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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, new Year's Best sections on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Kelly Link, Kim Newman, Corey Marks, Eric Schaller, M. Shayne Bell, Helga M. Novak, Terry Dowling, Michael Libling, Zoran Zivkovic, Bentley Little, Carlton Mellick III, Brian Hodge, Conrad Williams, Tom Disch, Melissa Hardy, Joel Lane, Nicholas Royle, Tracina Jackson-Adams, Karen Joy Fowler, Jackie Bartley, Peter Dickerman, Ramsey Campbell, Adam Roberts, Robert Phillips, Jay Russell, Luis Alberto Urrea, Margaret Lloyd, Stephen Gallagher, Robin McKinley, Haruki Murakami, Theodora Goss, Kathy Koja, Lucy Taylor, Elizabeth Hand, Kevin Brickmeier, Sharon McCartney, Susan Power, Don Tumasonis, Nan Fry. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, Year's Best sections on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 2002: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 2002: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2002 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2002 - essay by Charles Vess
• Manga and Anime 2002: The Light and Dark Fantastic - essay by Joan D. Vinge
• Obituaries: 2002 - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Lull - (2002) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Egyptian Avenue - (2002) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• A Letter of Explanation - (2002) - poem by Corey Marks
• Details - (2002) - shortstory by China Miéville
• The Assistant to Dr. Jacob - (2002) - shortstory by Eric Schaller
• The Pagodas of Ciboure - (2002) - novelette by M. Shayne Bell
• The Coventry Boy - (2002) - novelette by Graham Joyce
• The Wild Hunt - (2002) - poem by Helga M. Novak
• The Green Word - (2002) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Stitch - (2002) - shortstory by Terry Dowling
• Puce Boy - (2001) - novelette by Michael Libling
• The Violin-Maker - (2002) - shortstory by Zoran Živkovic
• Maya's Mother - (2002) - novelette by Bentley Little
• Porno in August - (2002) - shortstory by Carlton Mellick, III
• Nesting Instincts - (2002) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• The Machine - (2002) - shortstory by Conrad Williams
• Hansel, A Retrospective, or, The Danger of Childhood Obesity - (2002) - poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Aquerò - (2002) - shortstory by Melissa Hardy
• The Receivers - (2002) - shortstory by Joel Lane
• Standard Gauge - (2002) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Creation - (2002) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes - (2002) - poem by Tracina Jackson-Adams
• What I Didn't See - (2002) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Reading Myth to Kindergartners - (2002) - poem by Jackie Bartley
• Mermaid Song - (2002) - novelette by Peter Dickinson
• Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky - (2002) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• No End of Fun - (2002) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Swiftly - (2002) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• The Green Man - (2002) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• Some Other Me - (2002) - shortstory by Brian Hodge
• The Snow Queen - (2002) - poem by Robert Phillips
• Hides - (2002) - novelette by Jay Russell
• Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush - (2002) - shortstory by Luis Alberto Urrea
• First Night With Lancelot - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Second Night - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• From the Walls - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Guinevere: On Hearing of Galahad's Birth - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Elaine Watches Galahad - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Little Dead Girl Singing - (2002) - shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
• A Pool in the Desert - (2002) - novella by Robin McKinley
• Thailand - non-genre - (2001) - shortstory by Haruki Murakami
• The Rose in Twelve Petals - (2002) - shortstory by Theodora Goss
• Road Trip - (2002) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Unspeakable - (2002) - shortstory by Lucy Taylor
• Inside Out: On Henry Darger - (2002) - essay by Elizabeth Hand
• The Green Children - (2002) - shortstory by Kevin Brockmeier
• After the Chuck Jones Tribute on Teletoon - (2002) - poem by Sharon McCartney
• Feeders and Eaters - (2002) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Roofwalker - (2002) - shortstory by Susan Power
• The Prospect Cards - (2002) - novelette by Don Tumasonis
• Hide and Seek - (2002) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• The Wolf's Story - (2002) - poem by Nan Fry
• The Least Trumps - (2002) - novella by Elizabeth Hand
• Honorable Mentions: 2002 - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - essay by uncredited

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