The best horror of the year
Subtitle: volume 6
By: edited by Ellen Datlow
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781597805032
Description: "This statement was true when H. P. Lovecraft first wrote it at the beginning of the twentieth century, and it remains true at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The only thing that has changed is what is unknown. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this "light" creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow, chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness, as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers. The best horror writers of today do the same thing that horror writers of a hundred years ago did. They tell good stories-stories that scare us. And when these writers tell really good stories that really scare us, Ellen Datlow notices. She's been noticing for more than a quarter century. For twenty-one years, she coedited The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and for the last six years, she's edited this series. In addition to this monumental cataloging of the best, she has edited hundreds of other horror anthologies and won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards. More than any other editor or critic, Ellen Datlow has charted the shadowy abyss of horror fiction. Join her on this journey into the dark parts of the human heart. either for the first time. or once again. "--
Table of contents: title: Summation: 2013  -- Ellen Datlow; title: Apports  -- Stephen Bacon; title: Mr. Splitfoot  -- Dale Bailey; title: The good husband  -- Nathan Ballingrud; title: The tiger  -- Nina Allan; title: The house on Cobb Street  -- Linda E. Rucker; title: The soul in the bell jar  -- KJ Kabza; title: Call out  -- Steve Toase; title: That tiny flutter of the heart I used to call love  -- Robert Shearman; title: Bones of crow  -- Ray Cluley; title: Introduction to the body in fairy tales  -- Jeannine Hall Gailey; title: The tin house  -- Simon Clark; title: The fox  -- Conrad Williams; title: Stemming the tide; title: Simon Strantzas --; title: The anatomist's mnemonic  -- Priya Sharma; title: The monster makers  -- Steve Rasnic Tem; title: The only ending we have  -- Kim Newman; title: The dog's paw  -- Derek Künsken; title: Fine in the fire  -- Lee Thomas; title: Majorlena  -- Jane Jakeman; title: The withering  -- Tim Casson; title: Down to a sunless sea  -- Neil Gaiman; title: Jaws of Saturn  -- Laird Barron; title: Halfway home  -- Linda Nagata; title: The same deep waters as you -- Brian Hodge.