| Description |
xiii, 592 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"First published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of best new horror 25 by Robinson, 2014"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Best and grisliest short stories of today. For twenty-five years this series has been published in the United Kingdom as The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and now comes to the US to delight and terrify thriller enthusiasts. This has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. This newest volume offers outstanding new writing by masters of the genre, such as Joan Aiken, Peter Atkins, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Joe R. Lansdale, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Robert Silverberg, Michael Marshall Smith, Evangeline Walton, and many others! |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Horror in 2013 -- Who dares wins: Anno Dracula 1980 / Kim Newman -- Click-clack the rattlebag / Neil Gaiman -- Dead end / Nicholas Royle -- Isaac's room / Daniel Mills -- The Burning circus / Angela Slatter -- Holes for faces / Ramsey Campbell -- By night he could not see / Joel Lane -- Come into my parlour / Reggie Oliver -- The middle park / Michael Chislett -- Into the water / Simon Kurt Unsworth -- The burned house / Lynda E. Rucker -- What do we talk about when we talk about Z -- / Lavie Tidhar -- Fishfly season / Halli Villegas -- Doll re mi / Tanith Lee -- A night's work / Clive Barker -- The sixteenth step / Robert Shearman -- Stemming the tide / Simon Strantzas -- The gist / Michael Marshall Smith -- Guinea Pig Girl / Thana Niveau -- Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 / Kim Newman -- Whitstable / Stephen Volk -- Necrology: 2013 / Stephen Jones & / Kim Newman -- Useful addresses. |
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Horror tales.
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Horror tales (OCoLC)fst00960387
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Horror tales.
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Horror tales (OCoLC)fst01726645
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Horror fiction (OCoLC)fst01921684
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Short stories (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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Horror fiction.
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Horror fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Stephen, 1953- editor, author of introduction.
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Newman, Kim.
Who dares wins: Anno Dracula 1980.
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Gaiman, Neil.
Click-clack the rattlebag.
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Royle, Nicholas, 1963-
Dead end.
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Mills, Daniel (Horror fiction writer).
Isaac's room.
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Slatter, Angela.
Burning circus.
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Campbell, Ramsey, 1946-
Holes for faces.
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Lane, Joel, 1963-2013.
By night he could not see.
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Oliver, Reggie.
Come into my parlour.
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Chislett, Michael.
Middle park.
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Unsworth, Simon Kurt, 1972-
Into the water.
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Rucker, Lynda E. (Lynda Elizabeth).
Burned house.
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Tidhar, Lavie.
What do we talk about when we talk about Z--
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Villegas, Halli.
Fishfly season.
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Lee, Tanith.
Doll re mi.
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Barker, Clive, 1952-
Night's work.
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Shearman, Robert.
Sixteenth step.
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Strantzas, Simon.
Stemming the tide.
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Smith, Michael Marshall.
Gist.
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Niveau, Thana.
Guinea Pig Girl.
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Newman, Kim.
Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990.
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Volk, Stephen, 1954-
Whitstable.
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Jones, Stephen, 1953-
Necrology: 2013.
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| Added Title |
Best new horror. 25 |
| ISBN |
9781628738186 |
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1628738189 |
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