Programme Booklet ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Fantasycon X, 1985 13 · Dwindling · David B. Silva · ss Spectrum Stories #1, 1985 23 · Dead Men’s Fingers · Phillip C. Heath · nv Borderland #2, 1985 48 · Dead Week · Leonard P. Carpenter · ss Dark Lessons ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Macmillan, 1985 61 · The Sneering · Ramsey Campbell · ss Fantasy Tales #14, Summer 1985 78 · Bunny Didn’t Tell Us · David J. Schow · ss Night Cry Winter 1985 90 · Pinewood · Tanith Lee · ss Whispers December 1984 97 · The Night People · J. Michael Reaves · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1985 111 · Ceremony · William F. Nolan · nv Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985 131 · The Woman in Black · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers December 1984 147 · …Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea… · Simon Clark · ss Back Brain Recluse #4, July 1985 155 · Mother’s Day · Stephen F. Wilcox · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July/August 1985 164 · Lava Tears · Vincent McHardy · ss Darkness on the Edge of Town, 1985 176 · Rapid Transit [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Grue #1, 1985 191 · The Weight of Zero · John Alfred Taylor · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1985 205 · John’s Return to Liverpool · Christopher Burns · ss Interzone #10, Winter 1984/1985 216 · In Late December, Before the Storm · Paul M. Sammon · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1985 229 · Red Christmas · David S. Garnett · ss Mayfair v20 #12, 1985, as “Red Xmas” by David Almandine 238 · Too Far Behind Gradina · Steve Sneyd · na SF Spectrum 1985

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XV ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1987, 0-88677-226-5, $3.50, 300pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 18 horror stories from 1986. 11 · What’s in a Name? · Karl Edward Wagner · in 14 · The Yougoslaves · Robert Bloch · nv Night Cry Spring 1986 39 · Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Nukes ed. John Maclay, Maclay, 1986 60 · Apples · Ramsey Campbell · ss Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan, Doubleday, 1986 71 · Dead White Women · William F. Wu · ss Eldritch Tales #12, 1986 91 · Crystal · Charles L. Grant · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 110 · Retirement · Ron Leming · ss Outlaw Biker March 1986, as “Even Death Gets Tired” 120 · The Man Who Did Tricks with Glass · Ron Wolfe · ss Stardate March/April 1986 129 · Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Chill Winds of October, Laurel Arts Foundation, 1986 133 · The Olympic Runner · Dennis Etchison · nv Fantasy Tales #16, Winter 1986 156 · Take the “A” Train [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Not One of Us #1, October 1986 169 · The Foggy, Foggy Dew · Joel Lane · ss Foggy, Foggy Dew, Joel Lane, 1986 183 · The Godmother · Tina Rath · ss Ghosts & Scholars #8, 1986 196 · “Pale, Trembling Youth” · W. H. Pugmire & Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison, Doubleday, 1986 203 · Red Light · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1986 225 · In the Hour Before Dawn · Brad Strickland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 231 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986 251 · Tattoos · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni November 1986 278 · Acquiring a Family · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Tales from the Shadows by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, William Kimber, 1986

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XVI ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1988, 0-88677-300-8, $3.95, 303pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 horror stories from 1987. 11 · They’re Here—And They Won’t Go Away · Karl Edward Wagner · in 15 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 31 · Neighbourhood Watch · Greg Egan · ss Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987 51 · Wolf/Child · Jane Yolen · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 69 · Everything to Live For · Charles L. Grant · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987 89 · Repossession · David Campton · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987 107 · Merry May · Ramsey Campbell · nv Scared Stiff by Ramsey Campbell, Scream/Press, 1987 139 · The Touch · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Grue #4, 1987 151 · Moving Day · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Third Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1987 171 · La Nuit des Chiens · Leslie Halliwell · ss A Demon Close Behind by Leslie Halliwell, Robert Hale, 1987 183 · Echoes from the Abbey · Sheila Hodgson · nv Ghosts & Scholars #9, 1987 205 · Visitors · Jack M. Dann · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987 not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1977 issue of Fantastic Stories. 221 · The Bellfounder’s Wife · A. F. Kidd · ss In and Out of the Belfry by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1987 241 · The Scar · Dennis Etchison · ss The Horror Show Winter 1987 251 · Martyr Without Canon · t. Winter-Damon · pm Grue #4, 1987 257 · The Thin People [unnamed narrator] · Brian Lumley · ss Whispers October 1987 273 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

The Year’s Best Horror Stories #17 ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1989, 0-88677-381-4, $3.95, 351pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 horror stories from 1988, with an introduction by the editor. 11 · Ten Years After · Karl Edward Wagner · in 15 · Fruiting Bodies · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Summer 1988 44 · Works of Art · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 53 · She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother · Harlan Ellison · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 71 · The Resurrection Man · Ian Watson · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988 88 · Now and Again in Summer · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasy Tales, v.10 #1 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1988 100 · Call 666 · Dennis Etchison · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1988 113 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988 140 · What Dreams May Come · Brad Strickland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1988 151 · Regression · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1988 168 · Souvenirs from a Damnation · Don Webb · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 176 · Bleeding Between the Lines [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 2AM Winter 1988 186 · Playing the Game · Ramsey Campbell · ss Lord John Ten ed. Dennis Etchison, Lord John Press, 1988 201 · Lost Bodies · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #25, September/October 1988 216 · Ours Now · Nicholas Royle · ss Dig Magazine #6, 1988 224 · Prince of Flowers · Elizabeth Hand · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1988 242 · The Daily Chernobyl · Robert Frazier · pm Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 2 ed. George Zebrowski, Harvest, 1988 247 · Snowman · Charles L. Grant · ss Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Robinson, 1988 258 · Nobody’s Perfect · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 276 · Dead Air · Gregory Nicoll · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 301 · Recrudescence · Leonard P. Carpenter · nv Amazing Stories January 1988

The Year’s Best Horror Stories XVIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1990, 0-88677-446-2, $4.95, 367pp, pb, an)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 26 horror stories, plus an introduction by Wagner. 13 · Horror from Angst to Zombies · Karl Edward Wagner · in 17 · Kaddish · Jack M. Dann · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1989 30 · The Gravedigger’s Tale · Simon Clark · ss Fear #4, January/February 1989 40 · Meeting the Author · Ramsey Campbell · ss Interzone #28, March/April 1989 55 · Buckets · F. Paul Wilson · nv Soft and Others by F. Paul Wilson, Tor, 1989 76 · The Pit-Yakker · Brian Lumley · ss Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 99 · Mr. Sandman · Scott D. Yost · ss October Dreams ed. David Kubicek & Jeff Mason, Kubicek & Associates, 1989 115 · Renaissance · A. F. Kidd · ss Bell Music by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1989 135 · Lord of Infinite Diversions · t. Winter-Damon · pp Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 137 · Rail Rider · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Masques III ed. J. N. Williamson, St. Martin's, 1989, as “Third Rail” 142 · Archway · Nicholas Royle · nv Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989 163 · The Confessional · Patrick McLeod · ss 2AM Winter 1989 178 · The Deliverer · Simon MacCulloch · ss Chillers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1989 190 · Reflections · Jeffrey Goddin · ss Deathrealm #10, Fall/Winter 1989 207 · Zombies for Jesus · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Strained Relations ed. Alan Bard Newcomer, Hypatia Press, 1989 216 · The Earth Wire · Joel Lane · ss Winter Chills #3, Winter 1988/1989 231 · Sponge and China Tea · D. F. Lewis · ss Dagon #26, October/December 1989 236 · The Boy with the Bloodstained Mouth · W. H. Pugmire · vi Nocturne #2, 1989 238 · On the Dark Road · Ian McDowell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1989 256 · Narcopolis · Wayne Allen Sallee · pm Narcopolis & Other Poems ed. Peggy Nadramia, Hell's Kitchen Productions, 1989 262 · Nights in the City · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss A Silver Thread of Madness by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1989 274 · Return to the Mutant Rain Forest [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier · pm Masques III ed. J. N. Williamson, St. Martin's, 1989 279 · The End of the Hunt · David Drake · ss New Destinies, Vol. VIII ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1989 291 · The Motivation · David Langford · ss Arrows of Eros ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989 309 · The Guide · Ramsey Campbell · ss Post Mortem ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, 1989 324 · The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever · M. John Harrison · ss Tarot Tales ed. Rachel Pollack & Caitlín Matthews, Legend, 1989 342 · Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy · David J. Schow · nv Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XIX ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW, October 1991, 0-88677-488-8, $4.99, 366pp, pb, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Best-of-the-year horror anthology of 25 stories from 1990. 15 · How’d We Get Here? · Karl Edward Wagner · in 19 · Speed Demons · Andrew J. Wilson · ss Fear #15, March 1990 35 · The Grief Condition · Conrad Hill · ss Short Sharp Shocks ed. Julian Lloyd Webber, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990 50 · Firebird · J. L. Comeau · nv The Women Who Walk Through Fire ed. Susanna J. Sturgis, The Crossing Press, 1990 84 · Life Sentences · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #6, Winter 1990 92 · Trophies · Rick McMahan · ss Amazing Experiences December 1990 104 · Lord of the Creepies · Sean Brodrick · ss After Hours Spring 1990 115 · Mongrel · Steve Vernon · vi Cemetery Dance #4, Spring 1990 121 · The Man Who Collected Barker [Sally Rhodes] · Kim Newman · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990 132 · Hide and Seek · D. F. Lewis · ss Overspace #9, July 1990 137 · Walking After Midnight · C. S. Fuqua · ss Figment #5, October 1990 147 · The Hermit · Joey Froehlich · ss 153 · The Soldier · Roger Johnson · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990 172 · Books of Blurbs, Vol. I · Mike Newland · ex from “Forbidden Texts”, Deathrealm #13, Fall/Winter 1990 174 · You’re a Sick Man, Mr. Antwhistle · Robert Hood · ss Mattoid #36, 1990 181 · Elfin Pipes of Northworld · David Drake · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #28, December 1990 186 · A Bar Called Charley’s · Charles Ardai · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 204 · Great Expectations · Kim Antieau · vi Cemetery Dance #5, Summer 1990 211 · Custer at the Wheel · James B. Hemesath · ss The Redneck Review of Literature Fall 1990 223 · Identity Crisis · Patrick McLeod · nv The Crescent Review Spring 1990 245 · Negatives · Nicholas Royle · ss Interzone #35, May 1990 260 · A Candle in the Sun · David Niall · nv Starshore Winter 1990 288 · The Worst Fog of the Year · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Horizons #31, 1990 297 · I’ll Give You Half-Scairt · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Deathrealm #11, Spring 1990 309 · Different Kinds of Dead · Ed Gorman · ss Ghosts of the Heartland ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press, 1990 317 · Full Throttle · Philip Nutman · nv Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror ed. Paul M. Sammon, St. Martin's, 1990