For more than a decade, readers have turned to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by M. T. Anderson, Laird Barron, Simon Bestwick, Simon Brown, Stepan Chapman, Douglas Clegg, D. Ellis Dickerson, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jean Esteve, John Farris, Melanie Fazi, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Stephen Gallagher, Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Hand, Alice Hoffman, Shelley Jackson, John Kessel, Margo Lanagan, Tanith Lee, Bentley Little, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Gregory Maguire, China Mieville, Richard Mueller, Joyce Carol Oates, Frances Oliver, Chuck Palahniuk, Tina Rath, Philip Raines and Harvey Welles, M. Rickert, Anna Ross, Alison Smith, R.T. Smith, Peter Straub, Lucy Sussex, Catherynne M. Valente, Greg Van Eekhout, and Conrad Williams. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and sections on comics, by Charles Vess, on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, on media, by Ed Bryant, and on music, by Charles de Lint. With a long list of Honorable Mentions, this is an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.
Industry Reviews
Praise for "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror"
Seventeenth Annual Collection
"Datlow (the horror half) teams with new coeditors (who assume the fantasy detail once handled by Terri Windling) and the series doesn't skip a beat in quality, delivering forty-three stories and poems published in 2003 that illustrate modern fantasy's breadth and variety...proof that the best fantastic fiction is modern mythmaking at its finest."
---"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Link and Grant's good taste in outre setups, stylistic and formal adventurousness, and ambiguity shows in these challenging selections."
"---Booklist" Praise for "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror"
Seventeenth Annual Collection
"Datlow (the horror half) teams with new coeditors (who assume the fantasy detail once handled by Terri Windling) and the series doesn't skip a beat in quality, delivering forty-three stories and poems published in 2003 that illustrate modern fantasy's breadth and variety...proof that the best fantastic fiction is modern mythmaking at its finest."
---"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Link and Grant's good taste in outre setups, stylistic and formal adventurousness, and ambiguity shows in these challenging selections."
"---Booklist" Praise for "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror"Seventeenth Annual Collection "Datlow (the horror half) teams with new coeditors (who assume the fantasy detail once handled by Terri Windling) and the series doesn't skip a beat in quality, delivering forty-three stories and poems published in 2003 that illustrate modern fantasy's breadth and variety...proof that the best fantastic fiction is modern mythmaking at its finest."
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