| Description |
xv, 473 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows. This volume of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror offers more than four hundred pages of tales from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique?sure to delight as well as disturb!"--Amazon |
| Contents |
Introduction: Stranger days / Paula Guran -- Recognition / Victor LaValle -- Odette / Zen Cho -- Das Gesicht / Dale Bailey -- The sycamore and the sybil / Alix E. Harrow -- The stonemason / Danny Rhodes -- Desiccant / Craig Laurance Gidney -- Open house on Haunted Hill / John Wiswell -- The genetic alchemist's daughter / Elaine Cuyegkeng -- Swanskin / Alison Littlewood -- The Dead outside my door / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Lusca / Soleil Knowles -- To sail the Black / A.C. Wise -- Nobody lives here / H. Pueyo -- On safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with gun and camera / Elizabeth Bear -- The thickening / Brian Evenson -- The owl count / Elizabeth Hand -- Color, heat, and the wreck of the Argo / Catherynne M. Valente -- Ancestries / Sheree Renée Thomas -- The sound of the sea, too close / James Everington -- Drunk physics / Kelley Armstrong -- Call them children / Wenmimareba Klobah Collins -- Tea with the Earl of Twilight / Sonya Taaffe -- Wait for the night / Stephen Graham Jones -- Where the old neighbors go / Thomas Ha -- Dead bright star (July 1987) / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- And this is how to stay alive / Shingai Njeri Kagunda / Lacunae / V.H. Leslie -- The girlfriend's guide to the gods / Maria Dahvana Headley -- Monster / Naomi Kritzer -- Last night at the fair / M. Rickert -- Other recommendations from 2020 -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- About the editor. |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, English.
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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Horror tales, English.
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Horror tales, American.
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Fantasy fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst00920725
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Fantasy fiction, English. (OCoLC)fst00920756
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Horror tales, American. (OCoLC)fst00960399
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Horror tales, English. (OCoLC)fst00960411
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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Horror fiction.
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| Added Author |
Guran, Paula, editor.
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| Added Title |
Year's best dark fantasy and horror. Volume 2 |
| Note |
Also known as: Year's best dark fantasy and horror 2020 |
| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781645060338 |
| ISBN |
9781645060321 (pbk.) |
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1645060322 |
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9781645060338 (ePub ebook) |
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