Best of Best New Horror #1 [trade paperback] edited by Stephen Jones

AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE  March 2020
FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION Norman Saunders. (Originally published in Strange Stories from Another World #5, February 1953.)
BACK COVER ILLUSTRATION attributed to Al Avison. (Originally published in Witches Tales.)
COVER DESIGN Smith & Jones
INTRODUCTION Ramsey Campbell
PAGES 396

EDITION
Trade Paperback  — ISBN  978-1-786365-74-3

ABOUT THE BOOK

Heh, Heh, Kiddies! They say that you can always tell a GOOD BOOK by its COVER! Well, after you BONE UP on the front of this first BEST OF volume of THE WORLD S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY by legendary artist NORMAN SAUNDERS, you ll be left SPELLBOUND by some of the most SIZZLING fiction ever published in this AWARD-WINNING series. Between these covers are DEVILISHLY GOOD STORIES by RAMSEY CAMPBELL, HARLAN ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER, NEIL GAIMAN, CAITLIN R. KIERNAN, TERRY LAMSLEY, BRIAN LUMLEY, PAUL J. McAULEY, MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH and PETER STRAUB.

So, what are you WAITING for? Open up this HELLISH TOME and START READING! Because a cover NEVER lies, and neither does . . .

CONTENTS

• Editor’s Forword
• Introduction: Bettering the Best — RAMSEY CAMPBELL
• No Sharks in the Med [1989] — BRIAN LUMLEY
• The Man Who Drew Cats [1990] — MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH
• The Same in any Language 1991] — RAMSEY CAMPBELL
• Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death [1992] — CHRISTOPHER FOWLER
• Mefisto in Onyx [1993] — HARLAN ELLISON®
• The Temptation of Dr. Stein [1994] — PAUL J. McAULEY
• Queen of Knives [1995]— NEIL GAIMAN
• The Break [1996] — TERRY LAMSLEY
• Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [1997] — CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN
• Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff [1998] — PETER STRAUB
• Index to the First Ten Years of Best New Horror
      I: Index by Contributor
      II: Index by Title
      III: Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions