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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17 (2006)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17 - 2006 Author:Stephen Jones (Editor) Here is the 17th 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... more » 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.
Contents, 23 stories:
-- The decorations / Ramsey Campbell;
-- Black and green and gold / David Herter;
-- I live with you and you don't know it / Carol Emshwiller;
-- The cubist's attorney / Peter Atkins;
-- All fish and Dracula / Liz Williams;
-- The ball room / China Miéville, Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer;
-- Gulls / Tim Pratt;
-- Pinkie / Elizabeth Massie;
-- Glyphotech / Mark Samuels;
-- One of the hungry ones / Holly Phillips;
-- If I should wake before I die / Brian Hodge;
-- The other family / Roberta Lannes;
-- The outermost borough / Gahan Wilson;
-- American morons / Glen Hirshberg;
-- Where angels come in / Adam L.G. Nevill;
-- Sickhouse hospitality / Terry Lamsley;
-- Best new horror / Joe Hill;
-- La Peau verte / Caitlín R. Kiernan;
-- Time was / David Morrell;
-- Haeckel's tale / Clive Barker;
-- The taint / Brain Lumley;
-- The winner / Ramsey Campbell;
-- Necrology : 2005 / Stephen Jones & Kim Newman.« less