For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.ContentsSummation 1999: FantasyTerri WindlingSummation 1999: HorrorEllen DatlowHorror and Fantasy in the Media: 1999Edward BryantComics: 1999, Seth JohnsonObituaries: 1999, James FrenkelDarkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le GuinThe Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeodThe Girl Detective, Kelly LinkThe Transformation, N. Scott MomadayCarabosse, Delia ShermanHarlequin Valentine, Neil GaimanToad, Patricia A. McKillipThe Dinner Party, Robert GirardiHeat, Steve Rasnic TemThe Wedding at EsperanzaLinnet TaylorRedescending, Ursula K. Le GuinYou Don't Have to be Mad . . .Kim NewmanThe Paper-Thin Garden, Thomas WhartonThe Anatomy of a MermaidMary SharrattThe Grammarian's Five DaughtersEleanor ArnasonThe Tree Is My Hat, Gene WolfeWelcome, Michael Marshall SmithThe Pathos of Genre, Douglas E. WinterShatsi , Peter CrowtherKeepsakes and Treasures: A Love StoryNeil GaimanWhat You Make It, Michael Marshall SmithThe Parwat Ruby, Delia ShermanOdysseus Old, Geoffrey BrockThe Smell of the Deer, Kent MeyersChorion and the PleiadesSarah Van ArsdaleCrosley, Elizabeth Engstromn0 Naming the Dead, Paul J. McAuleyThe Stork-Men, Juan GoytisoloThe Disappearance of Elaine ColemanSteven MillhauserWhite, Tim LebbonDear Floods of Her Hair, James SallisMrs. Santa Decides to Move to FloridaApril SelleyTanuki, Jan HodgmanAt Reparata, Jeffrey FordSkin So Green and Fine, Wendy WheelerOld Merlin Dancing on the Sands of TimeJane YolenSailing the Painted OceanDenise LeeGrandmother, Laurence SnydalSmall Song, Gary A. BraunbeckThe Emperor's Old BonesGemma FilesThe Duke of Wellington Misplaces His HorseSusanna ClarkeHalloween Street, Steve Rasnic TemThe Kiss, Tia V. TravisThe Beast/The Hedge, Bill LewisPixel Pixies, Charles de LintFalling Away, Elizabeth BirminghamHonorable Mentions: 1999

Year's Best Fantasy & Horror - Thirteenth Annual Collection

Literature & Fiction

Thomas Wharton

GENE WOLFE

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH

Douglas E. Winter

kim-newman

Eleanor Arnason

Elizabeth Engstrom

Geoffrey Brock

Paul McAuley

Kent Meyers

peter-crowther

Mary Sharratt

Sarah Van Arsdale

Genre Fiction

St.Martin's Press

SEVENTEEN CHILLING STORIES, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE OF HORROR:“THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH” by H. P. LovecraftInspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s classic, today’s masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and unspeakable evil. “ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN” by Neil Gaiman: The community of Innsmouth performs a blood sacrifice–with shocking, terrifying results.“THE CHURCH IN HIGH STREET” by Ramsey Campbell: In the crypt of a derelict church, a sensible young man meets a bestial, unthinkable fate. “INNSMOUTH GOLD” by David Sutton: An adventurer searches for buried treasure–and discovers a slithering hell on earth.“THE BIG FISH” by Jack Yeovil: A few months after Pearl Harbor, a mobster and his floating casino lie under water, teeming with the stuff of nightmares.AND THIRTEEN MORE TERRIFYING TALES!

Shadows Over Innsmouth

Brian M.Stableford

Guy N. Smith

Nicholas Royle

JACK YEOVIL

David Langford

BASIL COPPER

H.P.Lovecraft

Brian Lumley)

Brian Mooney

Contemporary

Gollancz

Bad Dreams

HARPER/COLLINS

A collection of stories which re-open some of the great closed cases of fantasy and horror fiction. Newman explores familiar universes in a new, unusual light, from Dr Jekyll to Dracula, and from a Victorian ghost story to the Paris of Bogart and Bergman.

Unforgivable Stories

Archway

This collection brings together stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, revisiting the worlds and characters of such novels as The Night Mayor and The Quorum, featuring monsters from pulp fiction, Victorian ghosts and monsters from the 20th century.

The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories

Pocket_Books

This sequel to "Anno Dracula" finds Dracula in power in the German court, where his desire for power and domination leads to World War I. Charles Beauregard is still working for Intelligence and hears about the Red Baron flying ace and his "circus" of vampire fighters.

Bloody Red Baron

Children's Books

Simon Schuster(uk)

Cover worn, foxing to tanned page edges. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Beasts in Velvet (Warhammer)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Boxtree Ltd.

A collection of short horror stories features the work of Peter Atkins, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Peter Straub, Karl Edward Wagner, and others.

Best New Horror 4 (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror)

Karl Edward Wagner

CLIVE BARKER

Peter Straub

Kate Wilhelm

JOHN BRUNNER

Poppy Z. Brite

Les Daniels

Scott Edelman

Stephen Jones

Douglas Winter

CHRISTOPHER FOWLER

Thomas Ligotti

Peter Atkins

Lisa Tuttle

simon-ings

Graham, Joyce

Roberta Lannes

M.John Harrison

United States

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Horror: Another 100 Best Books features one hundred of the top names in the horror field discussing one hundred of the most spine-chilling novels ever written. Each entry includes a synopsis of the work as well as publication history, biographical information about the author of each title, and recommended reading and biographical notes on the contributor. Author Ramsey Campbell also offers a new foreword to the book describing the evolution of horror over the past two decades — from the way it's written by a crop of new and exciting writers to the way it's received by a new market of readers. Horror: Another 100 Best Books will be the definitive guide to the tremendous library of horror fiction available today —a reference that no fan can live without.

Horror: Another 100 Best Books

Running Press

A collection of horror stories in exotic locale by the likes of Dennis Etchinson, Graham Masterton, Brian Lumley, and Christopher Fowler.

Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror

Harlan Ellison

ROBERT SILVERBERG

Nancy Holder

Glen Hirshberg

Ramsey, Campbell

Carroll&Graf

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