The best horror of the year.
Datlow, Ellen.
San Francisco  : Night Shade Books,
c2009.
What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. The twenty-one stories and poems included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year.  Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume One.
Includes short biographical sketches on collected short stories' authors (p. 315-319).
Includes bibliographical references.
Cargo / E. Michael Lewis -- If angels fight / Richard Bowes -- The clay party / Steve Duffy -- Penguins of the apocalypse / William Browning -- Spencer Esmeralda / Glen Hirshberg -- The Hodag / Trent Hergenrader -- Very low-flying aircraft / Nicholas Royle -- When the gentlemen go / Margaret Ronald -- The Lagerstatte / Laird Barron -- Harry and the monkey / Euan Harvey -- Dress circle / Miranda Siemienowicz -- The rising river / Daniel Kaysen -- Sweeney among the straight razors / JoSelle Vanderhooft -- Loup-garou / R.B. Russell -- Girl in pieces / Graham Edwards -- It washed up / Joe R. Lansdale -- The thirteenth hell / Mike Allen -- The goosle / Margo Lanagan -- Beach head / Daniel LeMoal -- The man from the peak / Adam Golaski -- The narrows / Simon Bestwick.
What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. The twenty-one stories and poems included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year.  Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume One.
Horror tales, American.
Horror tales, English.
Horror tales, Australian.
Horror tales, Canadian.
Short stories, Thai.