From Ellen Datlow ("the venerable queen of horror anthologies" (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes 25thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the eleventh volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Stephen King, Linda Nagata, Laird Barron, Margo Lanagan, and many others. Now come the best of the last year:
I Remember Nothing -- Anne Billson
Monkeys on the Beach -- Ralph Robert Moore
Painted Wolves -- Ray Cluley
Shit Happens -- Michael Marshall Smith
You Know How the Story Goes -- Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Back Along the Old Track -- Sam Hicks
Masks -- Peter Sutton
The Donner Party -- Dale Bailey
Milkteeth -- Kristi DeMeester
Haak -- John Langan
Thin Cold Hands -- Gemma Files
A Tiny Mirror by Eloise -- C. C. Shepherd
I Love You Mary-Grace -- Amelia Mangan
The Jaws of Ouroboros -- Steve Toase
A Brief Moment of Rage -- Bill Davidson
Golden Sun -- Kristi DeMeester, Richard Thomas, Damien Angelica Walters, and Michael Wehunt
White Mare -- Thana Niveau
Girls Without Their Faces On -- Laird Barron
Thumbsucker -- Robert Shearman
You Are Released -- Joe Hill
Red Rain -- Adam-Troy Castro
Split Chain Stitch -- Steve Toase
No Exit -- Orrin Grey
Haunt - Siobhan Carroll
Sleep -- Carly Holmes
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 chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers.
