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Best Horror of the Year

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A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fights to survive their descent; An American band finds more than they bargained for in Mexico while scouting remote locations for a photo shoot; A young student's exploration into the origins of a mysterious song leads him on a winding, dangerous path through the US's deep south; A group of kids scaring each other with ghost stories discovers alarming consequences.
The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year's best offerings in horror short fiction. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Mark Morris, Kaaron Warren, John Langan, Carole Johnstone, Brian Hodge, and others.
For more than three decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing. Night Shade Books is proud to present the tenth volume in this annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up at night.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: Summation 2017—Ellen Datlow
Better You Believe—Carole Johnstone
Liquid Air—Inna Effress
Holiday Romance—Mark Morris
Furtherest—Kaaron Warren
Where's the Harm?—Rebecca Lloyd
Whatever Comes After Calcutta—David Erik Nelson
A Human Stain—Kelly Robson
The Stories We Tell about Ghosts—A. C. Wise
Endoskeletal—Sarah Read
West of Matamoros, North of Hell—Brian Hodge
Alligator Point—S. P. Miskowski
Dark Warm Heart—Rich Larson
There and Back Again—Carmen Maria Machado
Shepherd's Business—Stephen Gallagher
You Can Stay All Day—Mira Grant
Harvest Song, Gathering Song—A. C. Wise
The Granfalloon—Orrin Grey
Fail-Safe—Philip Fracassi
The Starry Crown—Marc E. Fitch
Eqalussuaq—Tim Major
Lost in the Dark—John Langan
Honorable Mentions
About the Authors
Acknowledgment of Copyright
About the Editor
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 15, 2019
      The 25 stories that Datlow has selected as the best short horror fiction of 2018 are impressive in their thematic breadth and tone. At one extreme there are chillers by Kristi DeMeester, Gemma Files, and Eloise C.C. Shepherd that find grist for nightmares in the intimacy of parent/child relationships. At the other extreme are Michael Marshall Smith’s “Shit Happens” and Joe Hill’s “You Are Released,” tales of apocalyptic horror on the seas and in the air. An array of exceptional stories fall in between them, including John Langan’s “Haak” and Siobhan Carroll’s “Haunt,” which build on fantastical elements in the work of Conrad and Coleridge, respectively; Thana Niveau’s “White Mare,” about the survival of macabre primitive customs into modern times; Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s creepy urban legend thriller, “You Know How the Story Goes”; Dale Bailey’s anthropophagus alternate history, “The Donner Party”; and Anne Billson’s shape-shifter shocker, “I Remember Nothing.” Datlow has drawn her selections from a wide variety of sources that even the most dedicated fans may have overlooked, and her comprehensive introductory overview of the year in horror will uncover still more venues for great scares. This is an indispensable volume for horror readers.

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