The best of the best horror of the year

Here is the best of the best horror—from Laird Barron, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and many more! For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. In this anniversary edition, Datlow brings back her favorite stories of the series’ last decade in a special edition encompassing highlights from each edition of the work. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Stephen King, Linda Nagat, Laird Barron, Margo Lanagan, And many others With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers. And in this anniversary edition, we share the most important stories which have been covered in the last decade of horror writing. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction—Ellen Datlow Lowland Sea—Suzy McKee Charnas Wingless Beasts—Lucy Taylor The Nimble Men—Glen Hirshberg Little America—Dan Chaon Black and White Sky—Tanith Lee The Monster Makers—Steve Rasnic Tem Stephen Graham Jones In a Cavern, in a Canyon—Laird Barron Allochthon—Livia Llewellyn Shepherds’ Business—Stephen Gallagher Down to a Sunless Sea—Neil Gaiman The Man from the Peak—Adam Golaski In Paris, In the Mouth of Kronos—John Langan The Moraine—Simon Bestwick At the Riding School—Cody Goodfellow Cargo—E.Michael Lewis Tender as Teeth—Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski Wild Acre—Nathan Ballingrud The Callers—Ramsey Campbell This Stagnant Breath of Change—Brian Hodge Grave Goods—Gemma Files The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine—Peter Straub Majorlena—Jane Jakeman The Days of Our Lives—Adam L. G. Nevill You Can Stay All Day—Mira Grant No Matter Which Way We Turned—Brian Evenson Nesters—Siobhan Carroll Better You Believe—Carole Johnstone