The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, July 1998, 0-312-19034-4, $17.95, 503+cxiiipp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 37 stories and nine poems, and 113 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 1997 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, and a comics summary by Seth Johnson. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-18778-5, $29.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates.
- xi · Summation 1997: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar
- xlvi · Summation 1997: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar
- lxxxvii · Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1997 · Edward Bryant · ar
- civ · Comics: 1997 · Seth Johnson · ar
- cviii · Obituaries: 1997 · James Frenkel · ob
- 1 · The Tale of the Skin · Emma Donoghue · ss Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue, Hamish Hamilton, 1997
- 8 · Beauty and the Beast · Jaimes Alsop · pm Alsop Review 1997
- 10 · Gulliver at Home · John Kessel · ss The Pure Product by John Kessel, Tor, 1997
- 20 · It Had to Be You · Nancy Pickard · nv Marilyn: Shades of Blonde ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997
- 39 · The Skull of Charlotte Corday · Leslie Dick · ss The Skull of Charlotte Corday and Other Stories by Leslie Dick, Secker & Warburg, 1995
- 58 · I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes · Douglas Clegg · ss Palace Corbie #7, 1997
- 72 · Coffee Jerk at the Gates of Hell · Christopher Jones · pm Southerly Review Summer 1997/1998
- 74 · Riding the Black · Charles Grant · nv Revelations ed. Douglas E. Winter, C.D. Publications, 1997
- 94 · In the Fields · Christopher Harman · ss All Hallows #14, February 1997
- 101 · Mbo · Nicholas Royle · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997
- 117 · Winner Take All · Jeffrey Shaffer · vi It Came with the House by Jeffrey Shaffer, Catbird Press, 1997
- 120 · Safe [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · na Things Left Behind by Gary A. Braunbeck, Cemetery Dance, 1997, as “Searching for Survivors”
- 149 · El Castillo de la Perseverancia · Howard Waldrop · nv 21st Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book, Baltimore, 1995
- 169 · The Sin-Eater’s Tale · Brennen Wysong · ss Black Warrior Review Spring/Summer 1997
- 179 · A Visit · Steven Millhauser · ss The New Yorker August 25/September 1 1997
- 188 · A Globe of Glass · Sonia Gernes · ss Georgia Review Fall 1997
- 193 · The Fall of the Kings · Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman · nv Bending the Landscape: Fantasy ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, White Wolf, 1997
- 215 · Coyote and the White Folks · Bill Lewis · pm An Intellect of the Heart by Bill Lewis, Lazerwolf Books, 1997
- 216 · Sheela Na Gig · Bill Lewis · pm An Intellect of the Heart by Bill Lewis, Lazerwolf Books, 1997
- 218 · The Flounder’s Kiss · Michael Cadnum · ss Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 1997
- 222 · Residuals [USSA] · Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1997
- 239 · The Psychomantium · Molly Brown · ss Interzone #116, February 1997
- 251 · In the Black Mill · Michael Chabon · nv Playboy June 1997
- 267 · Dust Motes · P. D. Cacek · ss Gothic Ghosts ed. Wendy Webb & Charles Grant, Tor, 1997
- 278 · La Muerte · Pat Mora · pm Aunt Carmen’s Book of Practical Saints by Pat Mora, Beacon Press, 1997
- 281 · Spanky’s Back in Town [Spanky] · Christopher Fowler · nv Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997
- 295 · Marriage · Denise Duhamel · pm Kinky by Denise Duhamel, Orchises Press, 1997
- 297 · Kingyo no fun · Nicholas Royle · nv Love in Vein II ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1997
- 311 · Bucket of Blood · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #27, Fall 1997
- 323 · Mermaid · A. Alvarez · pm The New Yorker July 28 1997
- 325 · Estate · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997
- 335 · The Sin of Elijah · Steve Stern · ss Prairie Schooner Spring 1997
- 352 · Driving Blind [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · nv Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury, Avon, 1997
- 363 · The Sky-Blue Ball · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1997
- 367 · The Black Fairy’s Curse · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 1997
- 371 · The Last Song of Sirit Byar [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv Space Opera ed. Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, DAW, 1996
- 397 · Marina’s Fragrance · Mayra Santos-Febres · ss Urban Oracles by Mayra Santos-Febres, Lumen Editions/Brookline Books, 1997
- 402 · Setting Celestial Signs on Terrestrial Beings · Emily Warn · pm Bridges Summer 1996
- 404 · Rabbit Hole · Jane Yolen · ss Wild Women ed. Melissa Mia Hall, Carroll & Graf, 1997
- 408 · Wild Horses [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Tarot Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Lawrence Schimel, DAW, 1997
- 425 · Princess · Matthew Sweeney · pm The Bridal Suite by Matthew Sweeney, Cape, 1997
- 427 · Audience · Jack Womack · ss The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997
- 436 · Merlin · Robert Clinton · vi New England Review Spring 1997
- 438 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997
- 459 · The Remains of Princess Kaiulani’s Garden · Katherine Vaz · ss Fado and Other Stories by Katherine Vaz, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997
- 474 · Dharma · Vikram Chandra · ss The Paris Review #130, Spring 1994
- 491 · Honorable Mentions: 1997 · [uncredited] · bi
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