The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 15 Author:Stephen Jones (Editor) This edition of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror comes with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, earning acclamations from the likes of Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graha... more »m Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hair-raising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror's classic tradition. Like all of the other volumes in this series, award-winning editor Stephen Jones once again brings us the best new horror, revisiting momentous events and chilling achievements on the dark side of fantasy in 2004.
Contents, 25 stories:
-- Fear the dead / Ramsey Campbell;
-- The hanged man of Oz / Steve Nagy;
-- Mara / Michael Chislett;
-- Cell call / Marc Laidlaw;
-- In the tunnels / Pauline E. Dungate;
-- Hunger : a confession / Dale Bailey;
-- Seven feet / Christopher Fowler;
-- The centipede / Susan Davis;
-- The goat cutter / Jay Lake;
-- Maybe next time / Michael Marshall Smith;
-- Story time with the Bluefield strangler / John Farris;
-- Hunter Lake / Gene Wolfe;
-- Mr. Sly stops for a cup of joe / Scott Emerson Bull;
-- The bereavement photographer / Steve Rasnic Tem;
-- Kissing Carrion / Gemma Files;
-- The white hands / Mark Samuels;
-- Waycross / Caitlín R. Kiernan;
-- Lucy, in her splendor / Charles Coleman Finlay;
-- Dead boy found / Christopher Barzak;
-- The haunting / Joyce Carol Oates;
-- Dancing men / Glen Hirshberg;
-- Bitter grounds / Neil Gaiman;
-- Child of the stones / Paul McAuley;
-- The silence of the falling stars / Mike O'Driscoll;
-- Exorcizing angels / Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon.« less