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The Best New Horror: Volume Five ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell (Robinson, November 28, 1994, 1-85487-299-0, £6.99, 514pp, tp, an, cover by Luis Rey)     Massive collection of more than two dozen stories from 1993, a round-up of the year’s books, films and graphic work, and a Necrology of the talented people now lost to the genre. 1 · Introduction · Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell · in 26 · Later · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1993 34 · When the Red Storm Comes · Sarah Smith · ss Shudder Again ed. Michele Slung, Roc, 1993 47 · The Exhibit · Martin Plumbridge · ss Chills #7, Winter 1993 62 · Leavings · Kathe Koja · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 69 · Human Remains · Edward Bryant · ss Darker Passions by Edward Bryant, Roadkill Press, 1992 85 · Flying Into Naples · Nicholas Royle · ss Interzone #77, November 1993 100 · The Sixth Sentinel · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 116 · The Brothers · Rick Cadger · ss Sugar Sleep ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1993 129 · The Owen Street Monster · J. L. Comeau · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 136 · One Size Eats All · T. E. D. Klein · ss Outside Kids Summer 1993 142 · Mulligan’s Fence · Donald R. Burleson · ss Lemon Drops and Other Horrors by Donald R. Burleson, 1993 151 · How She Dances · Daniel Fox · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 162 · Passages · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Phobias ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket, 1994 172 · Easing the Spring · Sally Roberts Jones · ss Cold Cuts ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books, 1993 183 · Safe at Home · Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem · ss Hottest Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1993 191 · Mother of the City · Christopher Fowler · ss The Time Out Book of London Short Stories ed. Maria Lexton, Penguin, 1993 204 · Justice · Elizabeth Hand · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1993 232 · The Big Fish [Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv Interzone #76, October 1993 264 · In the Desert of Deserts · Thomas Tessier · ss After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993 275 · Two Returns · Terry Lamsley · nv Under the Crust by Terry Lamsley, Wendigo, 1993 293 · The Moment the Face Falls · Chet Williamson · ss Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1993 302 · Darker Angels · S. P. Somtow · nv Confederacy of the Dead ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc, 1993 326 · The Timbrel Sound of Darkness · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Christmas Ghosts ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1993 335 · The Tsalal · Thomas Ligotti · nv Noctuary by Thomas Ligotti, Robinson, 1994 364 · In the Still, Small Hours · Charles Grant · ss Deathport ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pocket, 1993 379 · Ice House Pond [Greystone Bay] · Steve Rasnic Tem · na In the Fog ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1993 427 · The Dog Park · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 440 · The Marble Boy · Gahan Wilson · ss After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993 453 · Mefisto in Onyx · Harlan Ellison · na Mark V. Ziesing, 1993 expanded from Omni October 1993. 501 · Necrology: 1993 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Best New Horror Volume Six ed. Stephen Jones (Raven, October 3, 1995, 1-85487-421-7, £6.99, 448pp, tp, an, cover by Luis Rey)     Anthology of the best dark fantasy stories of 1994, plus an informative and lengthy Introduction, and a Necrology of authors and artists who died in the year. 1 · Horror in 1994 · Stephen Jones · in 33 · Dead Babies · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss South From Midnight ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994 45 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1994 55 · Blade and Bone · Terry Lamsley · ss Ghosts & Scholars #17, 1994 73 · Harvest · Norman Partridge · ss The Earth Strikes Back ed. Richard Chizmar, Ziesing, 1994 81 · Sometimes, in the Rain · Charles Grant · ss Northern Frights 2 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1994 95 · Ménage à Trois · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994 99 · Like Shattered Stone · Joel Lane · ss The Science of Sadness ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1994 113 · Black Sun · Douglas E. Winter · ss Iniquities Autumn 1991 123 · Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring · M. John Harrison · nv Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994 149 · The Dead Orchards · Ian MacLeod · ss Weird Tales Spring 1994 161 · What Happened When Mosby Paulson Had Her Painting Reproduced on the Cover of the Phone Book · Elizabeth Massie · ss Voices from the Night ed. John Maclay, Maclay & Associates, 1994 175 · The Alternative · Ramsey Campbell · nv Darklands Two ed. Nicholas Royle, NEL, 1994 197 · In the Middle of a Snow Dream · Karl Edward Wagner · ss South From Midnight ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994 215 · The Temptation of Dr. Stein · Paul J. McAuley · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994 235 · Wayang Kulit · Garry Kilworth · ss Interzone #90, December 1994 253 · The Scent of Vinegar · Robert Bloch · nv Dark Destiny ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994 283 · The Homecoming · Nicholas Royle · nv Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 1994 305 · The Singular Habits of Wasps [Sherlock Holmes] · Geoffrey A. Landis · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1994 331 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994 339 · The Alchemy of the Throat · Brian Hodge · nv Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994 365 · Out of the Night, When the Full Moon Is Bright… · Kim Newman · na The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1994 425 · Lovers · Esther M. Friesner · pm South From Midnight ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994 431 · Necrology: 1994 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Best New Horror: Volume Seven ed. Stephen Jones (Raven, September 16, 1996, 1-85487-464-0, £6.99, 592pp, tp, an, cover by Luis Rey)     Dark fantasy reprint anthology of 25 stories and 1 poem. Includes a 40-page synopsis of most horror novels, collections, films, magazines, and small press items from 1995; plus a Necrology of authors, editors, artists, and actors lost to the field and the world. 1 · Horror in 1995 · Stephen Jones · in 44 · Tirkiluk · Ian R. MacLeod · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1995 69 · The Most Boring Woman in the World · Christopher Fowler · ss Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 79 · Extinctions in Paradise · Brian Hodge · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 98 · Food Man · Lisa Tuttle · ss Crank! #4, Fall 1994 109 · More Tomorrow · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1995 141 · Going Under · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 157 · Survivor · Dave Smeds · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995 185 · The Stones · Patrick Thompson · ss Time Out Net Books #2, 1995 194 · Back of Beyond · Cherry Wilder · ss Strange Fruit ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia, 1995 209 · A Hundred Wicked Little Witches · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995 215 · The Finger of Halugra · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Deathrealm #23, Spring 1995 229 · The Toddler · Terry Lamsley · nv Ghosts & Scholars #20, 1995 251 · Not Here, Not Now · Stephen Gallagher · ss Cold Cuts III ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books, 1995 259 · The Bungalow House · Thomas Ligotti · nv The Urbanite #5, 1995 281 · Cradle · Alan Brennert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1995 292 · The Sixth Dog · Jane Rice · nv Necronomicon Press, 1995 314 · Scaring the Train · Terry Dowling · nv The Man Who Lost Red by Terry Dowling, MirrorDanse Books, 1994 347 · La Serenissima · David Sutton · nv Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #3, September/October 1995 368 · The Bars on Satan’s Jailhouse · Norman Partridge · nv Roadkill Press, 1995 400 · The Bone-Carver’s Tale · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995 416 · Queen of Knives · Neil Gaiman · pm Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995 425 · The True History of Doctor Pretorius [Doctor Pretorius] · Paul J. McAuley · nv Interzone #98, August 1995 450 · The Grey Madonna · Graham Masterton · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 465 · Loop · Douglas E. Winter · nv Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 484 · The Hunger and Ecstacy of Vampires [Edward Copplestone] · Brian Stableford · na Interzone January 1995 (+1) 569 · Lacuna · Nicholas Royle · vi Violent Spectres #3, 1995 571 · Necrology: 1995 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eight ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 30, 1997, 1-85487-901-4, £6.99, 513pp, tp, an)     Dark fantasy reprint anthology of 23 stories and a playscript. Includes a 48-page roundup of the horror novels, collections, films, magazines, and small press items from 1996; plus a Necrology of authors, editors, artists, and actors lost to the field and the world. 1 · Horror in 1996 · Stephen Jones · in 49 · Walking the Dog · Terry Lamsley · nv Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley, Ash-Tree Press, 1996 86 · Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995 109 · An Eye for an Eye · Norman Partridge · ss Gahan Wilson’s The Ultimate Haunted House ed. Gahan Wilson, HarperPrism, 1996 124 · Underworld · Douglas Clegg · ss Phantasm #3, Spring 1996, as “Underground” 138 · The Curse of Kali · Cherry Wilder · ss Interzone #103, January 1996 154 · The Film · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Rage January 1997; revised. 160 · Of a Cat, But Her Skin · Storm Constantine · ss Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996 176 · Hopscotch · Donald R. Burleson · ss Terminal Fright #11, Spring 1996 188 · Ghost in the Machine · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Bloodsongs #7, 1996 194 · The Moon Never Changes · Joel Lane · ss Peeping Tom #24, October 1996 205 · Butcher’s Logic · Roberta Lannes · ss Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996 217 · Kites and Kisses · D. F. Lewis · ss Peeping Tom #22, April 1996 224 · Last Train to Arnos Grove · Marni Griffin · ss The Urbanite #7, 1996, as by M. R. Scofidio 233 · The King of Rain · Mark Chadbourn · nv Squane’s Journal #3, 1996 258 · Hardball [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996 269 · Gas Station Carnivals · Thomas Ligotti · ss The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti, Raven, 1996 286 · Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune · Thomas Tessier · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 305 · That Blissful Height · Gregory Frost · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 340 · Skin Deep · Nicholas Royle · ss Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996 357 · Hell Hath Enlarged Herself · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 382 · Unforgotten · Christopher Fowler · nv Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996 401 · A Plague on Both Your Houses · Scott Edelman · pl A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman, Halloween, 1996 435 · Final Cut · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996 443 · The Break · Terry Lamsley · na Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley, Ash-Tree Press, 1996 489 · Necrology: 1996 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Nine ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, November 26, 1998, 1-85487-554-X, £6.99, 494pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 19 stories, with a detailed examination of the horror genre in 1997, and a necrology of those lost to us during the year. 1 · Horror in 1997 · Stephen Jones · in 63 · Dying Words · David J. Schow · nv Midnight Graffiti #8, Winter 1997 85 · The Windmill · Conrad Williams · ss Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997 100 · The Right Ending · John Burke · ss Time Out Net Books #9, 1997 108 · Swallowing a Dirty Seed · Simon Clark · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997 126 · This Is Your Life (Repressed Memory Remix) · Pat Cadigan · ss Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997 141 · Christmas Forever · Christopher Fowler · ss The Independent on Sunday December 21 1997 156 · Four Famines Ago · Yvonne Navarro · ss Terminal Frights ed. Kenneth E. Abner, Jr., Terminal Fright, 1997 165 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 196 · Serpent Eggs · David Langford · ss The Third Alternative #14, 1997 an earlier version appeared in Irrational Numbers, Necronomicon Press, 1994. 210 · No One You Know · Dennis Etchison · ss Brutarian #23, 1997 219 · The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins · Brian Hodge · na Love in Vein II ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1997 263 · The Bells Will Sound Forever · Thomas Ligotti · ss In a Foreign Town, In a Foreign Land, 1997 273 · The Word · Ramsey Campbell · nv Revelations ed. Douglas E. Winter, C.D. Publications, 1997 308 · The Map to the Homes of the Stars · Andy Duncan · ss Dying for It ed. Gardner Dozois, HarperPrism, 1997 326 · Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [Dracula] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997 346 · Save As… · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Interzone #115, January 1997 360 · Coppola’s Dracula [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · na The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 412 · Grazing the Long Acre · Gwyneth Jones · ss Interzone #127, January 1998 426 · The Zombies of Madison County · Douglas E. Winter · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 462 · Necrology: 1997 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Ten ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 31, 1999, 1-84119-064-0, £6.99, 489pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Annual dark fantasy anthology of 19 stories, including Davidson & Davis’s “The Boss in the Wall” (Tachyon Publications, 1998), Straub’s crime novella, “Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff”, and stories by Gaiman, Atkins, Newman, Kiernan, Ellison, among others. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. 1 · Horror in 1998 · Stephen Jones · in 64 · Learning to Let Go · Christopher Fowler · ss Personal Demons by Christopher Fowler, Serpent's Tail, 1998 86 · The Wedding Present · Neil Gaiman · nv Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1998 98 · Adventures in Further Education · Peter Atkins · vi Horrors! 365 Scary Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998 101 · Bondage · Kathe Koja · ss Extremities by Kathe Koja, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1998 108 · The Keys to D’Espérance · Chaz Brenchley · nv Subterranean Press, 1998 130 · The Song My Sister Sang · Stephen Laws · ss Scaremongers 2: Redbrick Eden ed. Steve Savile, Tanjen, 1998 149 · A Victorian Ghost Story · Kim Newman · ss Interzone #139, January 1999 159 · The Dead Boy at Your Window · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss North American Review November/December 1998 164 · Ra*e · Ramsey Campbell · nv Ghosts and Grisly Things by Ramsey Campbell, Pumpkin Books, 1998 193 · Upstairs · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi Horrors! 365 Scary Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998 195 · Postcards from the King of Tides · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Candles for Elizabeth by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Meisha Merlin, 1998 214 · Everybody Goes · Michael Marshall Smith · ss When God Lived in Kentish Town & Others by Michael Marshall Smith, W. H. Smith, 1998 220 · Yellow and Red · Tanith Lee · ss Interzone #132, June 1998 238 · What Slips Away · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss More Monsters from Memphis ed. Beecher Smith, Zapizdat Publications, 1998 246 · Inside the Cackle Factory · Dennis Etchison · nv Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1998 267 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998 281 · The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · na Tachyon, 1998 357 · Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 369 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998 455 · Necrology: 1998 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eleven ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 19, 2000, 1-84119-167-1, £6.99, 572pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Annual dark fantasy anthology of 21 stories, including Straub’s novella “Pork Pie Hat”, stories by Wolfe, Newman, Gaiman, Klein, and others. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. 1 · Introduction · Stephen Jones · in 68 · Halloween Street [Halloween Street] · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999 75 · Others · James Herbert · ex Macmillan, 1999 85 · Growing Things · T. E. D. Klein · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 92 · Unhasped · David J. Schow · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999 106 · The Emperor’s Old Bones · Gemma Files · ss Northern Frights 5 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1999 126 · The Entertainment · Ramsey Campbell · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 149 · Harlequin Valentine · Neil Gaiman · ss World Horror Convention 1999 Program Book, 1999 159 · The Stunted House · Terry Lamsley · ss Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, 1999 173 · Just Like Eddy · Kim Newman · ss Interzone #148, October 1999 187 · The Long Hall on the Top Floor · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Carpe Noctem #16, 1999 199 · Lulu · Thomas Tessier · nv Lulu and One Other by Thomas Tessier, Subterranean Press, 1999 221 · The Ballyhooly Boy · Graham Masterton · nv Encre Noir December 1999 243 · Welcome · Michael Marshall Smith · nv White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999 265 · Burden · Michael Marano · ss Gothic.Net website March 1999 280 · Naming the Dead [Mr. Carlyle] · Paul McAuley · nv Interzone #149, November 1999 302 · Aftershock · F. Paul Wilson · nv Realms of Fantasy December 1999 338 · A Fish Story · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 343 · Jimmy · David Case · na Brotherly Love by David Case, Pumpkin Books, 1999 390 · White · Tim Lebbon · na MOT Press, 1999 451 · Pork Pie Hat · Peter Straub · na Orion, 1999 an earlier version was published in Murder for Halloween (Slung & Hartman, 1994). 513 · Tricks & Treats: One Night on Halloween Street [Halloween Street] · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1999 528 · Necrology: 1999 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ob