Hotel in Germany Exhalation #10 Deed without a name Lords of the matinee Cleaver, meat, and block Eight-thousanders Scold's bridle: a cruelty Come closer It doesn't feel right Mine seven Sicko Mouselode maze Heath Crawler Devil will be at my door Let your hinged jaw do the talking Scream queen We do like be bedside Contrition (1998) Tethered dogs Bloody rhapsody In the English rain Treat for your last day Trick of the light Two truths and a lie The whisper of stars
Contents:
The whisper of stars / Thana Niveau. Exhalation #10 / A.C. Wise -- A hotel in Germany / Catriona Ward -- A deed without a name / Jack Lothian -- Lords of the matinee / Stephen Graham Jones -- Cleaver, meat, and block / Maria Haskins -- The eight-thousanders / Jason Sanford -- Scold's bridle: a cruelty / Richard Gavin -- Come closer / Gemma Files -- It doesn't feel right / Michael Marshall Smith -- Mine seven / Elana Gomel -- Sicko / Stephen Volk -- Mouselode maze / Christopher Harman -- Heath Crawler / Sam Hicks -- The Devil will be at the door / David Surface -- Let your hinged jaw do the talking / Tom Johnstone -- Scream queen / Nathan Ballingrud -- We do like to be bedside / Pete W. Sutton -- Contrition (1998) / J. A. W. McCarthy -- Tethered dogs / Gary McMahon -- Bloody rhapsody / Allesandro Manzetti -- In the English rain / Steve Duffy -- A treat for your last day / Simon Bestwick -- Trick of the light / Andrew Humphrey -- Two truths and a lie / Sarah Pinkster -- The whisper of stars / Thana Niveau.
Summary:
"The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year's best offerings in horror short fiction. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Nathan Ballingrud, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, J.A. W. McCarthy, Steve Duffy, Sarah Pinkser, Simon Bestwick, and others. For more than four decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing. Night Shade Books is proud to present the thirteenth volume in this annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up at night."--page [4] of cover
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