The best horror of the year. Volume 2

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Title:

The best horror of the year. Volume 2

ISBN:

9781597801737

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco [Calif.] : Night Shade Books, c2010.

Physical Description:

308 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Lowland sea / Suzy McKee Charnas -- The end of everything / Steve Eller -- Mrs. Midnight / Reggie Oliver -- Each thing i show you is a piece of my death / Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer -- The nimble men / Glen Hirshberg -- What happens when you wake up in the night / Michael Marshall Smith -- Wendigo / Michaela Morrissette -- In the porches of my ears / Norman Prentiss -- Lonegan's Luck / Stephen Graham Jones -- The crevasse / Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud -- The lion's den / Steve Duffy -- Lotophagi / Edward Morris -- The gaze dogs of nine waterfall / Kaaron Warren -- Dead loss / Carole Johnstone -- Strappado / Laird Barron -- The lammas worm / Nina Allan -- Technicolor / John Langan.

Genre:

Short stories.

Horror fiction.

Added Author:

Datlow, Ellen

Summary:

"Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight-- and more-- missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discothèque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" ... The seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year"--Cover p. [4].

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Celebrities Take Refuge in a White-Walled Mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight-and more-missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discothèque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"...

Summary

Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"...

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. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories 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 Two.

Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Author Notes

Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for more than thirty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Sci Fiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. Datlow has also won lifetime achievement awards from three prominent genre organizations, and currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Prolific anthologist Datlow continues her fine showcase series (originally part of the long-running Year's Best Fantasy and Horror) with 17 scary stories published in 2009. Perhaps the creepiest is "each thing i show you is a piece of my death," in which Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer collect e-mail and other documents about a mysterious naked man who crashes the sets of movies and TV shows. Michael Marshall Smith's "What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night" is a classically creepy tale, and Stephen Graham Jones offers a twisted take on snake-oil salesmen in "Lonegan's Luck." There are a few underwhelming choices-notably Nina Allen's weak "The Lammas Worm"-and readers of Datlow's other anthologies will see many familiar names, but overall, this is a worthy addition to the series. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

With her keen eye for craftsmanship, prolific anthologist Datlow always delivers first-class entertainment, whether her genre-at-hand is sf, fantasy, or, in this case, horror. Apart from the prerequisite chills and occasional nods to commonplace genre motifs, the outstanding feature of her second annual horror best-of is an abundance of fresh, original plot scenarios. A film production crew holes up in an isolated mansion near Cannes when a biological epidemic sweeps across Europe, only to confront a more psychological pestilence within themselves. A killer discovers that the zombies roaming around following an apocalyptic outbreak have no appetite for him. A game show host preparing for a fund-raiser to save a derelict London theater stumbles on a lost and deadly clue to Jack the Ripper's real identity. A group of Antarctic explorers almost perishes in a yawning crevasse harboring unseen creatures. As usual, Datlow provides a thorough summation of the year's genre highlights and publishing trends and insightful introductory notes about each story's author.--Hays, Carl Copyright 2010 Booklist

Ellen DatlowSuzy McKee CharnasSteve EllerReggie OliverGemma Files and Stephen J. BarringerGlen HirshbergMichael Marshall SmithMichaela MorrissetteNorman PrentissStephen Graham JonesDale Bailey and Nathan BallingrudSteve DuffyEdward MorrisKaaron WarrenCarole JohnstoneLaird BarronNina AllanJohn Langan

Summation 2009	p. 1
Lowland Sea	p. 31
The End of Everything	p. 49
Mrs. Midnight	p. 59
each thing i show you is a piece of my death	p. 77
The Nimble Men	p. 103
What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night	p. 113
Wendigo	p. 119
In the Porches of My Ears	p. 133
Lonegan's Luck	p. 143
The Crevasse	p. 165
The Lion's Den	p. 179
Lotophagi	p. 201
The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall	p. 213
Dead Loss	p. 229
Strappado	p. 241
The Lammas Worm	p. 255
Technicolor	p. 281
Honorable Mentions	p. 305

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