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AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE October 2015
COVER ILLUSTRATION Al Avison
COVER DESIGN Smith & Jones
PAGES 507
EDITIONS
Unsigned Trade Paperback — ISBN 978-1-848639-48-5
SYNOPSIS
So get ready to spread your wings and take a bite out of this latest anthology of agony. And don’t forget to tell your fellow fiends about our new series of Best New Horror reprints. Just let them know who sent you . . .
The Same in Any Language — RAMSEY CAMPBELL
Impermanent Mercies — KATHE KOJA
Ma Qui — ALAN BRENNERT
The Miracle Mile — ROBERT R. McCAMMON
Taking Down the Tree — STEVE RASNIC TEM
Where Flies Are Born — DOUGLAS CLEGG
Love, Death and the Maiden — ROGER JOHNSON
Chui Chai — S.P. SOMTOW
The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu — KIM NEWMAN
Colder Than Hell — EDWARD BRYANT
Raymond — NANCY A. COLLINS
One Life in an Hourglass — CHARLES L. GRANT
The Braille Encyclopedia — GRANT MORRISON
The Bacchae — ELIZABETH HAND
Busted in Buttown — DAVID J. SCHOW
Subway Story — RUSSELL FLINN
The Medusa — THOMAS LIGOTTI
Power Cut — JOEL LANE
Moving Out — NICHOLAS ROYLE
Guignoir — NORMAN PARTRIDGE
Blood Sky — WILLIAM F. NOLAN
Ready — DAVID STARKEY
The Slug — KARL EDWARD WAGNER
The Dark Land — MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH
When They Gave Us Memory — DENNIS ETCHISON
Taking Care of Michael — J.L. COMEAU
The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank — THOMAS TESSIER
Zits — NINA KIRIKI HOFFMAN
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE October 2015
COVER ILLUSTRATION Al Avison
COVER DESIGN Smith & Jones
PAGES 507
EDITIONS
Unsigned Trade Paperback — ISBN 978-1-848639-48-5
SYNOPSIS
This revised and updated third edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1991. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles L. Grant, Joel Lane and Thomas Tessier, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightmare necrology of those who kicked off this mortal coil during that period.
So get ready to spread your wings and take a bite out of this latest anthology of agony. And don’t forget to tell your fellow fiends about our new series of Best New Horror reprints. Just let them know who sent you . . .
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CONTENTSIntroduction: Horror in 1991 — The Editors
True Love — K.W. JETERThe Same in Any Language — RAMSEY CAMPBELL
Impermanent Mercies — KATHE KOJA
Ma Qui — ALAN BRENNERT
The Miracle Mile — ROBERT R. McCAMMON
Taking Down the Tree — STEVE RASNIC TEM
Where Flies Are Born — DOUGLAS CLEGG
Love, Death and the Maiden — ROGER JOHNSON
Chui Chai — S.P. SOMTOW
The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu — KIM NEWMAN
Colder Than Hell — EDWARD BRYANT
Raymond — NANCY A. COLLINS
One Life in an Hourglass — CHARLES L. GRANT
The Braille Encyclopedia — GRANT MORRISON
The Bacchae — ELIZABETH HAND
Busted in Buttown — DAVID J. SCHOW
Subway Story — RUSSELL FLINN
The Medusa — THOMAS LIGOTTI
Power Cut — JOEL LANE
Moving Out — NICHOLAS ROYLE
Guignoir — NORMAN PARTRIDGE
Blood Sky — WILLIAM F. NOLAN
Ready — DAVID STARKEY
The Slug — KARL EDWARD WAGNER
The Dark Land — MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH
When They Gave Us Memory — DENNIS ETCHISON
Taking Care of Michael — J.L. COMEAU
The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank — THOMAS TESSIER
Zits — NINA KIRIKI HOFFMAN
Necrology: 1991 — Stephen Jones & Kim Newman
Brand | Drugstore Indian Press |
Condition | New |
Product Code | 978-1-848639-48-5 |
Weight | 0.5kg |