Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (Paperback)

For nearly two decades, readers have turned to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant continue this critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen works ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magic realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and sections on graphic novels, 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.Isabel Allende
Laird Barron
Elizabeth Bear
Andrew Bonia
Chaz Brenchley
Tom Brennan
Jack Cady
Jennifer Chang
Robert Coover
Albert E. Cowdrey
Kelly Everding
Jeffrey Ford
Theodora Goss
Elizabeth Hand
Joe Hill
Glen Hirshberg
Pentti Holappa
Dave Hutchinson
China Mieville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schafer
Sarah Monette
Ralph Robert Moore
Adam L.G. Nevill
Kim Newman
Reggie Oliver
Chuck Palahniuk
Stacey Richter
Barbara Roden
Deborah Roggie
Jay Russell
Geoff Ryman
Mark Samuels
Willa Schneberg
Nisi Shawl
Delia Sherman
Bruce Sterling
Howard Waldrop
Daniel Wallace
Marley Youmans