Search Worlds Without End

Sidewise and Sturgeon Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in the collection Mammoths of the Great Plains (2010). The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection (2011), edited by Gardner Dozois.

Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, has joined forces with the editors of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern to create a collection of action-packed short stories by some of today's most talented names in literature. Elmore Leonard's telling of life for a fifteen-year-old boy and his dad in 1920's Oklahoma in "How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman" shifts easily to the happenings of an adolescent's unexpected run-in with the future in Nick Hornby's "Otherwise Pandemonium." In these and other stories, including Stephen King's "The Tale of Gray Dick," Michael Crichton's "Blood Doesn't Come Out," "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly" by Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison's "Goodbye to All That" (read by Harlan Ellison, himself), Rick Moody's "The Albertine Notes," and "The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance" by Michael Chabon, the authors return to the traditions of pulp fiction, spinning adventurous, suspense-ridden tales destined to keep their audience on the edges of their seats.

Table of Contents:

• The Editor's Notebook - (2003) - essay by Michael Chabon
• Tedford and the Megalodon - (2003) - shortstory by Jim Shepard
• The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter - (2003) - shortstory by Glen David Gold
• The Bees - shortstory by Dan Chaon
• Catskin - (2003) - shortstory by Kelly Link
• How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman - (2003) - shortstory by Elmore Leonard
• The General - (2003) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• Closing Time - (2003) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Otherwise Pandemonium - (2003) - shortstory by Nick Hornby
• The Tale of Gray Dick - (2003) - shortstory by Stephen King
• Blood Doesn't Come Out - (2003) - shortstory by Michael Crichton
• Weaving the Dark - (2003) - shortstory by Laurie R. King
• Chuck's Bucket - (2003) - shortstory by Chris Offutt
• Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly - (2003) - shortstory by Dave Eggers
• The Case of the Nazi Canary - (2003) - shortstory by Michael Moorcock
• The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers - (2003) - shortstory by Aimee Bender
• Ghost Dance - (2003) - shortstory by Sherman Alexie
• Goodbye to All That - (2003) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Private Grave 9 - (2003) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Albertine Notes - (2003) - novella by Rick Moody
• The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance - (2003) - novelette by Michael Chabon
• About the Contributors - (2003) - essay by Michael Chabon
• This Book Benefits 826 Valencia - (2003) - essay by Dave Eggers and Michael Chabon

This collection gathers together forty of the best English and American ghost stories from the genre's golden age of 1839 to 1910, including works by Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ambrose Bierce.

Contents:

• Ghosts - (1887) - poem by Anonymous
• Schalken the Painter - (1851) - novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
• M. Anastius - (1857) - novelette by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (variant of M. Anastasius)
• The Lost Room - (1858) - short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
• No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman - (1927) - short story by Charles Dickens (variant of The Signalman 1866)
• Haunted - (1867) - short story by Anonymous
• The Romance of Certain Old Clothes - (1868) - short story by Henry James
• John Granger - (1870) - short story by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• The Ghost in the Mill - (1870) - short story by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House - (1870) - short story by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Poor Pretty Bobby - (1872) - short story by Rhoda Broughton
• The New Pass - (1870) - short story by Amelia B. Edwards
• The White and the Black - (1867) - novelette by Alexandre Chatrian and Émile Erckmann^?
• The Underground Ghost - (1864) - short story by John Berwick Harwood
• Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk - (1889) - short story by Frank Cowper
• Dog or Demon? - (1889) - short story by Theo Gift
• A Ghost from the Sea - short story by Dick Donovan
• A Set of Chessmen - (1890) - short story by Richard Marsh
• The Judge's House - (1891) - short story by Bram Stoker
• Pallinghurst Barrow - (1892) - short story by Grant Allen
• The Mystery of the Semi-Detached - (1893) - short story by E. Nesbit
• Sister Maddelena - (1895) - short story by Ralph Adams Cram
• The Trainer's Ghost - (1893) - short story by Lettice Galbraith
• An Original Revenge - (1897) - short story by W. C. Morrow
• Caulfield's Crime - (1892) - short story by Alice Perrin
• The Bridal Pair - (1902) - short story by Robert W. Chambers
• The Watcher - (1903) - short story by R. H. Benson
• The Spectre in the Cart - (1904) - short story by Thomas Nelson Page
• H. P. - (1904) - short story by Sabine Baring-Gould
• Yuki-Onna - (1904) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• The Ash-Tree - (1904) - short story by M. R. James
• The Story of the Green House, Wallington - [The Ghost Hunters - 1] - (1905) - short story by Allen Upward
• The Slype House - (1904) - short story by A. C. Benson
• A Ghost-Child - (1906) - short story by Bernard Capes
• The Bead Necklace - (1906) - short story by Alice Perrin
• A Dead Man's Bargain - (1906) - short story by Clive Pemberton
• The House That Was Lost - (1908) - short story by Tom Gallon
• The Jolly Corner - (1908) - novelette by Henry James
• The Doll's Ghost - (1896) - short story by F. Marion Crawford
• The Moonlit Road - (1907) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
• The Forbidden Floor - (1912) - short story by Alexander Harvey
• The Shadow - (1910) - short story by E. Nesbit (variant of The Portent of the Shadow 1905)
• The Gateway of the Monster - [Carnacki (Hodgson)] - (1910) - novelette by William Hope Hodgson

Despite our tendency to think of the demonic as evil and the angelic as good, our own legends don't always bear this out. Angels can be the incarnation of light and salvation, but they can also fall - Satan himself is a fallen angel. Demons can be truly demonic, but these unearthly creatures can also, on occasion, lend humankind a hand. Temptation can lead to revelation, supernatural messengers who bring true justice may not be welcomed, and beings seeking redemption can be blind to mortal needs.

Stories from world-renowned authors of science fiction and fantasy - including Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin and Joyce Carol Oates - and rising stars portray angels in all their glory, demons at their most dreadful, and a surprising variety of modern interpretations of ancient myth.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Things Are Complicated - (2013) - essay by Paula Guran
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - (1991) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Stackalee - (1990) - short story by Norman Partridge
• Bed and Breakfast - (1996) - short fiction by Gene Wolfe
• Frumpy Little Beat Girl - (2010) - short story by Peter Atkins
• The Night of White Bhairab - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• ...And the Angel with Television Eyes - (1983) - short story by John Shirley
• Lost Souls - (1986) - short story by Clive Barker
• Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel - (2008) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Demon - (1996) - short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• Alabaster - (2006) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Sanji's Demon - (2010) - novelette by Richard Parks
• Oh, Glorious Sight - (2001) - novelette by Tanya Huff
• Angel - (1987) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• The Man Who Stole the Moon - (2001) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Big Sky - (1995) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Elegy for a Demon Lover - (2005) - short story by Sarah Monette
• And the Angels Sing - (1990) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
• The Goat Cutter - (2003) - short story by Jay Lake
• Spirit Guides - (1995) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Demons, Your Body, and You - (2011) - short story by Genevieve Valentine
• The Monsters of Heaven - (2007) - short story by Nathan Ballingrud
• Come to Me - (2012) - short story by Sam Cameron
• One Saturday Night, with Angel - (2010) - short story by Peter M. Ball
• Lammas Night - (1976) - novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• Pinion - (2011) - short story by Stellan Thorne
• Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark - (1967) - short story by George R. R. Martin
• Murder Mysteries - (1992) - novelette by Neil Gaiman

For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant place in a vast, uncaring cosmos. At the time of his death in 1937, Lovecraft was virtually unknown, but from early cult status his readership expanded exponentially; his nightmarish visions laying down roots in the collective imagination of his readers. Now this master of the macabre is accepted as part of the literary mainstream, as an American author of note, and the impact of his work on modern popular culture - in literature, film, television, music, the graphic arts, gaming and theatre - has been profound. As Stephen King wrote in Danse Macabre, the shadow of H. P. Lovecraft 'underlies almost all of the important horror fiction that has come since.'

Today, Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history remain not only viable motifs for modern speculative fiction, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal.

This outstanding anthology of original stories - from both established award-winning authors and exciting new voices - collects tales of cosmic horror inspired by Lovecraft from authors who do not merely imitate, but reimagine, re-energize, and renew the best of his concepts in ways relevant to today's readers, to create fresh new fiction that explores our modern fears and nightmares. From the depths of R'lyeh to the heights of the Mountains of Madness, some of today's best weird fiction writers traverse terrain created by Lovecraft and create new eldritch geographies to explore...

Table of Contents:

• A Clutch - (2016) - novelette by Laird Barron
• I Believe That We Will Win - (2016) - short story by Nadia Bulkin
• The Sea Inside - (2016) - short story by Amanda Downum
• Those Who Watch - (2016) - short story by Ruthanna Emrys
• Deep Eden - (2016) - short story by Richard Gavin
• In the Sacred Cave - (2016) - short story by Lois H. Gresh
• In Syllables of Elder Seas - (2016) - short story by Lisa L. Hannett
• It's All the Same Road in the End - (2016) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• The Peddler's Tale, or, Isobel's Revenge - (2013) - short fiction by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Outside the House, Watching for the Crows - (2016) - novelette by John Langan
• Falcon-and-Sparrows - (2016) - short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• In the Ruins of Mohenjo-Daro - (2016) - novelette by Usman T. Malik
• The Cthulhu Navy Wife - (2016) - short story by Sandra McDonald
• Caro in Carno - (2016) - short story by Helen Marshall
• Legacy of Salt - (2016) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Backbite - (2016) - novelette by Norman Partridge
• A Shadow of Thine Own Design - (2016) - short story by W. H. Pugmire
• Variations on Lovecraftian Themes - (2016) - short story by Veronica Schanoes
• An Open Letter to Mr. Edgar Allan Poe, from a Fervent Admirer - (2016) - short story by Michael Shea
• Just Beyond the Trailer Park - (2016) - novelette by John Shirley
• Alexandra Lost - (2016) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• Umbilicus - (2016) - short story by Damien Angelica Walters
• The Future Eats Everything - (2016) - short story by Don Webb
• I Do Not Count the Hours - (2016) - novelette by Michael Wehunt
• I Dress My Lover in Yellow - (2016) - short story by A. C. Wise

The Mummy Lives!

As a figure of the supernatural the mummy has attained iconic status in the popular imagination. For the first time, The Mammoth Book of the Mummy presents a collection of tales written for the twenty-first century--including four brand-new stories--that explore, subvert, and reinvent the mummy mythos. Some delve into the past, others explore alternative histories, and some bring mummies into our own world. Within these covers lie stories of revenge, romance, monsters, and mayhem, ranging freely across time periods, genres, and styles sure to please both mummy-lovers and those less wrapped up in mummy lore.

Contents Alphabetical by Author (* indicates original story)

• Kage Baker, "The Queen in Yellow"
• Gail Carriger, "The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't, the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar"
• Paul Cornell, "Ramesses on the Frontier"
• Terry Dowling, "The Shaddowes Box"
• Carole Nelson Douglas, "Fruit of the Tomb"
• Steve Duffy, "The Night Comes On"
• Karen Joy Fowler, "Private Grave 9"
• Will Hill, "Three Memories of Death"
• *Stephen Graham Jones, "American Mummy"
• John Langan, "On Skua Island"
• Joe R. Lansdale, "Bubba-Ho-Tep"
• *Helen Marshall, "The Embalmer"
• Kim Newman, "Egyptian Avenue"
• Norman Partridge, "The Mummy's Heart"
• Adam Roberts, "Tollund"
• Robert Sharp, "The Good Shabti"
• *Anglea Slatter, "Egyptian Revival"
• Keith Taylor, "The Emerald Scarab"
• Lois Tilton & Noreen Doyle, "The Chapter of Coming Forth by Night"

Twenty-six terrifying tales set on the scariest night of the year!

Treat yourself to some very tricky stories! Halloween... All Hallows' Eve... Samhain... Día de los Muertos... the Day the Dead Come Back... When the barriers between the worlds are at their weakest?when ghosts, goblins, and grisly things can cross over into our dimension?then for a single night each year the natural becomes the supernatural, the normal becomes the paranormal, and nobody is safe from their most intimate and terrifying fears.

The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories brings you a dark feast of frightening fiction by some of the most successful and respected horror writers working today, including Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Helen Marshall, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert Shearman, Robert Silverberg, Angela Slatter, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many more, along with a very special contribution by award-winning poet Jane Yolen.

Here you will encounter witches, ghosts, monsters, psychos, demonic nuns, and even Death himself in this spooky selection of stories set on the night when evil walks the earth...

Modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this specially re-vamped edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into.

From an award-winning editor who knows the genre backwards, here is the very best in vampire fiction: from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula.

This revised edition features over a dozen new stories, including Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark and Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho. There are contributions by Nancy Kilpatrick, Christopher Fowler, Paul Mcauley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tina Rath, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison and Kim Newman.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Children of the Night - essay by Stephen Jones
• Human Remains - (1984) - novelette by Clive Barker
• Necros - (1986) - short story by Brian Lumley
• The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady - (1988) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• For the Blood Is the Life - (1905) - short story by F. Marion Crawford
• The Brood - (1980) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Hungarian Rhapsody - (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Ligeia - (1838) - short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• Vampire - (1986) - poem by Richard Christian Matheson
• Stragella - (1932) - novelette by Hugh B. Cave
• A Week in the Unlife - (1991) - short story by David J. Schow
• The House at Evening - (1982) - short story by Frances Garfield
• The Labyrinth - (1974) - novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• Beyond Any Measure - (1982) - novella by Karl Edward Wagner
• Doctor Porthos - (1968) - short story by Basil Copper
• Dracula's Guest - (1914) - short story by Bram Stoker
• It Only Comes Out at Night - (1976) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Dracula's Chair - (1980) - short story by Peter Tremayne
• The Better Half - (1989) - short story by Melanie Tem
• An Episode of Cathedral History - (1914) - short story by M. R. James
• Chastel - (1979) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen - (1976) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• The Room in the Tower - (1912) - short story by E. F. Benson
• Laird of Dundain - short story by Graham Masterton
• Midnight Mass - (1990) - novella by F. Paul Wilson
• Blood Gothic - (1985) - short story by Nancy Holder
• Yellow Fog - (1986) - short story by Les Daniels
• Vintage Domestic - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Red Reign - novella by Kim Newman
• Vampire Sestina - (1989) - poem by Neil Gaiman

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Even a Man Who is Pure of Heart... - essay by Stephen Jones
• Twilight at the Towers - (1985) - novelette by Clive Barker
• The Dream of the Wolf - (1984) - novelette by Scott Bradfield
• Night Beat - (1973) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• The Werewolf - (1978) - short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• Rain Falls - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Guilty Party - (1988) - short story by Stephen Laws
• Essence of the Beast - short story by Roberta Lannes
• Immortal - short story by Mark Morris
• Cry Wolf - (1974) - short story by Basil Copper
• Rug - short story by Graham Masterton
• The Whisperers - (1942) - short story by Hugh B. Cave
• And I Shall Go in the Devil's Name - short story by David Sutton
• The Foxes of Fascoum - novelette by Peter Tremayne
• One Paris Night - (1992) - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• Soul of the Wolf - short story by Brian Mooney
• The Hairy Ones Shall Dance - (1938) - novella by Manly Wade Wellman
• Heart of the Beast - short story by Adrian Cole
• Wereman - (1990) - short story by Les Daniels
• Anything but Your Kind - short story by Nicholas Royle
• The Nighthawk - (1978) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• The Cell - (1969) - novella by David Case
• Boobs - (1989) - short story by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright ... - novella by Kim Newman
• Bright of Moon - poem by Jo Fletcher

Women have always written powerful, important science fiction stories. This anthology showcases the most exceptional stories written by women in recent decades, from classic stars Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree Jr, science fiction greats Nancy Kress, Lois McMaster Bujold and Karen Joy Fowler, new award-winning talents Elizabeth Bear and Aliette de Bodard and many more! Whether crossing the stars or constructing the future of our planet, women's contributions to science fiction are unforgettable.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (2014) - essay by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• A Short Encyclopedia of Lunar Seas - (2008) - short story by Ekaterina Sedia
• Astrophilia - (2012) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• Boojum - (2008) - short story by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• Concerning the Unchecked Growth of Cities - (2014) - shortfiction by Angélica Gorodischer
• Dancing in the Shadow of the Once - (2014) - shortfiction by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
• Down the Wall - (2006) - short story by Greer Gilman
• Ej-Es - (2003) - short story by Nancy Kress
• Enyo-Enyo - (2013) - short story by Kameron Hurley
• Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang - (2007) - short story by Kristin Mandigma
• Girl Hours - (2014) - shortfiction by Sofia Samatar
• Good Boy - (2008) - novelette by Nisi Shawl
• Immersion - (2012) - short story by Aliette de Bodard
• Invisible Planets - (2010) - short story by Hao Jingfang
• Mountain Ways - (1996) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• On the Leitmotif of the Trickster Constellation in Northern Hemispheric Star Charts, Post-Apocalypse - (2013) - shortfiction by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• Semiramis - (2011) - short story by Genevieve Valentine
• Sing - (2013) - short story by Karin Tidbeck
• Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra - (2010) - short story by Vandana Singh
• Spider the Artist - (2008) - short story by Nnedi Okorafor
• Stay Thy Flight - (1998) - short story by Élisabeth Vonarburg (variant of ...Stay Thy Flight 1992)
• Tan-Tan and Dry Bone - (1999) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees - (2011) - short story by E. Lily Yu
• The Death of Sugar Daddy - (2009) - shortfiction by Toiya Kristen Finley
• The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul - (2014) - short story by Natalia Theodoridou
• The Four Generations of Chang E - (2010) - shortfiction by Zen Cho
• The Other Graces - (2010) - short story by Alice Sola Kim
• The Queen of Erewhon - (1999) - novelette by Lucy Sussex
• The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew - (2009) - short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Science of Herself - (2013) - short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Second Card of the Major Arcana - (2012) - short story by Thoraiya Dyer
• Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day - (2010) - shortfiction by Tori Truslow
• Valentines - (2009) - short story by Shira Lipkin
• Vector - (2013) - short story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Not content with investing his fortune and watching it grow, multibillionaire Howard Christian buys rare cars that he actually drives, acquires collectible toys that he actually plays with, and builds buildings that defy the imagination. But now his restless mind has turned to a new obsession: cloning a mammoth...

In a barren province of Canada, a mammoth hunter financed by Christian has made the discovery of a lifetime: an intact frozen woolly mammoth. But what he finds during the painstaking process of excavating the huge creature baffles the mind. Huddled next to the mammoth is the mummified body of a Stone Age man around 12,000 years old. And he is wearing a wristwatch.

It looks like Howard Christian is going to get his wish--and more...

Dieselpunk: an emerging retro-futuristic sub-genre, similar to steampunk, based on the era between the First World War and the start of the Atomic Age, merging elements of noir, pulp, and the past with today's technology... and sometimes a dash of the occult.

Award-winning editor Wallace presents a cutting-edge collection of twenty-five vibrant stories that explore the possibilities of history while sweeping readers into high-powered hydrocarbon-fuelled adventures. Join us in an era when engines were huge, fuel was cheap and plentiful, and steel and chrome blended with the grit and grease of modern machines.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Tobias S. Buckell
• Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story - (2009) - shortstory by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
• Don Quixote - (2012) - shortstory by Carrie Vaughn
• The Little Dog Ohori - shortfiction by Anatoly Belilovsky
• Vast Wings Across Felonious Skies - shortfiction by E. Catherine Tobler
• Instead of a Loving Heart - (2004) - shortstory by Jeremiah Tolbert
• Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky - shortfiction by Brian Trent
• Tunnel Vision - shortfiction by Rachel Nussbaum
• In Lieu of a Thank You - (2008) - shortstory by Gwynne Garfinkle
• This Evening's Performance - novelette by Genevieve Valentine
• Into the Sky - shortfiction by Joseph Ng
• The Double Blind - shortfiction by A. C. Wise
• Black Sunday - (2011) - novelette by Kim Lakin-Smith
• We Never Sleep - shortfiction by Nick Mamatas
• Cosmobotica - shortfiction by Costi Gurgu and Tony Pi
• Act of Extermination - shortfiction by Cirilo S. Lemos
• Blood and Gold - shortfiction by Erin M. Hartshorn
• Floodgates - shortfiction by Dan Rabarts
• Dragonfire is Brighter than the Ten Thousand Stars - shortfiction by Mark Robert Philps
• Mountains of Green - shortfiction by Catherine Schaff-Stump
• The Wings the Lungs, The Engine the Heart - (2014) - shortstory by Laurie Tom

Giant monsters whose every roar and footstep shakes the earth, whose simple stroll through a city wreaks havoc: KAIJU! And even though humankind has never really seen such monsters--we tremble at the thought of them and love to shiver as their screen versions make mayhem: the beast from twenty-thousand fathoms, Godzilla demolishing Tokyo, the massive creature in Cloverfield destroying New York, all of Earth warring with the colossal monsters in Pacific Rim. Now, for the first time, a definitive anthology that gathers a wide range of larger-than-life short fiction with creatures that run a gargantuan gamut: the stealthy gabbleduck of Neal Asher's Polity universe; Gary McMahon's huge sea-born terror; An Owomoyela's incredibly tall alien invaders; Frank Wu's city-razing, eighty-foot-high, fire-breathing lizard; Lavie Tidhar's titanic ship-devouring monstrosity; a really big Midwest US smackdown related by Jeremiah Tolbert...and many more mega-monster stories to feed your need for killer kaiju!

With an introduction by Robert Hood, co-editor of the groundbreaking, Ditmar Award-winning Daikaiju: Giant Monster Tales and host of Undead Backbrain, the premier website for matters relating to giant monsters.

Contents:

• "Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck" by Neal Asher
• "Occupied" by Natania Barron
• "Now I Am Nothing" by Simon Bestwick
• "The Black Orophant" by Daniel Braum
• "Attack of the 50-Foot Cosmonaut" by Michael Canfield
• "Postcards from Monster Island" by Emily Devenport
• "Seven Dates That Were Ruined by Giant Monsters" by Adam Ford
• "The Lighthouse Keeper of Kurohaka Island" by Kane Gilmour
• "Kungmin Horangi: The People's Tiger" by Cody Goodfellow
• "The Island of Dr. Otaku" by Cody Goodfellow
• "With Bright Shining Faces" by Gini Koch
• "One Night on Tidal Rig #13" by Tessa Kum
• "Running" by Martin Livings
• "The Unlawful Priest of Todesfall" by Penelope Love
• "Breaking the Ice" by Maxine McArthur
• "The Eyes of Erebus" by Chris McMahon
• "Kaiju" by Gary McMahon
• "Whatever Became of Randy?" by James A. Moore
• "Kadimakara and Curlew" by Jason Nahrung
• "Frozen Voice" by An Owomoyela
• "Mamu, or Reptillion vs Echidonah" by Nick Stathopoulos
• "Cephalogon" by Alys Sterling
• "Show Night" by Steve Tem
• "Titanic!" by Lavie Tidhar
• "The Kansas Jayhawk vs. The Midwest Monster Squad" by Jeremiah Tolbert
• "The Behemoth" by Jonathan Wood
• "Love and Death in the Time of Monsters" by Frank Wu

Every short story in this wonderfully varied collection has one thing in common: each features some alteration in history, some divergence from historical reality, which results in a world very different from the one we know today. As well as original stories specially commissioned from bestselling writers such as James Morrow, Stephen Baxter and Ken MacLeod, there are genre classics such as Kim Stanley Robinson's story of how World War II atomic bomber the Enola Gay, having crashed on a training flight, is replaced by the Lucky Strike with profoundly different consequences.

Table of Contents:

• The Raft of the Titanic - short fiction by James Morrow
• Sidewinders - short fiction by Ken MacLeod
• The Wandering Christian - (1991) - novelette by Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne
• Hush My Mouth - (1986) - short story by Suzette Haden Elgin
• A Letter from the Pope - (1990) - novelette by Harry Harrison and Tom Shippey
• Such a Deal - short fiction by Esther M. Friesner
• Ink from the New Moon - (1992) - short story by A. A. Attanasio
• Dispatches from the Revolution - (1991) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Catch That Zeppelin! - (1975) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• A Very British History - (2000) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• The Imitation Game - (2008) - short story by Rudy Rucker
• Weihnachtabend - (1972) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• The Lucky Strike - (1984) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• His Powder'd Wig, His Crown of Thornes - (1989) - short story by Marc Laidlaw
• Roncesvalles - (1990) - novelette by Judith Tarr
• The English Mutiny - (2008) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• O One - (2003) - short story by Chris Roberson
• Islands in the Sea - (1989) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
• Lenin in Odessa - (1990) - short story by George Zebrowski
• The Einstein Gun - short fiction by Pierre Gévart (trans. of Comment les choses se sont vraiment passées)
• Tales from the Venia Woods - (1989) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Manassas, Again - (1991) - short story by Gregory Benford
• The Sleeping Serpent - (1992) - novella by Pamela Sargent
• Waiting for the Olympians - (1988) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
• Darwin Anathema - short story by Stephen Baxter

War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself?

Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens.

All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ian Whates and Ian Watson
• Peacekeeper - shortstory by Brad R. Torgersen and Mike Resnick
• From Out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing - shortstory by Simon R. Green
• All for Love - (1962) - shortstory by Algis Budrys
• The War Artist - (2011) - shortstory by Tony Ballantyne
• The War Memorial - (1995) - shortstory by Allen Steele
• Politics - (1990) - novelette by Elizabeth Moon
• Arena - (1944) - novelette by Fredric Brown
• Peacekeeping Mission - (2008) - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• The Peacemaker - (1964) - shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
• Junked: A Combat K Adventure - (2009) - shortfiction by Andy Remic
• The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - shortstory by William Tenn
• A Clean Escape - (1985) - shortstory by John Kessel
• Storming Hell - (2009) - novelette by John Lambshead
• Solidarity - (2005) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• The Price - (2010) - novelette by Michael Z. Williamson
• The Horars of War - (1970) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Traitor - (1997) - novelette by David Weber
• The Game of Rat and Dragon - (1955) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
• Caught in the Crossfire - (1978) - shortstory by David Drake
• The Rhine's World Incident - (2008) - shortstory by Neal Asher
• Winning Peace - (2007) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Time Piece - (1970) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• The Wake - (2011) - shortstory by Dan Abnett
• The Pyre of New Day - novelette by Catherine Asaro

Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi; the Mammoth Hunters. But as she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, Ayla finds herself irresistibly drawn to Ranec, their master-carver. Ultimately, she is compelled to make a fateful choice between the two men. Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

Frankenstein... his very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments and reviving the dead.

Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the Secrets of Life, as science fiction meets horror when the world's most famous creature lives again!

The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein collects together for the first time twenty-fourelectrifying tales of cursed creation that are guaranteed to spark your interest - with classics from the pulp magazines by Robert Bloch and Manly Wade Wellman, modern masterpieces from Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, David J. Schow and R. Chetwynd-Hayes, and contributions from Graham Masterson, Basil Copper, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Kim Newman, Paul J. McAuley, Roberta Lannes, Michael Marshall Smith, Daniel Fox, Adrian Cole, Nancy Kilpatrick, Brian Mooney and Lisa Morton.

Plus you're sure to get a charge from three complete novels: The Hound of Frankenstein by Peter Tremayne, The Dead End by David Case, and Mary W. Shelley's original masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

As an electrical storm rages overhead, the generators are charged up, and beneath the sheet a cold form awaits its miraculous rebirth. Now it's time to throw that switch and discover all that Man Was Never Meant to Know.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: It's Alive! - (1994) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus - (1818) - novel by Mary Shelley
• A New Life - (1987) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• The Creator - (1978) - short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• Better Dead - (1994) - short story by Basil Copper
• Creature Comforts - (1994) - short story by Nancy Kilpatrick
• Mannikins of Horror - (1939) - short story by Robert Bloch
• El Sueño de la Razón - (1994) - short story by Chaz Brenchley
• Pithecanthropus Rejectus - (1938) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Tantamount to Murder - (1994) - short story by John Brunner
• Last Train - (1994) - short story by Guy N. Smith
• The Hound of Frankenstein - (1977) - novelette by Peter Tremayne
• Mother of Invention - (1994) - short story by Graham Masterton
• The Frankenstein Legacy - (1994) - short story by Adrian Cole
• The Dead Line - (1979) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Poppi's Monster - (1994) - short story by Lisa Morton
• Undertow - (1977) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• A Complete Woman - (1994) - short story by Roberta Lannes
• Last Call for the Sons of Shock - (1991) - short story by David J. Schow
• Chandira - (1994) - short story by Brian Mooney
• Celebrity Frankenstein - (2012) - short story by Stephen Volk
• Completist Heaven - (1994) - short story by Kim Newman
• The Temptation of Dr Stein - (1994) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• To Receive Is Better - (1994) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Dead End - (1969) - novella by David Case
• Frankenstein - (1994) - poem by Jo Fletcher

In the grand tradition of Watership Down--A saga of the great and gentle ones

It is a harsh but beautiful world--a remote fastness of shining tundra, rimmed by ice and sea and mountain. Silverhair and her kind have lived here from the earliest Rememberings, when Kilukpuk's children first parted some for the jungle, some into the sea, and some into the rock and ice.

Hear their song! For they are the last of the woolly mammoths, the great, shaggy gentle ones whose bones have greened Earth's grasses through the Long Years, for fifty million springs. Hear their story.

Silverhair is filled with the dreams of youth, and the warmth of Lop-ear's child growing in her belly. But even as her life begins, her world is ending around her. A new menace, more vicious than wolf or bear, is descending upon the snowlands--a two-legged creature that kills for joy, and fouls the Earth for greed. Silverhair and the matriarch, Owlheart, must escape across the glacial torrents, beyond the saw-toothed mountains. They seek help and find it in unexpected sources, including the distant cousins who long ago found their destiny in the green arms of the sea, and from an enemy: an ice-faced menace known as...the Lost.

Stephen Baxter, one of today's most acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy, now turns his celebrated talents to a tale that has never before been told or even imagined. Silverhair begins a three-part saga--at once thrilling, heartwarming, and tragic--of a small band of mammoth survivors on a remote arctic island, and what happens when they are discovered by a clever and unpredictable animal they call the Lost.

Silverhair is a story for every age, a tale to remember as long as the footfalls of the great and gentle ones still echo in the shadow of the glaciers--forever.

Even as a young calf, Longtusk understood the hardships the few remaining of his ancient kind had encountered when the glaciers retreated and grassy forests stole over the vast tundra the herds called home. Worst of all was when the Fireheads came -- cruel, two-legged beasts who kill for pleasure. At a tender age, Longtusk became their prisoner, hobbled, abused, and stripped of his freedom. But through toil and terror, Longtusk never forgot his Clan -- and he carried crucial, intimate knowledge of the Fireheads' ways, though at a terrible price.

Now the time is rapidly approaching when he will have to clash with those who seek to destroy every living trace of his proud breed. The dark land before him will be mined with fierce obstacles and awesome challenges. And though it may require the ultimate sacrifice -- and a grim confrontation with the Lost, the most feared enemy of his gargantuan race -- Longtusk must not shun the twisted path in front of him... or what he is destined to become: the greatest hero of them all.

3000 A.D. Years ago, humans colonized Mars, bringing with them specimens of long-extinct Earth life for regeneration on this new frontier. But humankind has disappeared, and the animals have been left behind to fend for themselves. Icebones, daughter of Silverhair, had been the only adult mammoth taken to Mars. As such, she is now the only one of her kind who carries the accumulated knowledge of mammoth history, and it is up to her to teach her fellow mammoths how to survive -- and thrive -- without their human keepers.

In the grand tradition of Watership Down, Stephen Baxter has created a complex society complete with elaborate myths and legends. With Icebones, he brilliantly and dramatically brings the acclaimed Mammoth trilogy to its resounding conclusion.

An anthology focusing on newer elements of steampunk, one which deconstructs the staples of the genre and expands on them, rather than simply repeating them, with a greater spread both in terms of location and character. This is steampunk with a modern, post-colonial sensibility. Contributors include: Jeff VanderMeer, Caitlín Kiernan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, Cherie Priest, Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine and many more.

From the editor of The Mammoth Book of Steampunk, this anthology of steam-powered short stories, dirigibles aloft, retro-tech wonders, and astounding adventure will set clockwork-loving hearts hammering with delight. Longtime steampunk fans: prepare to gleefully grab your goggles to read these remarkable stories! Newcomers: prepare to become fans of this popular genre involving both the past and present-entertainingly and provocatively re-thought, re-invented, and re-evaluated. With stories by K.W. Jeter, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ken Liu, Cherie Priest, Carrie Vaughn, and many others.

Full list of contributors: Christopher Barzak; Tobias Buckell; C. S. E. Cooney; Aliette de Bodard; Lisa L. Hannett; Samantha Henderson; K. W. Jeter; Caitlin R. Kiernan; Jay Lake; Ken Liu; Alex Dally MacFarlane; Tony Pi; Cherie Priest; Cat Rambo; Chris Roberson; Margaret Ronald; Sofia Samatar; Gord Sellar; Nisi Shawl; Benjanun Sriduangkaew; E. Caterine Tobler; Genevieve Valentine; Carrie Vaughn; AC Wise; Jonathan Wood.

Shaggy herds of mammoths still roam the Great Plains--to the delight of President Thomas Jefferson--in this imaginative alternative history in which the beasts thunder over the grasslands as living symbols of the oncoming struggle between the Native peoples and the European invaders. This unforgettable saga soars from the Badlands of the Dakota Territory to the icy wastes of Siberia, from the Russian Revolution to the American Indian Movement protests of the 1960s and one woman's attempt to harness DNA science to fulfill the ancient promises of her Lakota heritage. In addition, this volume includes the essay "Writing During World War Three," a politically incorrect take on multiculturalism from a science fiction point of view and an outspoken interview with the writer of some of today's edgiest and most uncompromising speculative fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Mammoths of the Great Plains - (2010)
• Writing Science Fiction During World War Three - (2010) - essay by Eleanor Arnason
• "At the Edge of the Future" - (2010) - interview of Eleanor Arnason by Terry Bisson
• Bibliography
• About the Author

The first annual collection of the world's best horror stories and short novels showcases fiction from every part of the field--from terror to supernatural chills--and features the talents of Ian Watson, Stephen Gallagher, Ramsey Campbell, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1989 - essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
• Pin - (1989) - short story by Robert R. McCammon
• The House on Cemetery Street - (1988) - novelette by Cherry Wilder
• The Horn - (1989) - novelette by Stephen Gallagher
• Breaking Up - (1989) - short story by Alex Quiroba
• It Helps If You Sing - (1989) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Closed Circuit - (1989) - novelette by Laurence Staig
• Carnal House - (1989) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Twitch Technicolor - (1989) - short story by Kim Newman
• Lizaveta - (1988) - novelette by Gregory Frost
• Snow Cancellations - (1989) - short story by Donald R. Burleson
• Archway - (1989) - novelette by Nicholas Royle
• The Strange Design of Master Rignolo - (1989) - short story by Thomas Ligotti
• ...To Feel Another's Woe - (1989) - short story by Chet Williamson
• The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneaux - (1989) - novelette by Robert Westall
• No Sharks in the Med - (1989) - novelette by Brian Lumley
• Mort au Monde - (1989) - short story by D. F. Lewis
• Blanca - (1989) - novelette by Thomas Tessier
• The Eye of the Ayatollah - (1990) - short story by Ian Watson
• At First Just Ghostly - (1989) - novella by Karl Edward Wagner
• Bad News - (1989) - short story by Richard Laymon
• Necrology: 1989 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Twenty-eight spine-tinglers are showcased by the editors, both veteran horror writers,in this fine anthology, which runs the horror gamut from occult shocker to psychological thriller. Though it opens with a rather tasteless entry, K. W. Jeter's grisly "The First Time" (told with au courant splatterpunk brio), the collection redeems itself many times over with a score of tales that make the prerequisite suspension of disbelief a hair-raising pleasure. In Michael Marshall Smith's imaginative "The Man Who Drew Cats," a mysterious street-artist stretches his creativity to alarmingly grim lengths when an abused child wins his heart. Thomas Ligotti's fluently written novella, "The Last Feast of Harlequin," reveals the dark nature lurking just beneath the whiteface. The searing final image in "Cedar Lane," by Karl Edward Wagner, will invoke for many genre fans Ray Bradbury's classic "There Will Come Soft Rains." J. L. Comeau's riveting "Firebird" pits supernatural forces against a feisty ballerina who also happens to be a cop. In one of the collection's strongest entries, "Mister Ice Cold," cartoonist Gahan Wilson proves that a few thousand well-chosen words just might be worth more than a picture, after all.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1990 - essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
• The First Time - (1990) - shortstory by K. W. Jeter
• A Short Guide to the City - (1990) - shortstory by Peter Straub
• Stephen - (1990) - novelette by Elizabeth Massie
• The Dead Love You - (1989) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• Jane Doe #112 - (1990) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Shock Radio - (1990) - shortstory by Ray Garton
• The Man Who Drew Cats - (1990) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Co-Op - (1990) - shortstory by Melanie Tem
• Negatives - (1990) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• The Last Feast of Harlequin - (1990) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 1/72nd Scale - (1990) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Cedar Lane - (1990) - shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner
• At a Window Facing West - (1990) - shortstory by Kim Antieau
• Inside the Walled City - (1990) - novelette by Garry Kilworth
• On the Wing - (1990) - shortstory by Jean-Daniel Brèque
• Firebird - (1990) - novelette by J. L. Comeau
• Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills - (1990) - novelette by David J. Schow
• His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood - (1990) - shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Original Dr Shade - (1990) - novelette by Kim Newman
• Madge - (1990) - shortstory by D. F. Lewis
• Alive in Venice - (1990) - shortstory by Cherry Wilder
• Divertimento - (1989) - shortstory by Gregory Frost
• Pelts - (1989) - novelette by F. Paul Wilson
• Those of Rhenea - (1990) - shortstory by David Sutton
• Lord of the Land - (1990) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Aquarium - (1990) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Mister Ice Cold - (1990) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• On the Town Route - (1989) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• Necrology: 1990 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Through intelligent selection and commentary, Jones (ed. Fantasy Tales) and Campbell (The Count of Eleven, p. 479, etc.) again prove that horror literature, widely considered an oxymoron not so very long ago, is a field of fiction worthy of serious cultivation. As in their first two annuals, the authors have combed through sources both high-profile (A Whisper of Blood, 1991, etc.) and desperately obscure (Tekeli-li! Journal of Terror) to dig out "a varied selection... that illustrates the themes and ideas currently being explored in the genre." The emphasis on ideas can be seen in the authors' roster, which includes big names (Robert McCammon, Dennis Etchison, Thomas Tessier, et al.), fast-rising young stars (Nancy Collins, Thomas Ligotti, Kathe Koja, et al.), and several newcomers--but only a couple of splatterpunks and absolutely no hacks, with most of the 29 entries distinguished by deft style and ambitious subjects. The triangle of love, suffering, and death surfaces as the dominant theme--from K.W. Jeter's opening "True Love" (a vampire's daughter cares for her senile but immortal father) through Douglas Clegg's gothic "Where Flies are Born" (a woman reanimates her dead child through grotesque means), Alan Brennert's "Ma Qui" and S.P. Somtow's "Chui Chai" (two wrenching Vietnam-set tales), and the collection's strongest story, Grant Morrison's "The Braille Encyclopedia" (a sly shocker about the pursuit of sensual pleasure), and others. A few stories fail, mostly through straining (e.g., those by David J. Schow and Charles Grant) but the vast majority succeed, and equally of interest is the editors' opinionated rundown of the year's (1991) horror fiction, criticism, film and comics, and their invaluable necrology. For the third year running, horror's annual of record, as well as its premier showcase. Not to be missed by any serious fan.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1991 - (1992) - essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
• True Love - (1991) - shortstory by K. W. Jeter
• The Same in Any Language - (1991) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Impermanent Mercies - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Ma Qui - (1991) - shortstory by Alan Brennert
• The Miracle Mile - (1991) - novelette by Robert R. McCammon
• Taking Down the Tree - (1991) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Where Flies Are Born - (1991) - shortstory by Douglas Clegg
• Love, Death and the Maiden - (1991) - shortstory by Roger Johnson
• Chui Chai - (1991) - shortstory by S. P. Somtow
• The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu - (1991) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• Colder Than Hell - (1991) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Raymond - (1991) - shortstory by Nancy A. Collins
• One Life, in an Hourglass - (1991) - shortstory by Charles L. Grant
• The Braille Encyclopedia - (1991) - shortstory by Grant Morrison
• The Bacchae - (1991) - shortstory by Elizabeth Hand
• Busted in Buttown - (1991) - shortstory by David J. Schow
• Subway Story - (1990) - shortstory by Russell Flinn
• The Medusa - (1991) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• Power Cut - (1991) - shortstory by Joel Lane
• Moving Out - (1991) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Guignoir - (1991) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
• Blood Sky - (1991) - shortstory by William F. Nolan
• Ready - (1991) - shortstory by David Starkey
• The Slug - (1991) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Dark Land - (1991) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• When They Gave Us Memory - (1991) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• Taking Care of Michael - (1991) - shortstory by J. L. Comeau
• The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank - (1991) - novella by Thomas Tessier
• Zits - (1991) - shortfiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Necrology: 1991 - (1992) - essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones

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.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1992 (Best New Horror 4) - essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
• The Suicide Artist - (1992) - short story by Scott Edelman
• Dancing on a Blade of Dreams - (1992) - novelette by Roberta Lannes
• The Departed - (1992) - short story by Clive Barker
• How to Get Ahead in New York - (1992) - short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• They Take - (1992) - novelette by John Brunner
• Replacements - (1992) - novelette by Lisa Tuttle
• Under the Pylon - (1992) - short story by Graham Joyce
• The Glamour - (1991) - short story by Thomas Ligotti
• Under the Ice - (1992) - short story by John Gordon
• And Some Are Missing - (1992) - short story by Joel Lane
• The Little Green Ones - (1992) - short story by Les Daniels
• Mirror Man - (1992) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Mothmusic - (1992) - short story by Sarah Ash
• Did They Get You to Trade? - (1992) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• Night Shift Sister - (1992) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• The Dead - (1992) - short story by M. John Harrison and Simon Ings
• Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death - (1992) - novelette by Christopher Fowler
• Red Reign - (1992) - novella by Kim Newman
• Aviatrix - (1992) - short story by Peter Atkins
• Snodgrass - (1992) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Day of the Sharks - (1992) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
• Anima - (1992) - short story by M. John Harrison
• Bright Lights, Big Zombie - (1992) - novelette by Douglas E. Winter
• The Ghost Village - (1992) - novelette by Peter Straub
• Necrology: 1992 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

This new edition of the premiere collection of the year's finest horror stories continues its tradition of riveting tales of terror from some of the best-known contemporary writers. Contributors include Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Lisa Tuttle, Thomas Ligotti, Karl Edward Wagner, and Kim Newman.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ramsey Campbell and Stephen Jones
• Later - (1993) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• When the Red Storm Comes - (1993) - shortstory by Sarah Smith
• The Exhibit - (1993) - shortstory by Martin Plumbridge
• Leavings - (1993) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Human Remains - (1992) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Flying Into Naples - (1993) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• The Sixth Sentinel - (1993) - shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Brothers - (1993) - shortstory by Rick Cadger
• The Owen Street Monster - (1993) - shortstory by J. L. Comeau
• One Size Eats All - (1993) - shortstory by T. E. D. Klein
• Mulligan's Fence - shortstory by Donald R. Burleson
• How She Dances - (1993) - shortstory by Daniel Fox
• Passages - shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner
• Easing the Spring - (1993) - shortstory by Sally Roberts Jones
• Safe at Home - (1993) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
• Mother of the City - (1993) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• Justice - (1993) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• The Big Fish - (1993) - novelette by Kim Newman
• In the Desert of Deserts - (1993) - shortstory by Thomas Tessier
• Two Returns - (1993) - shortstory by Terry Lamsley
• The Moment the Face Falls - (1993) - shortstory by Chet Williamson
• Darker Angels - (1993) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• The Timbrel Sound of Darkness - (1993) - shortstory by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• The Tsalal - shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
• In the Still, Small Hours - (1993) - shortstory by Charles L. Grant
• Ice House Pond - (1993) - novella by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Dog Park - (1993) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• The Marble Boy - (1993) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• Mefisto in Onyx - (1993) - novella by Harlan Ellison
• Necrology: 1993 - essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones

This premier collection of the year's finest horror stories contains fear-filled tales from some of the best contemporary writers, such as Brian Hodge, Joel Lane, Ian McLeod, Kim Newman, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1994 - (1995) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Dead Babies - (1994) - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Sensible City - (1994) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• Blade and Bone - (1994) - short story by Terry Lamsley
• Harvest - (1994) - short story by Norman Partridge
• Sometimes, in the Rain - (1994) - short story by Charles L. Grant
• Menage a Trois - (1994) - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• Like Shattered Stone - (1994) - short story by Joel Lane
• Black Sun - (1991) - short story by Douglas E. Winter
• Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring - (1994) - novelette by M. John Harrison
• The Dead Orchards - (1994) - short story by Ian R. MacLeod
• What Happened When Mosby Paulson Had Her Painting Reproduced on the Cover of the Phone Book - (1994) - short story by Elizabeth Massie
• The Alternative - (1994) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• In the Middle of a Snow Dream - (1994) - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Temptation of Dr Stein - (1994) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Wayang Kulit - (1994) - short story by Garry Kilworth
• The Scent of Vinegar - (1994) - novelette by Robert Bloch
• The Homecoming - (1994) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• The Singular Habits of Wasps - (1994) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
• To Receive Is Better - (1994) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Alchemy of the Throat - (1994) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright... - (1994) - novella by Kim Newman
• Lovers - (1994) - poem by Esther M. Friesner
• Necrology: 1994 - (1995) - essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones

A premier collection of contemporary horror fiction includes shocking and macabre tales from Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Tuttle, Michael Marshall Smith, and many other masters of the horror genre.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1995 - (1996) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Tirkiluk - (1995) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Most Boring Woman in the World - (1995) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• Extinctions in Paradise - (1995) - short story by Brian Hodge
• Food Man - (1994) - short story by Lisa Tuttle
• More Tomorrow - (1995) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• Going Under - (1995) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Survivor - (1995) - novelette by Dave Smeds
• The Stones - (1995) - short story by Patrick Thompson
• Back of Beyond - (1975) - short story by Cherry Wilder
• A Hundred Wicked Little Witches - (1995) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Finger of Halugra - (1995) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Toddler - (1995) - short story by Terry Lamsley
• Not Here, Not Now - (1995) - short story by Stephen Gallagher
• The Bungalow House - (1995) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• Cradle - (1995) - short story by Alan Brennert
• The Sixth Dog - (1995) - novelette by Jane Rice
• Scaring the Train - (1994) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• La Serenissima - (1995) - novelette by David Sutton
• The Bars on Satan's Jailhouse - (1995) - novelette by Norman Partridge
• The Bone-Carver's Tale - (1995) - short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• Queen of Knives - (1995) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• The True History of Doctor Pretorius - (1995) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• The Grey Madonna - (1995) - short story by Graham Masterton
• Loop - (1995) - novelette by Douglas E. Winter
• The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires - (1995) - novella by Brian Stableford
• Lacuna - (1995) - short fiction by Nicholas Royle
• Necrology: 1995 - (1996) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (1996) - essay by Stephen Jones

The latest annual of the world's premier collection of horror, terror, and dark fantasy again showcases the talents of the finest writers working the field. Along with his annual review of the year in horror, award-winning editor Stephen Jones has chosen the year's best stories by old masters and new voices alike.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1996 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Walking the Dog - (1996) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz - (1995) - novelette by Poppy Z. Brite
• An Eye for an Eye - (1996) - short story by Norman Partridge
• Unforgotten - (1996) - novelette by Christopher Fowler
• The Curse of Kali - (1996) - short story by Cherry Wilder
• The Film - (1997) - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
• Of a Cat, but Her Skin - (1996) - short story by Storm Constantine
• Hopscotch - (1996) - short story by Donald R. Burleson
• Ghost in the Machine - (1996) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Moon Never Changes - (1996) - short story by Joel Lane
• Butcher's Logic - (1996) - short story by Roberta Lannes
• Kites and Kisses - (1996) - short story by D. F. Lewis
• Last Train to Arnos Grove - (1996) - short story by Marni Scofidio Griffin
• The King of Rain - (1996) - novelette by Mark Chadbourn
• Hardball - (1996) - short story by Iain Sinclair
• Gas Station Carnivals - (1996) - short story by Thomas Ligotti
• Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune - (1996) - novelette by Thomas Tessier
• That Blissful Height - (1996) - novelette by Gregory Frost
• Skin Deep - (1996) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• Hell Hath Enlarged Herself - (1996) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• Underworld - (1996) - short story by Douglas Clegg
• A Plague on Both Your Houses - (1996) - short fiction by Scott Edelman
• Final Cut - (1996) - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Break - (1996) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Necrology: 1996 essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Useful Addresses - essay by uncredited

The internationally acclaimed annual collection of the bloodcurdling best in horror and dark fantasy, showcasing the very best writers working in the genre today.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1997 - (1998) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Dying Words - (1997) - novelette by David J. Schow
• The Windmill - (1997) - short story by Conrad Williams
• The Right Ending - (1997) - short story by John Burke
• Swallowing a Dirty Seed - (1997) - short story by Simon Clark
• This Is Your Life (Repressed Memory Remix) - (1997) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• Christmas Forever - (1997) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• Four Famines Ago - (1997) - short story by Yvonne Navarro
• The Crawl - (1997) - novelette by Stephen Laws
• Serpent Eggs - (1994) - short story by David Langford
• No One You Know - (1997) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins - (1997) - novella by Brian Hodge
• The Bells Will Sound Forever - (1997) - short story by Thomas Ligotti
• The Word - (1997) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• The Map to the Homes of the Stars - (1997) - short story by Andy Duncan
• Emptiness Spoke Eloquent - (1997) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Save As ... - (1997) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Coppola's Dracula - (1997) - novella by Kim Newman
• Grazing the Long Acre - (1998) - short story by Gwyneth Jones
• The Zombies of Madison County - (1997) - novella by Douglas E. Winter
• Necrology: 1997 - (1998) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (1998) - essay by Stephen Jones

Going ten years strong, the acclaimed collection of contemporary horror fiction again showcases the talents of the finest writers working the field of fear. Along with his annual review of the year in horror, award-winning editor Stephen Jones has chosen the year's best stories by the old masters and new voices alike.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 includes bloodcurdlers and flesh-crawlers from Ramsey Campbell, Nell Gaiman, Dennis Etchison, Thomas Ligotti, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, Kim Newman, Harlan Ellison, and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1998 - (1999) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Learning to Let Go - (1998) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• The Wedding Present - (1998) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Adventures in Further Education - (1998) - shortstory by Peter Atkins
• Bondage - (1998) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Keys to D'Espérance - (1998) - novelette by Chaz Brenchley
• The Song My Sister Sang - (1998) - shortstory by Stephen Laws
• A Victorian Ghost Story - (1999) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• The Dead Boy At Your Window - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Holland Rogers
• Ra*e - (1998) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• Upstairs - (1998) - shortfiction by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Postcards from the King of Tides - (1998) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Everybody Goes - (1992) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• Yellow & Red - (1998) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• What Slips Away - (1998) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Inside the Cackle Factory - (1998) - novelette by Dennis Etchison
• The Specialist's Hat - (1998) - shortstory by Kelly Link
• The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil - (1998) - novella by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
• Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear - (1999) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff - (1997) - novella by Peter Straub
• Necrology: 1998 - (1999) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (1999) - essay by Stephen Jones

Now in its eleventh year, this winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award again showcases the finest talents writing contemporary horror fiction -- established masters as well as new voices -- and presents its lively review of the past year in the field of fear and terror.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1999 - (2000) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Halloween Street - (1999) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Others (excerpt) - (1999) - short fiction by James Herbert
• Growing Things - (1999) - short story by T. E. D. Klein
• Unhasped - (1999) - short story by David J. Schow
• The Emperor's Old Bones - (1999) - short story by Gemma Files
• The Entertainment - (1999) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• Harlequin Valentine - (1999) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Stunted House - (1999) - short story by Terry Lamsley
• Just Like Eddy - (1999) - short story by Kim Newman
• The Long Hall on the Top Floor - (1999) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Lulu - (1999) - novelette by Thomas Tessier
• The Ballyhooly Boy - (1999) - novelette by Graham Masterton
• Welcome - (1999) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• Burden - (1999) - short story by Michael Marano
• Naming the Dead - (1999) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• Aftershock - (1999) - novelette by F. Paul Wilson
• A Fish Story - (1999) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Jimmy - (1999) - novella by David Case
• White - (1999) - novella by Tim Lebbon
• Pork Pie Hat - (1994) - novella by Peter Straub
• Tricks & Treats: One Night on Halloween Street - (1999) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Necrology: 1999 - (2000) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (2000) - essay by Stephen Jones

The acclaimed collection of contemporary horror fiction, this year's Best New Horror again showcases the talents of the finest writers working the field of terror. Sifting through the year in horror, award-winning editor Stephen Jones has chosen the year's best stories by the old masters and new voices alike. The latest volume of the Best New Horror series features stories by Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Tim Lebbon, Kim Newman, and horror movie director Mick Garrick (adapter of the upcoming film of Stephen King's Desperation), among many writers. As a bonus, there is Jones's always-informative overview of the year in horror, making this a truly state-of-the-dark-art annual.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2000 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Castle in the Desert - (2000) - short story by Kim Newman
• The Keeper of the Rothenstein Tomb - (2000) - short story by Iain Sinclair
• Forever Gramma - (2000) - short story by Mick Garris
• At Home in the Pubs of Old London - (2000) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) - (2000) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Bone Orchards - (2000) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• No Strings - (2000) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• The Grotto - (2000) - short story by Kathryn Ptacek
• Merry Roderick - (2000) - short story by Geoffrey Warburton
• Climbing Down from Heaven - (2000) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Empty Stations - (2000) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• Flesh of Leaves, Bones of Desire - (2000) - short story by Charlee Jacob
• The Repulsion - (2000) - short story by Tim Lebbon
• The Detailer - (2000) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Coming Home - (2000) - short story by Mark Morris
• The Hunger of the Leaves - (2000) - short story by Joel Lane
• Xenos Beach - (2000) - short story by Graham Joyce
• At Eventide - (2000) - short story by Kathe Koja
• Pareidolia - (2000) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• I Have a Special Plan for This World - (2000) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• The Handover - (2000) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Other Side of Midnight - (2000) - novella by Kim Newman
• Necrology: 2000 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Number 13 - lucky for horror fans! This award-winning anthology series has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Steve Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of the horror genre. Contributors to this volume include: Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, Conrad Williams. Also featuring the most comprehensive overview of the year, a fascinating necrology and a list of useful contacts, this is the one book that all lovers of the supernatural and psychological terror will want on their shelves.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2001 - (2002) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Mark of the Beast - (2001) - novelette by Chico Kidd
• Crocodile Lady - (2001) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• All for Sale - (2001) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• The Two Dicks - (2001) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• By Her Hand, She Draws You Down - (2001) - short story by Douglas Smith
• O' Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? - (2001) - short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• Got to Kill Them All - (2001) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• No More A-Roving - (2001) - short story by Lynda E. Rucker
• First, Catch Your Demon - (2001) - short story by Graham Joyce
• Pump Jack - (2001) - short story by Donald R. Burleson
• Outfangthief - (2001) - short story by Conrad Williams
• The Lost District - (2001) - short story by Joel Lane
• Simeon Dimsby's Workshop - (2001) - short story by Richard A. Lupoff
• Our Temporary Supervisor - (2001) - short story by Thomas Ligotti
• Whose Ghosts These Are - (2001) - short story by Charles L. Grant
• Shite-Hawks - (2001) - short story by Muriel Gray
• Off the Map - (2001) - short story by Michael Chislett
• Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water - (2001) - short story by Kelly Link
• City in Aspic - (2001) - short story by Conrad Williams
• Where All Things Perish - (2001) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Struwwelpeter - (2001) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• Cleopatra Brimstone - (2001) - novella by Elizabeth Hand
• Cats and Architecture - (2001) - short story by Chico Kidd
• Necrology: 2001 - (2002) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (2002) - essay by uncredited

The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2002 - (2003) - essay by Stephen Jones
• October in the Chair - (2002) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• Details - (2002) - short story by China Miéville
• The Wretched Thicket of Thorn - (2002) - novelette by Don Tumasonis
• The Absolute Last of the Ultra-Spooky, Super-Scary Hallowe'en Horror Nights - (2002) - short story by David J. Schow
• Standard Gauge - (2002) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• Little Dead Girl Singing - (2002) - short story by Stephen Gallagher
• Nesting Instincts - (2002) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• The Two Sams - (2002) - short story by Glen Hirshberg
• Hides - (2002) - novelette by Jay Russell
• The Unbeheld - (2002) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Ill Met By Daylight - (2002) - short story by Basil Copper
• Catskin - (2003) - short story by Kelly Link
• 20th Century Ghost - (2002) - short story by Joe Hill
• Egyptian Avenue - (2002) - short story by Kim Newman
• The Boy Behind the Gate - (2002) - short story by James Van Pelt
• Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea - [Dandridge Cycle] - (2002) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Coventry Boy - (2002) - novelette by Graham Joyce
• The Prospect Cards - (2002) - novelette by Don Tumasonis
• The Cage - (2002) - novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
• Dr. Pretorius and the Lost Temple - (2002) - novella by Paul J. McAuley
• Useful Addresses - (2003) - essay by Stephen Jones

This edition of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror comes with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, earning acclamations from the likes of Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hair-raising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror's classic tradition. Like all of the other volumes in this series, award-winning editor Stephen Jones once again brings us the best new horror, revisiting momentous events and chilling achievements on the dark side of fantasy in 2004.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2003 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Fear the Dead - (2002) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• The Hanged Man of Oz - (2003) - short story by Steve Nagy
• Mara - (2003) - short story by Michael Chislett
• Cell Call - (2003) - short story by Marc Laidlaw
• In the Tunnels - (2003) - short story by Pauline E. Dungate
• Hunger: A Confession - (2003) - short story by Dale Bailey
• Seven Feet - (2004) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• The Centipede - (2003) - short story by Susan Davis
• The Goat Cutter - (2003) - short story by Jay Lake
• Maybe Next Time - (2003) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler - (2002) - short story by John Farris
• Hunter Lake - (2003) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe - (2003) - short story by Scott Emerson Bull
• The Bereavement Photographer - (2003) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Kissing Carrion - (2003) - short story by Gemma Files
• The White Hands - (2003) - short story by Mark Samuels
• Waycross - (2003) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Lucy, In Her Splendor - (2003) - short story by Charles Coleman Finlay
• Dead Boy Found - (2003) - short story by Christopher Barzak
• The Haunting - (2003) - short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• Dancing Men - (2003) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• Bitter Grounds - (2003) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Child of the Stones - (2003) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• The Silence of the Falling Stars - (2003) - novelette by Mike O'Driscoll
• Exorcizing Angels - (2003) - novella by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon
• Necrology: 2003 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - essay by Stephen Jones

This is the latest edition of the world's foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of horror fiction-including Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Paul McAuley, Glen Hirshberg, Ramsey Campbell and Tanith Lee.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 also contains the most comprehensive overview of horror around the world during the year, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2004 - (2005) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire - (2004) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Lilies - (2004) - short story by Iain Rowan
• Breaking Up - (2004) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• "The King", in: Yellow - (2004) - short story by Brian Keene
• A Trick of the Dark - (2004) - short story by Tina Rath
• The Mutable Borders of Love - (2004) - short story by Leslie What
• Flour White and Spindle Thin - (2004) - short story by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims
• Tighter - (2004) - short story by Christa Faust
• Restraint - (2004) - short story by Stephen Gallagher
• Israbel - (2004) - short story by Tanith Lee
• The Growlimb - (2004) - novelette by Michael Shea
• This Is Now - (2004) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Remnants - (2004) - novella by Tim Lebbon
• Safety Clowns - (2004) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• The Devil of Delery Street - (2004) - short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• Apocalypse Now, Voyager - (2004) - novella by Jay Russell
• Stone Animals - (2004) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Soho Golem - (2004) - novella by Kim Newman
• Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic - (2004) - short story by Dale Bailey
• My Death - (2004) - novella by Lisa Tuttle
• The Problem of Susan - (2004) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• Necrology - (2005) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (2005) - essay by Stephen Jones

Here is the latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. This collection features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre - including such writers as Neil Gaiman, Glen Hirshberg, tanith Lee, ramsey Campbell and Charles Coleman Finlay. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror also features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses, and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2005 - essay by Stephen Jones
• The Decorations - (2005) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Black and Green and Gold - (2005) - novelette by David Herter
• I Live with You and You Don't Know It - (2005) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Cubist's Attorney - (2005) - shortstory by Peter Atkins
• All Fish and Dracula - (2005) - shortstory by Liz Williams
• The Ball Room - (2005) - shortstory by China Miéville and Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer
• Gulls - (2005) - shortstory by Tim Pratt
• Pinkie - (2005) - shortstory by Elizabeth Massie
• Glyphotech - (2005) - novelette by Mark Samuels
• One of the Hungry Ones - (2005) - novelette by Holly Phillips
• If I Should Wake Before I Die - (2005) - shortstory by Brian Hodge
• The Other Family - (2005) - shortstory by Roberta Lannes
• The Outermost Borough - (2005) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• American Morons - (2005) - shortstory by Glen Hirshberg
• Where Angels Come In - (2005) - shortstory by Adam Nevill
• Sickhouse Hospitality - (2005) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Best New Horror - (2005) - shortstory by Joe Hill
• La Peau Verte - (2005) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Time Was - (2005) - novelette by David Morrell
• Haeckel's Tale - (2005) - shortstory by Clive Barker
• The Taint - (2005) - novella by Brian Lumley
• The Winner - (2005) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Necrology: 2005 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

The year's darkest tales of terror.

Here is the latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. It features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre - including Neil Gaiman, Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Glen Hirshberg, Peter Atkins and Tanith Lee. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror also features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2006 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Summer - (2006) - shortstory by Al Sarrantonio
• Digging Deep - (2006) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• The Night Watch - (2006) - shortstory by John Gordon
• The Luxury of Harm - (2006) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• Sentinels - (2006) - shortstory by Mark Samuels
• The Saffron Gatherers - (2006) - shortstory by Elizabeth Hand
• What Nature Abhors - (2006) - novella by Mark Morris
• The Last Reel - (2006) - shortstory by Lynda E. Rucker
• The American Dead - (2006) - shortstory by Jay Lake
• Between the Cold Moon and the Earth - (2006) - shortstory by Peter Atkins
• Sob in the Silence - (2006) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Continuity Error - (2006) - novelette by Nicholas Royle
• Dr. Prida's Dream-Plagued Patient - (2006) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• The Ones We Leave Behind - (2006) - shortstory by Mark Chadbourn
• Mine - (2006) - shortstory by Joel Lane
• Obsequy - (2006) - novelette by David J. Schow
• Thrown - (2006) - shortstory by Don Tumasonis
• Houses Under the Sea - (2006) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• They - (2006) - shortstory by David Morrell
• The Clockwork Horror - (2006) - shortstory by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• Making Cabinets - (2006) - shortstory by Richard Christian Matheson
• Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) - (2006) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• Devil's Smile - (2006) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train - (2006) - novella by Kim Newman
• Necrology: 2006 - (2007) - essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Useful Addresses - essay by Stephen Jones

This collection features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations, an impressively researched necrology, and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated reader and budding writer alike. This is the very best of new short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre. Contributors include such names as Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Brian Keene, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Elizabeth Massie, Glen Hirshberg, Peter Atkins, and Tanith Lee. This is required reading for any fan of ghoulish fiction.

Table of Contents:

• The Things He Said - (2007) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Church on the Island - (2007) - short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• The Twilight Express - (2007) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• Peep - (2007) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• From Around Here - (2007) - novelette by Tim Pratt
• Pumpkin Night - short fiction by Gary McMahon
• The Other Village - (2007) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• 13 O'Clock - (2007) - short story by Mike O'Driscoll
• Still Water - (2007) - short story by Joel Lane
• Thumbprint - (2007) - novelette by Joe Hill
• Lancashire - (2007) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• The Admiral's House - (2007) - short story by Marc Lecard
• Man, You Gotta See This! - (2007) - short story by Tony Richards
• The Fisherman - (2007) - novella by David Sutton
• The Children of Monte Rosa - (2007) - short story by Reggie Oliver
• The Witch's Headstone - (2007) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Calico Black, Calico Blue - (2007) - short story by Joel Knight
• This Rich Evil Sound - (2007) - short story by Steven Erikson
• Miss Ill-Kept Runt - (2007) - short story by Glen Hirshberg
• Deadman's Road - (2007) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• A Gentleman from Mexico - (2007) - short story by Mark Samuels
• Loss - (2007) - novelette by Tom Piccirilli
• Behind the Clouds: In Front of the Sun - (2007) - short fiction by Christopher Harman
• The Ape's Wife - (2007) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Tight Wrappers - (2007) - short story by Conrad Williams
• Cold Snap - (2007) - short story by Kim Newman
• Necrology: 2007 - essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones

2009's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by contemporary masters of the macabre, including the likes of Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Brian Keene, Tanith Lee, Elizabeth Massie, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, and Gene Wolfe. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror also includes a comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; an impressively researched necrology; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and aspiring writer alike. It is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2008 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told - (1998) - novelette by Peter Crowther
• It Runs Beneath the Surface - (2008) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• These Things We Have Always Known - (2008) - short story by Lynda E. Rucker
• Feminine Endings - (2008) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• Through the Cracks - (2008) - short story by Gary McMahon
• Falling Off the World - (2008) - short story by Tim Lebbon
• The Old Traditions Are Best - (2008) - short story by Paul Finch
• The Long Way - (2008) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• The Pile - (2008) - short story by Michael Bishop
• Under Fog - (2008) - short story by Tanith Lee
• Arkangel - (2008) - novelette by Christopher Fowler
• The Camping Wainwrights - (2008) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• A Donkey at the Mysteries - (2008) - novelette by Reggie Oliver
• The Oram County Whoosit - (2008) - novelette by Steve Duffy
• The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - (2008) - short story by Stephen King
• One Man in the Sudan - (2008) - novelette by Sarah Pinborough
• "Destination Nihil" by Edmund Bertrand - (2008) - short story by Mark Samuels
• The Overseer - (2008) - novella by Albert E. Cowdrey
• The Beginnings of Sorrow - (2008) - novelette by Pinckney Benedict
• The Place of Waiting - (2008) - novella by Brian Lumley
• 2:00 pm: The Real Estate Agent Arrives - (2008) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Necrology: 2008 - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - essay by Stephen Jones

The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers.

As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2009 - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones
• The Woods - (2009) - shortstory by Michael Kelly
• Throttle - (2009) - novelette by Joe Hill and Stephen King
• Out and Back - (2009) - novelette by Barbara Roden
• Respects - (2009) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Cold to the Touch - (2009) - shortstory by Simon Strantzas
• The Game of Bear - (2009) - shortstory by M. R. James and Reggie Oliver
• Shem-el-Nessim: An Inspiration in Perfume - (2009) - shortstory by Chris Bell
• What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night - (2009) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Reunion - (2009) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Mami Wata - (2009) - shortstory by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• Venturi - (2009) - shortstory by Richard Christian Matheson
• Party Talk - (2009) - shortstory by John Gaskin
• Two Steps Along the Road - (2009) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• The Axholme Toll - (2009) - shortstory by Mark Valentine
• Granny's Grinning - (2009) - shortstory by Robert Shearman
• In the Garden - (2009) - shortstory by Rosalie Parker
• After the Ape - (2009) - novelette by Stephen Volk
• The Nonesuch - (2009) - novella by Brian Lumley
• Princess of the Night - (2009) - shortstory by Michael Kelly
• Necrology: 2009 - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones

The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers.

As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Introduction: Horror in 2010 - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones
• What Will Come After - (2010) - short fiction by Scott Edelman
• Substitutions - (2010) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• A Revelation of Cormorants - (2010) - short story by Mark Valentine
• Out Back - (2011) - short fiction by Garry Kilworth
• Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History - (2010) - short story by Albert E. Cowdrey
• Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls - (2010) - short story by Brian Hodge
• Fallen Boys - (2010) - short story by Mark Morris
• The Lemon in the Pool - (2010) - short fiction by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• The Pier - (2010) - short fiction by Thana Niveau
• Featherweight - (2010) - novelette by Robert Shearman
• Black Country - (2010) - short story by Joel Lane
• Lavender and Lychgates - (2010) - novelette by Angela Slatter
• Christmas with the Dead - (2010) - short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• We All Fall Down - (2010) - short story by Kirstyn McDermott
• Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside - (2010) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• Losenef Express - (2010) - short story by Mark Samuels
• Lesser Demons - (2010) - novelette by Norman Partridge
• Telling - (2010) - short fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem
• As Red as Red - (2010) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• With the Angels - (2010) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Autumn Chill - (2010) - poem by Richard L. Tierney
• City of the Dog - (2010) - novelette by John Langan
• When the Zombies Win - (2010) - short story by Karina Sumner-Smith
• Necrology: 2010 - (2010) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

This new anthology represents the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers. The award-winning series offers a chilling overview of this year in horror.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2011 - (2012) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Holding the Light - (2011) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Lantern Jack - (2011) - short story by Christopher Fowler
• Rag and Bone - (2011) - short story by Paul Kane
• Some Kind of Light Shines from Your Face - (2011) - short story by Gemma Files
• Midnight Flight - (2011) - short story by Joel Lane
• Trick of the Light - (2011) - short story by Tim Lebbon
• But None Shall Sing for Me - (2011) - short story by Gregory Nicoll
• About the Dark - (2011) - short story by Alison Littlewood
• The Photographer's Tale - (2011) - short story by Daniel Mills
• The Tower - (2011) - short story by Mark Samuels
• Dancing Like We're Dumb - (2011) - short story by Peter Atkins
• An Indelible Stain Upon the Sky - (2012) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• Hair - (2011) - short story by Joan Aiken
• Miri - (2011) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Corbeaux Bay - (2011) - short story by Geeta Roopnarine
• Sad, Dark Thing - (2011) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Smithers and the Ghosts of the Thar - (2011) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Quieta Non Movere - (2011) - short story by Reggie Oliver
• The Crawling Sky - (2009) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Wait - (2011) - novelette by Conrad Williams
• The Ocean Grand, North West Coast - (2011) - novelette by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• They That Have Wings - (2011) - novelette by Evangeline Walton
• White Roses, Bloody Silk - (2011) - short story by Thana Niveau
• The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer - (2011) - novelette by John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Passing Through Peacehaven - (2011) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
• Holiday Home - (2011) - short story by David Buchan
• Necrology: 2011 - (2012) - essay by Stephen Jones

For nearly twenty-five years The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. Comprising the most outstanding new short fiction by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers, this multiple award-winning series also offers an overview of the year in horror, a comprehensive necrology of recent obituaries, and an indispensable directory of contact details for dedicated horror fans and writers.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Horror In 2012 - (2013) - essay by Stephen Jones
• Witch Work - (2012) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• The Discord of Being - (2012) - shortfiction by Alison Littlewood
• Necrosis - (2012) - shortstory by Dale Bailey
• The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath - (2012) - shortfiction by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Cotswold Olimpicks - (2012) - shortfiction by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• Where the Summer Dwells - (2012) - shortstory by Lynda E. Rucker
• The Callers - (2012) - shortfiction by Ramsey Campbell
• The Curtain - (2012) - shortfiction by Thana Niveau
• The Fall of the King of Babylon - (2012) - shortfiction by Mark Valentine
• Nightside Eye - (2012) - shortfiction by Terry Dowling
• The Old and the New - (2012) - shortfiction by Helen Marshall
• Waiting at the Crossroads Motel - (2012) - shortfiction by Steve Rasnic Tem
• His Only Audience - (2012) - shortfiction by Glen Hirshberg
• Marionettes - (2012) - shortfiction by Claire Massey
• Between Four Yews - (2012) - novelette by Reggie Oliver
• Slick Black Bones and Soft Black Stars - (2012) - shortstory by Gemma Files
• The Other One - (2012) - shortstory by Evangeline Walton
• Slow Burn - (2012) - shortstory by Joel Lane
• Celebrity Frankenstein - (2012) - shortfiction by Stephen Volk
• Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon - (2012) - shortfiction by Robert Shearman
• October Dreams - (2012) - shortfiction by Michael Kelly
• The Eyes of Water - (2012) - shortfiction by Alison Littlewood
• Necrology: 2012 - (2013) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses (Best New Horror 24) - essay by Stephen Jones

For a quarter of a century, this multiple award-winning annual selection has showcased some of the very best, and most disturbing, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural. As always, this landmark volume features superior fiction from such masters of the genre and newcomers in contemporary horror as Michael Chislett; Thana Niveau; Reggie Oliver; Tanith Lee; Niel Gaiman; Robert Shearman; Simon Strantzas; Lavie Tidhar; Simon Kurt Unsworth and Halli Villegas. With an in-depth introduction covering the year in horror, a fascinating necrology and a unique contact directory, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading anthology dedicated solely to presenting the very best in modern horror.

Table of Contents

• Horror in 2013 - essay by Stephen Jones
• Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980 - short story by Kim Newman
• Click-Clack the Rattlebag - (2012) - short story by Neil Gaiman
• Dead End - (2013) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• Isaac's Room - (2013) - short story by Daniel Mills
• The Burning Circus - (2013) - short story by Angela Slatter
• Holes for Faces - (2013) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• By Night He Could Not See - short story by Joel Lane
• Come Into My Parlour - (2013) - short story by Reggie Oliver
• The Middle Park - (2013) - short story by Michael Chislett
• Into the Water - (2013) - short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• The Burned House - (2013) - short story by Lynda E. Rucker
• What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Z---- - (2013) - short story by Lavie Tidhar
• Fishfly Season - (2013) - short story by Halli Villegas
• Doll Re Mi - (2013) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• A Night's Work - short story by Clive Barker
• The Sixteenth Step - (2013) - short story by Robert Shearman
• Stemming the Tide - (2013) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• The Gist - (2013) - short story by Michael Marshall Smith
• Guinea Pig Girl - (2013) - novelette by Thana Niveau
• Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 - novelette by Kim Newman
• Whitstable (excerpt) - novella by Stephen Volk
• Necrology (obituary) - essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2014
• Secondhand Magic - Helen Marshall
• The Culvert - Dale Bailey
• The Patter of Tiny Feet - Richard Gavin
• The Four Strengths of Shadow - Ron Weighill
• The Night Run - Simon Kurt Unsworth
• Home and Hearth - Angela Slatter
• Dust - Rebecca Lloyd
• Suffer Little Children - Robert Shearman
• The Night Doctor - Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Desecrator - Derek John
• The Walk - Dennis Etchison
• Dirt on Vicky - Clint Smith
• Skullpocket - Nathan Ballingrud
• Testimony of Samuel Frobisher Regarding Events Upon His Majesty's Ship Confidence, 14-22 June 1818, with Diagrams - Ian Tregillis
• At Lorn Hall - Ramsey Campbell
• Selfies - Lavie Tidhar
• Matilda of the Night - Stephen Volk
• The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero Introduction by Torless Magnussen, Ph.D. - Peter Straub
• Burnt Black Suns - Simon Strantzas
• Necrology: 2014 - Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

In this latest edition of THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find CUTTING-EDGE stories by such authors as Robert Aickman, Storm Constantine, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, John Langan, Helen Marshall And Steve Rasnic Tem, amongst many others, along with the usual OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR IN HORROR and NECROLOGY of those who have left us.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2015 - The Editor
• The Coffin House - Robert Aickman
• The Lake - Daniel Mills
• The Barnacle Daughter - Richard Gavin
• Exposure - Helen Marshall
• The Larder - Nicholas Royle
• The Seventh Wave - Lynda E. Rucker
• Underground Economy - John Langan
• The Drowning City - Loren Rhoads
• The Chapel of Infernal Devotion - Ron Weighell
• Alma Mater - Kate Farrell
• Hibakusha - L. P. Lee
• The Offing - Conrad Williams
• Marrowvale - Kurt Fawver
• Hairwork - Gemma Files
• Black Dog - Neil Gaiman
• In the Earth - Storm Constantine
• In the Lovecraft Museum - Steve Rasnic Tem
• Necrology: 2015 - Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

In this latest edition of THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find cutting-edge stories by such authors as Angela Slatter, Stephen Volk, Richard Christian Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Lisa Tuttle and Steve Rasnic Tem, amongst many others, along with the usual OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR IN HORROR and NECROLOGY of those who have left us.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 2016 - The Editor
• Pale Tree House - Angela Slatter
• The Light at the Centre - Maura McHugh
• En Plein Air - J.T. Glover
• India Blue - Glen Hirshberg
• Walking with the Cross - Peter Bell
• Bedtime Story - Richard Christian Matheson
• The Symphony of the Normal - Darren Speegle
• The Ballet of Dr. Caligari - Reggie Oliver
• Who is This Who is Coming? - Lynda E. Rucker
• The House That Moved Next Door - Stephen Volk
• Princess - Dennis Etchison
• A Home in the Sky - Lisa Tuttle
• On These Blackened Shores of Time - Brian Hodge
• The Enemy Within - Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Court of Midnight - Mark Samuels
• Far from Any Shore - Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Fig Garden - Mark Valentine
• White Feathers - Alison Littlewood
• Over to You - Michael Marshall Smith
• In the Dark, Quiet Places - Kristi DeMeester
• Mare's Nest - Richard Gavin
• The Red Forest - Angela Slatter
• Necrology: 2016 - Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

Contents:

• ix - Introduction: Science Fiction Finds Its Voice - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - The Shadow Out of Time - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1936) - novella by H. P. Lovecraft
• 62 - A Matter of Form - (1938) - novella by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
• 119 - Jane Brown's Body - (1938) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
• 188 - Who Goes There? - [Who Goes There?] - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 241 - Sidewise in Time - (1934) - novella by Murray Leinster
• 292 - Alas, All Thinking! - (1935) - novelette by Harry Bates
• 328 - Seeker of Tomorrow - (1937) - novella by Leslie J. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell (variant of Seeker of To-morrow) [as by L. T. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell]
• 367 - Dawn of Flame - [Margaret of Urbs] - (1936) - novella by Stanley G. Weinbaum
• 425 - Divide and Rule - (1939) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp
• 505 - Wolves of Darkness - (1932) - novella by Jack Williamson

Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: The Age of Campbell - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 7 - Time Wants a Skeleton - (1941) - novella by Ross Rocklynne
• 60 - The Weapons Shop - [Weapon Shops of Isher] - (1946) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt (variant of The Weapon Shop 1942)
• 97 - Nerves - (1942) - novella by Lester del Rey
• 167 - Daymare - (1943) - novelette by Fredric Brown
• 205 - Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 269 - No Woman Born - (1944) - novella by C. L. Moore
• 313 - The Big and the Little - [Foundation (Original Stories) - 3] - (1944) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 369 - Giant Killer - (1945) - novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
• 414 - E for Effort - (1947) - novelette by T. L. Sherred
• 462 - With Folded Hands... - [Humanoids] - (1947) - novelette by Jack Williamson

Contents:

• [7] - The Age of the Troika - (1990) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - Flight to Forever - (1950) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 48 - The Martian Way - (1952) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 91 - Second Game - [Kalin Trobt] - (1958) - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
• 130 - Dark Benediction - (1951) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 180 - The Midas Plague - (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• 231 - The Oceans Are Wide - (1954) - novella by Frank M. Robinson
• 296 - ... And Then There Were None - (1951) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
• 361 - Baby Is Three - (1952) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 414 - Firewater - (1952) - novella by William Tenn
• 464 - The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer

Contents:

• 1 - The Eve of RUMOKO - [Nemo] - (1969) - novella by Roger Zelazny
• 51 - The Night of the Trolls - [Bolo] - (1963) - novella by Keith Laumer
• 97 - Mercenary - [Joe Mauser] - (1962) - novella by Mack Reynolds
• 148 - Soldier, Ask Not - [Childe Cycle] - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• 201 - Weyr Search - [Dragonriders of Pern short fiction] - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• 251 - Code Three - [Code Three] - (1963) - novella by Rick Raphael
• 301 - How It Was When the Past Went Away - (1969) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 356 - The Highest Treason - (1961) - novella by Randall Garrett
• 409 - Hawk Among the Sparrows - (1968) - novella by Dean McLaughlin
• 454 - The Suicide Express - [Riverworld] - (1966) - novella by Philip José Farmer

Contents:

• 1 - Born with the Dead - [Born with the Dead - 1] - (1974) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 65 - The Moon Goddess and the Son - (1979) - novella by Donald Kingsbury
• 118 - Tin Soldier - (1974) - novella by Joan D. Vinge
• 161 - In the Problem Pit - (1973) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• 213 - Riding the Torch - (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
• 276 - Mouthpiece - (1974) - novella by Edward Wellen
• 343 - ARM - [Gil Hamilton] - (1975) - novella by Larry Niven
• 398 - The Persistence of Vision - (1978) - novella by John Varley
• 443 - The Queen of Air and Darkness - [The Queen of Air and Darkness] - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 486 - The Monster and the Maiden - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson

Contents:

• 1 - Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 47 - Le Croix (The Cross) - (1980) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
• 90 - Scorched Supper on New Niger - (1980) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 126 - The Saturn Game - [Technic History] - (1981) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 179 - Hardfought - (1983) - novella by Greg Bear
• 244 - Swarmer, Skimmer - (1981) - novella by Gregory Benford
• 316 - Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 377 - Trinity - (1984) - novella by Nancy Kress
• 426 - The Blind Geometer - (1986) - novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 476 - Surfacing - (1988) - novella by Walter Jon Williams

The art of writing great science fiction is that it challenges the imagination, pushing it to extreme limits and in this anthology, selecting some of the best modern science fiction from the last fifty years, twenty leading authors of the genre ask the question 'What if...?' and then give their own very personal views of the changes and surprises which may befall humanity in the centuries to come. In Ulla, Ulla Eric Brown recounts the first manned Martian expedition and discovers that H. G. Wells may have been right after all. In The Infinite Assassin Greg Egan polices the dimensions, seeking those who are taking over their alternate selves. Geoffrey A. Landis takes us into the depths of a black hole in Approaching Perimelasma. Is the ultimate Utopia heaven or hell? Robert Sheckley finds out in the classic A Ticket to Tranai. These and other stories by James White, Eric Frank Russell, Robert Reed, H. Beam Piper and H. Chandler Elliot make this one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking science fiction anthologies in lightyears.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Next Step - essay by Mike Ashley
• Ulla, Ulla - (2002) - short story by Eric Brown
• Deathday - (1991) - novelette by Peter F. Hamilton
• The Infinite Assassin - (1991) - short story by Greg Egan
• Anachron - (1954) - short story by Damon Knight
• Firewatch - (1982) - novelette by Connie Willis
• At the 'Me' Shop - (1995) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Vinland the Dream - (1991) - short story by Kim Stanley Robinson
• A Ticket to Tranai - (1955) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
• The Exit Door Leads In - (1979) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
• Finis - (1906) - short story by Frank Lillie Pollock
• The Last Days of Earth: Being the Story of the Launching of the "Red Sphere" - (1901) - short story by Geo. C. Wallis
• Approaching Perimelasma - (1998) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
• The Pen and the Dark - (1966) - novelette by Colin Kapp
• Inanimate Objection - (1954) - novelette by H. Chandler Elliott
• The Very Pulse of the Machine - (1998) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• High Eight - (1965) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• Shards - (1962) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Except My Life³ - (1991) - novelette by John Morressy
• Into Your Tent I'll Creep - (1957) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
• A Death in the House - (1959) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• Refugium - short story by Stephen Baxter

Twenty-three spellbinding tales of sorcery, wizardry and witchcraft, of the ceaseless battle between good and evil.

From dark lords and epic clashes between the forces of good and evil to a child's struggle to control magical powers for the first time this wonderfully varied collection comprises stories by the most outstanding writers of fantasy: A. C. Benson, James Bibby, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Louise Cooper, Ralph Adams Cram, Peter Crowther, Esther M. Friesner, Tom Holt, Doug Hornig, Diana Wynne Jones, Michael Kurland, Tim Lebbon, Ursula K. Le Guin, Richard A. Lupoff, Michael Moorcock, John Morressy, Tim Pratt, David Sandner, Lawrence Schimel and Mike Resnick, Darrell Schweitzer, Clark Ashton Smith, Steve Rasnic Tem and Robert Weinberg.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword: Spellbound - essay by Mike Ashley
• Ten Things I Know About the Wizard - (1983) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Villaggio Sogno - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• The Game of Magical Death - (1987) - short story by Doug Hornig
• The Infestation - short story by Tom Holt
• The Witch's Bicycle - (2002) - novelette by Tim Pratt
• The Sage of Theare - juvenile - (1982) - novelette by Diana Wynne Jones
• Timekeeper - (1990) - novelette by John Morressy
• The Double Shadow - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Rite Stuff - novelette by Michael Kurland
• Master of Chaos - (1964) - short story by Michael Moorcock
• Seven Drops of Blood - (1992) - short story by Robert Weinberg
• To Become a Sorcerer - (1991) - novelette by Darrell Schweitzer
• No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince - (1895) - short story by Ralph Adams Cram
• The Bones of the Earth - (2001) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Closed Window - (1903) - short story by A. C. Benson
• Disillusioned - (1995) - short story by Mike Resnick and Lawrence Schimel
• In the Realm of Dragons - (1998) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• Forever - novelette by Tim Lebbon
• The Wizard of Ashes and Rain - (2001) - short story by David Sandner
• The Walker Behind - (1987) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Last Witch - short story by James Bibby
• Last Rites (excerpt from Star Ascendant) - (1994) - short fiction by Louise Cooper
• The Eternal Altercation - novelette by Peter Crowther

Jules Verne, one of the founding fathers of science fiction, was the author of such thrilling and perennial favorites as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, as well as more than sixty other novels of adventure and exploration. One hundred years after his death, this magnificent new collection celebrates Verne's amazing vision. A host of today's top science fiction authors pay homage to Verne's genius with a series of stories inspired by his groundbreaking imagination and original characters.

In this anthology are extraordinary voyages of discovery and adventure from the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Following the tradition of Verne's original tales, Ian Watson tells of a journey deep into the center of the Earth, where Verne himself does battle with occultist Nazis, and Adam Roberts takes us to latter-day California, where a descendant of Verne's character Hector Servadac is preparing for the end of the world as we know it. These and many more compelling adventures add up to an anthology that will introduce a new generation to the wonder of Jules Verne and delight readers already familiar with the master.

Contents:

• Introduction: Return to the Centre of the Earth - (2005) - essay by Mike Ashley
• A Drama on the Railway - (2005) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Jehan Thun's Quest - (2005) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Six Weeks in a Balloon - (2005) - shortstory by Eric Brown
• Londre au XXIe Siècle - (2005) - shortstory by James Lovegrove
• Giant Dwarfs - (2005) - novelette by Ian Watson
• Cliff Rhodes and the Most Important Journey: A Land at the End of the Working Day Story - (2005) - novella by Peter Crowther
• The True Story of Barbicane's Voyage - (2005) - novelette by Laurent Genefort (trans. of Le véritable voyage de Barbicane 1999)
• Columbiad - (1996) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Tableaux - (2005) - novelette by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• The Secret of the Nautilus - (2005) - novelette by Michael Mallory
• Doctor Bull's Intervention - (2005) - novelette by Keith Brooke
• The Very First Affair - (2005) - novelette by Johan Heliot
• Eighty Letters, Plus One - (2005) - shortstory by Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt
• The Adventurers' League - novelette by Justina Robson
• Hector Servadac, fils - (2005) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• The Mysterious Iowans - (2005) - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• Old Light - (2005) - shortstory by Tim Lebbon
• The Selene Gardening Society - (2005) - shortstory by Molly Brown
• A Matter of Mathematics - (2005) - novelette by Tony Ballantyne
• The Secret of the Sahara - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• The Golden Quest - (2005) - shortstory by Sharan Newman
• The True Story of Wilhelm Storitz - (2005) - shortstory by Michel Pagel
• The Shoal - (2005) - shortstory by Liz Williams

Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries.

Table of Contents:

• Extreme Science Fiction - essay by Mike Ashley
• Anomalies - (2001) - short story by Gregory Benford
• ... And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon - (2003) - short story by Paul Di Filippo
• Crucifixion Variations - (1998) - novelette by Lawrence Person
• The Pacific Mystery - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Flowers from Alice - (2003) - short story by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
• Merlin's Gun - (2000) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• Death in the Promised Land - (1995) - novella by Pat Cadigan
• The Long Chase - (2002) - short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Waterworld - (1994) - novelette by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. and Jerry Oltion
• Hoop-of-Benzene - novelette by Robert Reed
• The New Humans - (1909) - novelette by B. Vallance
• The Creator - (1935) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• The Girl Had Guts - (1957) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Region Between - (1970) - novella by Harlan Ellison
• The Days of Solomon Gursky - (1998) - novella by Ian McDonald
• Wang's Carpets - (1995) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Undone - (2001) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Judgment Engine - (1995) - novelette by Greg Bear
• Stuffing - short story by Jerry Oltion

Here is the future of fantasy--25 short stories from top contemporary writers. This collection embraces all the newest forms of fantasy in vogue, from urban fantasy and extreme dystopian fiction, to alternate history and entire new fantasy worlds.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Beyond the Impossible - essay by Mike Ashley
• 5 - Senator Bilbo - short story by Andy Duncan
• 23 - Sandmagic - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 43 - Dream a Little Dream for Me ... - novelette by Peter Crowther
• 71 - Lost Wax - short story by Leah Bobet
• 81 - Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• 107 - I Am Bonaro - short story by John Niendorff
• 113 - The Old House Under the Snow - novelette by Rhys Hughes
• 149 - Banquet of the Lords of Night - short story by Liz Williams
• 161 - Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely - short story by David D. Levine
• 171 - Master Lao and the Flying Horror - novelette by Lawrence Person
• 205 - Using It and Losing It - short story by Jonathan Lethem
• 215 - The All-At-Once Man - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 237 - Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani - short story by William Hope Hodgson
• 257 - Boatman's Holiday - short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 275 - The Detweiler Boy - novelette by Tom Reamy
• 317 - The Fence at the End of the World - short story by Melissa Mia Hall
• 325 - Elric at the End of Time - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 373 - Cup and Table - short story by Tim Pratt
• 391 - I, Haruspex - novelette by Christopher Priest
• 435 - Radio Waves - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 461 - Tower of Babylon - novelette by Ted Chiang
• 491 - Jack Neck and the Worry Bird - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• 513 - The Dark One - novelette by A. A. Attanasio
• 541 - A Ring of Green Fire - short story by Sean McMullen

Many readers are attracted to science fiction for that singular moment when a story expands your imagination, enabling you to see something in a new light. Not all SF works this way! This volume collects the very best of it that does, with 25 of the finest examples of mind-expanding and awe-inspiring science fiction.

The storylines range from a discovery on the Moon that opens up vistas across all time to a moment in which distances across the Earth suddenly increase and people vanish. These are tales to take you from the other side of now to the very end of time - from today''s top-name contributors including Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford and Robert Reed.

Table of Contents:

• vii - Acknowledgments (The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF) - (2009) - essay by uncredited
• ix - Introduction: That Sense of Wonder - (2009) - essay by Mike Ashley
• 1 - Out of the Sun - (1958) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 9 - The Pevatron Rats - (2009) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• 30 - The Edge of the Map - [Susanna and Ivo] - (2006) - short story by Ian Creasey
• 47 - Cascade Point - (1983) - novella by Timothy Zahn
• 105 - A Dance to Strange Musics - (1998) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• 131 - Palindromic - (1997) - short story by Peter Crowther
• 156 - Castle in the Sky - (2009) - novelette by Robert Reed
• 191 - The Hole in the Hole - [Wilson Wu and Irving - 1] - (1994) - novelette by Terry Bisson
• 224 - Hotrider - (1991) - short story by Keith Brooke
• 237 - Mother Grasshopper - (1997) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• 255 - Waves and Smart Magma - (2009) - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• 282 - The Black Hole Passes - [Eight Worlds] - (1975) - novelette by John Varley
• 309 - The Peacock King - (1965) - short story by Larry McCombs and Ted White
• 325 - Bridge - [Cities in Flight] - (1952) - novelette by James Blish
• 355 - Anhedonia - (2009) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• 380 - Tiger Burning - (2006) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds (variant of Tiger, Burning)
• 407 - The Width of the World - (1983) - short story by Ian Watson
• 421 - Our Lady of the Sauropods - (1980) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• 438 - Into the Miranda Rift - (1993) - novella by G. David Nordley
• 504 - The Rest Is Speculation - (2009) - short story by Eric Brown
• 524 - Vacuum States - (1988) - short story by Geoffrey A. Landis

Contents:

• The End of All Things - (2010) - essay by Mike Ashley
• When We Went to See the End of the World - (1972) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• The End of the World - (2002) - shortstory by Sushma Joshi
• The Clockwork Atom Bomb - (2005) - shortstory by Dominic Green
• Bloodletting - (1994) - shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
• When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth - (2006) - novelette by Cory Doctorow
• The Rain at the End of the World - (1999) - shortstory by Dale Bailey
• The Flood - (1998) - shortstory by Linda Nagata
• The End of the World Show - (2006) - shortstory by David Barnett
• Fermi and Frost - (1985) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
• Sleepover - (2010) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• The Last Sunset - (1996) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Moments of Inertia - (2004) - novelette by William Barton
• The Books - shortstory by Kage Baker
• Pallbearer - (2010) - novella by Robert Reed
• And the Deep Blue Sea - (2005) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
• The Meek - (2004) - shortstory by Damien Broderick
• The Man Who Walked Home - (1972) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• A Pail of Air - (1951) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• Guardians of the Phoenix - (2010) - novelette by Eric Brown
• Life in the Anthropocene - (2010) - shortstory by Paul Di Filippo
• Terraforming Terra - (1998) - novelette by Jack Williamson
• World Without End - (2010) - shortstory by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• The Children of Time - (2005) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• The Star Called Wormwood - (2004) - shortstory by Elizabeth Counihan

This thought-provoking collection not only takes us into the past and the future, but also explores what might happen if we attempt to manipulate time to our own advantage.

These stories show what happen once you start to meddle with time and the paradoxes that might arise. It also raises questions about whether we understand time, and how we perceive it. Once we move outside the present day, can we ever return or do we move into an alternate world? What happens if our meddling with Nature leads to time flowing backwards, or slowing down or stopping all together? Or if we get trapped in a constant loop from which we can never escape. Is the past and future immutable or will we ever be able to escape the inevitable?

These are just some of the questions that are raised in these challenging, exciting and sometimes amusing stories by Kage Baker, Simon Clark, Fritz Leiber, Paul Levinson, Christopher Priest, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, John Varley and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Time After Time - essay by Mike Ashley
• Caveat Time Traveler - (2009) - short story by Gregory Benford
• Century to Starboard - (2004) - short story by Liz Williams
• Walk to the Full Moon - (2002) - novella by Sean McMullen
• The Truth About Weena - (1998) - novelette by David J. Lake
• The Wind Over the World - (1996) - novelette by Steven Utley
• Scream Quietly - (2005) - short story by Sheila Crosby
• Darwin's Suitcase - (2007) - short fiction by Elisabeth Malartre
• Try and Change the Past - (1958) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Needle in a Timestack - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Dear Tomorrow - short fiction by Simon Clark
• Time Gypsy - (1998) - novelette by Ellen Klages
• The Catch - (2004) - novelette by Kage Baker
• Real Time - (1989) - short fiction by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• The Chronology Protection Case - (1995) - novelette by Paul Levinson
• Women on the Brink of a Cataclysm - (1994) - novelette by Molly Brown
• Legions in Time - (2003) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Coming Back - (1982) - short story by Damien Broderick
• The Very Slow Time Machine - (1978) - novelette by Ian Watson
• After-Images - (1983) - short story by Malcolm Edwards
• "In the Beginning, Nothings Lasts ..." - (2007) - short fiction by Mike Strahan
• Traveller's Rest - (1965) - short story by David I. Masson
• Twember - (2012) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Pusher - (1981) - short story by John Varley
• Palely Loitering - (1979) - novelette by Christopher Priest
• Red Letter Day - (2010) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died, and rests among the archivists and storytellers of the storied abbey. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest.

Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass--and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal mammoths, demanding their grandfather's body for burial. Chih must somehow balance honoring their mentor's chosen life while keeping the sisters from the north from storming the gates and destroying the history the clerics have worked so hard to preserve.

But as Chih and their neixin Almost Brilliant navigate the looming crisis, Myriad Virtues, Cleric Thien's own beloved hoopoe companion, grieves her loss as only a being with perfect memory can, and her sorrow may be more powerful than anyone could anticipate...