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The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror ed. Stephen Jones (Running Press, April 2010, 978-0-7624-3841-9, $13.95, 745pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)
Anthology of 20 stories, one from each volume from 20 years of annual Best New Horror anthologies. Authors include Stephen King, Clive Barker, Elizabeth Hand, and Harlan Ellison. Simultaneous with the Robinson UK edition.

The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror: Two Decades of Dark Fiction ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, March 25, 2010, 978-1-84901-304-8, £9.99, xxii+746pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)
Anthology selecting 20 of the best stories from the series, one from each year. There is a foreword by Jones, and an Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Each story is presaged by a small repro of the original book cover, and a memoir of how each of the anthologies was prepared and received.

xiii · Editor’s Foreword · Stephen Jones · fw

xv · Bettering the Best · Ramsey Campbell · in

3 · No Sharks in the Med · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990

41 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1990

61 · The Same in Any Language · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Summer 1991

77 · Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death · Christopher Fowler · nv Sharper Knives by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1992

99 · Mefisto in Onyx · Harlan Ellison · na Mark V. Ziesing, 1993
expanded from Omni October 1993.

147 · The Temptation of Dr. Stein · Paul J. McAuley · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994

169 · Queen of Knives · Neil Gaiman · pm Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995

181 · The Break · Terry Lamsley · na Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley, Ash-Tree Press, 1996

229 · Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [Dracula] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997

251 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998

333 · White · Tim Lebbon · na MOT Press, 1999

393 · The Other Side of Midnight: Anno Dracula, 1981 [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · na The Vampire Sextette ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC, 2000

479 · Cleopatra Brimstone · Elizabeth Hand · na Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001

531 · 20th Century Ghost · Joe Hill · nv High Plains Literary Review v17 #1, 2002 (+2)

551 · The White Hands · Mark Samuels · ss The White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels, Tartarus Press, 2003
originally in substantially different form as “Amelia” (Black Tears No. 1, 1993).

571 · My Death · Lisa Tuttle · na PS Publishing, 2004

641 · Haeckel’s Tale · Clive Barker · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005

661 · Devil’s Smile · Glen Hirshberg · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006

689 · The Church on the Island · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007

709 · The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008

719 · Index to Twenty Years of Best New Horror · Stephen Jones · bi

744 · Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions · Stephen Jones · bi

The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales by Rudyard Kipling ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Rudyard Kipling.

Necronomicon by H. P. Lovecraft ed. Stephen Jones--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

Now We Are Sick ed. Stephen Jones & Neil Gaiman--- see under Neil Gaiman.

Pelican Cay & Other Disquieting Tales by David Case ed. Stephen Jones--- see under David Case.

Pelican Cay & Other Disquieting Tales (limited edition) by David Case ed. Stephen Jones--- see under David Case.

Phantoms and Fiends by R. Chetwynd-Hayes ed. Stephen Jones--- see under R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson, October 17, 2013, 978-1-78033-026-6, £8.99, 522pp, tp, oa, cover by Les Edwards)
Anthology containing 36 stories (plus a four-part framing piece) of psychos and serial killers, many supernatural.
Details taken from online listing.

xv · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in

1 · Prologue: Screams in the Dark · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

10 · I Tell You It’s Love · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Modern Stories #1, April 1983

14 · The Green Hour [C. Auguste Dupin] · Reggie Oliver · nv

36 · The Secret Laws of the Universe · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

50 · The Recompensing of Albano Pizar · Basil Copper · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories No. 3 ed. Richard Davis, Sphere, 1973

67 · Night Soil Man · David A. Sutton · ss

71 · Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella · Brian Hodge · ss

84 · The Trembling Living Wire · Scott Edelman · nv

105 · Case Conference #1 · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

111 · The Undertaker’s Sideline · Robert Silverberg · ss Monsters and Things April 1959, as by Richard F. Watson

121 · The Long Shift · Joel Lane · ss

131 · The Man Who Photographed Beardsley · Brian Lumley · ss Star Book of Horror, No. 2 ed. Hugh Lamb, Star Books, 1976

137 · Hollywood Hannah · Lisa Morton · ss

149 · I Spy · Paul McAuley · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999

165 · Reflections on the Critical Process · Mike Carey · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011

175 · The Finger · David J. Schow · ss

185 · Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes · Lawrence Block · ss Gallery 1978

193 · Hush…Hush, Sweet Shushie [Marty Burns] · Jay Russell · nv

219 · Case Conference #2 · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

225 · The Gatecrasher · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971

239 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss

256 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

261 · Got to Kill Them All · Dennis Etchison · ss Cemetery Dance #34, 2001

272 · Essence · Mark Morris · ss

288 · The Beach · Michael Kelly · ss

293 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943

312 · Case Conference #3 · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

317 · See How They Run · Ramsey Campbell · nv Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1993, as “For You to Judge”

335 · Manners · Conrad Williams · ss

340 · Bryant & May and the Seven Points [Arthur Bryant & John May] · Christopher Fowler · nv

363 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · Harlan Ellison · ss Playboy March 1979

375 · Wide-Shining Light · Rio Youers · nv

403 · Feminine Endings · Neil Gaiman · ss Four Letter Word: Original Love Letters February 14 2008

409 · Eater · Peter Crowther · nv Cemetery Dance #22, Winter 1995

432 · Case Conference #4 · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

434 · Mister Mellor Comes to Wayside · Peter Crowther · ss The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions by Peter Crowther, Cemetery Dance, 1999

440 · Failure [Straw Men] · Michael Marshall · ss

454 · The Only Ending We Have · Kim Newman · nv

479 · Kriss Kross Applesauce · Richard Christian Matheson · ss

483 · Epilogue: A Little Piece of Sanity · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

Psychomania: Killer Stories ed. Stephen Jones (Skyhorse Publishing, March 4, 2014, 978-1-62873-816-2, $14.95, xvii+522pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)
Reprint (Robinson 2013 as Psycho-Mania!) anthology containing 36 stories (plus a four-part framing piece) of psychos and serial killers, many supernatural.

Rising ed. Stephen Jones (Pegasus Books, January 7, 2020, 978-1-64313-322-5, $20.95, 384pp, tp, oa, cover by Douglas Klauba) [The Lovecraft Squad]
Details taken from online listing.

· Prologue: The Devils in the White City [The Lovecraft Squad] · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Outsider and Others [The Lovecraft Squad] · Lisa Morton · ss

· The Thing About Cats [The Lovecraft Squad] · Peter Atkins · ss

· The Four Churches [The Lovecraft Squad] · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

· Hastur La Vista, Baby! [The Lovecraft Squad] · Adrian Cole & Mike Chinn · ss

· The House of the Crystal Staircase [The Lovecraft Squad] · Thana Niveau · ss

· A Fun Guy from Yuggoth [The Lovecraft Squad] · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

· The Ninth Planet [The Lovecraft Squad] · Stephen Baxter · ss

· The Haunters of the Dark Affair [The Lovecraft Squad] · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· Out of Time [The Lovecraft Squad] · Angela Slatter · ss

· The Final Sacrifice [The Lovecraft Squad] · Brian Hodge · ss

· Epilogue: Out of the Aeons [The Lovecraft Squad] · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

· Lost Boys · Jo Fletcher · ss Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2014

Robert Silverberg’s Monsters and Things by Robert Silverberg ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Scream Quietly by Charles L. Grant ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Charles L. Grant.

Sea Kings of Mars by Leigh Brackett ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Leigh Brackett.

Secret City: Strange Tales of London ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher--- see under Jo Fletcher.

Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones (Fedogan & Bremer, October 1994, 1-878252-18-6, $27.00, 339pp, hc, an, cover by Dave Carson, Martin McKenna & Jim Pitts)
Anthology of 17 stories, by British authors, based on Lovecraft’s novella “Shadows Over Innsmouth” (included here), with introduction and afterword by the editor. A signed limited edition (1-878252-19-4, $95.00) was announced but not seen.

ix · Spawn of the Deep Ones · Stephen Jones · in

1 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · na Visionary Press, 1936

51 · Beyond the Reef · Basil Copper · na

101 · The Big Fish [Diogenes Club] · Jack Yeovil · nv Interzone #76, October 1993, as by Kim Newman

127 · Return to Innsmouth · Guy N. Smith · ss Reminiscon 40 Souvenir Programme, Reminiscon, 1992

132 · The Crossing · Adrian Cole · ss

146 · Down to the Boots · D. F. Lewis · ss Dagon #26, October/December 1989

149 · The Church in High Street [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962

161 · Innsmouth Gold · David Sutton · ss

173 · Daoine Domhain · Peter Tremayne · nv Aisling and Other Irish Tales of Terror by Peter Tremayne, Brandon Books, 1992

191 · A Quarter to Three · Kim Newman · ss Fear #2, September/October 1988

195 · The Tomb of Priscus [Reuben Calloway & Roderick Shea; Titus Crow] · Brian Mooney · nv

221 · The Innsmouth Heritage · Brian Stableford · ss Necronomicon Press, 1992

237 · The Homecoming · Nicholas Royle · nv

255 · Deepnet · David Langford · ss Irrational Numbers by David Langford, Necronomicon Press, 1994

260 · To See the Sea · Michael Marshall Smith · nv

285 · Dagon’s Bell [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · na Weirdbook #23/24, 1988

316 · Only the End of the World Again · Neil Gaiman · ss

330 · Afterwords: Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Singer in the Mist & Others: Poems from Weird Tales by Robert E. Howard ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Robert E. Howard.

The Solar Pons Companion by Basil Copper & Stephen Jones ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Basil Copper.

Summer Chills: Strangers in Stranger Lands ed. Stephen Jones (Carroll & Graf, June 2007, 978-0-78671-986-0, $14.95, 473pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)
Anthology of 20 horror stories, six original, set in exotic locales. Authors include Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, and Clive Barker; authors with original stories include Christopher Fowler, Roberta Lannes, and Scott Edelman.

xiii · Holidays in Hell · Stephen Jones · in

1 · Seeing the World · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984

9 · The Threads · Christopher Fowler · ss

25 · Little Dedo · Nancy Holder · ss In the Shadow of the Gargoyle ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 1998

39 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8, Summer 1981

63 · The Anguish of Departure · Roberta Lannes · ss

85 · The Cave · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967

111 · Survival of the Fittest · Scott Edelman · nv

137 · The Landlock · Elizabeth & Erin Massie · nv Dream Science Fiction #19, Spring 1989; given as by Elizabeth Massie alone.

159 · Richard Riddle, Boy Detective in “The Case of the French Spy” [Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv Adventure Vol. 1 ed. Chris Roberson, MonkeyBrain Books, 2005

195 · In the Pines · Karl Edward Wagner · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1973

231 · A Gentleman from Mexico [Cthulhu] · Mark Samuels · nv

259 · The City of Love · Joel Lane · ss

267 · The Charnel House · D. Lynn Smith · ss

289 · Millwell · Glen Hirshberg · ss Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook 2006, Earthling Publications, 2006

307 · The Bohemian of the Arbat · Sarah Pinborough · nv

337 · Not Our Brother · Robert Silverberg · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982

361 · The Sun, the Sea, and the Silent Scream · Brian Lumley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1988

405 · Being Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2003

423 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984

461 · Incognita, Inc. · Harlan Ellison · ss Hemispheres January 2001

Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories ed. Stephen Jones & R. Chetwynd-Hayes--- see under R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night ed. Stephen Jones (Sky Pony Press, July 9, 2019, 978-1-5107-5124-8, $7.99, 229pp, tp, an, cover by Randy Broecker)
Details taken from online listing.

· Here There Be Tygers · Stephen King · ss Ubris Spring 1968

· The Chimney · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1977

· School for the Unspeakable · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1937

· The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1990

· Homemade Monster · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Second Armada Monster Book ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Armada, 1976

· Are You Afraid of the Dark? · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasycon IX Programme Booklet, Fantasycon IX, 1984

· Granny’s Grinning · Robert Shearman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009

· Click-Clack the Rattlebag · Neil Gaiman · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013
first released as an audio download in October 2012.

· The Sideways Lady · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· The Chemistry of Ghosts · Lisa Morton · ss

Travellers in Darkness: The Souvenir Book of World Horror Convention 2007 ed. Stephen Jones (World Horror Convention 2007, April 2007, 978-0-9782902-0-7, 276pp, hc, oa, cover by John Picacio)
Original horror anthology of ten stories, four reprints, plus essays (mostly on Canadian horror), introductions, and appreciations, published as a souvenir book for World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto. Authors include WHC writer GoHs Michael Marshall Smith and Nancy Kilpatrick, and Grand Master Winner Joe R. Lansdale. There is a six-page color gallery of art by artist GoH John Picacio, and a b&w gallery of cartoons by Gahan Wilson. Foreword by Amanda Foubister; introduction by Stephen Jones.

10 · The Diversity of Horror · Amanda Foubister · fw

12 · What’s in a Book? · Stephen Jones · in

15 · Dreaming of Mike · Nicholas Royle · ss [Ref. Michael Marshall Smith]

21 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

34 · In Praise of Nancy Kilpatrick: An Appreciation from Nancy Two · Nancy Holder · ar [Ref. Nancy Kilpatrick]

43 · The Vechi Barbat · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

61 · He Will Be Legend · Joe R. Lansdale · ar

· A Portfolio · John Picacio · pi

77 · Peter Crowther: The Awful Truth · Neil Gaiman · ar [Ref. Peter Crowther]

83 · Dark Times · Peter Crowther · ss Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, 1999

99 · Wild Things Live Here: An Appreciation of Don Hutchison and the Northern Frights Anthology Series · Michael Rowe · ar [Ref. Don Hutchison]

105 · Canada’s War-Time King of Horror · Don Hutchison · ar

109 · Two or Three Things I Know About Him · Dennis Etchison · ss

115 · Building the Beast (In Stages): The Hidden Histories of Hell on Earth · Peter Atkins · ar

123 · The Good Witch of the North · Monica J. O’Rourke · ar

127 · Wishful Thinking · Sèphera Girón · ss

136 · Hisownself · Norman Partridge · ar [Ref. Joe R. Lansdale]

145 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

161 · That Other “Weird Tales” · Mike Ashley · ar Etchings & Odysseys #6, 1985

· A Portfolio: Canadian Pulps · Various · pi

186 · HWA Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Thomas Harris · Barry Forshaw · ar [Ref. Thomas Harris]

190 · Twenty ☺ It Stirs · Ramsey Campbell · ss

201 · Canadian Horror on Film · Kim Newman · ar

206 · Late Shopping · Brian Lumley · vi Weirdbook #18, 1983

210 · The Road to Borderland: An Informal, Albeit Biased History of Canada’s First Semi-Pro Dark Fantasy Magazine · Raymond Alexander · ar

214 · Above It All · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Dante’s Disciples ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996

224 · Scavenger and Time Capsules: Lost Messages from the Past · David Morrell · ar

230 · Riding the R · F. Paul Wilson · ss

235 · A Portfolio · Gahan Wilson · pi

239 · Gone… But Not Forgotten: 2006 · Stephen Jones · ar

247 · Pallinghurst Barrow · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 28 1892

· Past World Horror Conventions · [uncredited] · ms

· Past HWA Bram Stoker Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms

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