The World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award-winning series. This new volume of the world's premier horror anthology series once again features the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest writers. Also containing the most comprehensive overview of the year in horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology, this is the only annual anthology every horror fan needs on their shelf.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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| INTRODUCTION: HORROR IN 2004 |
The Editor |
| FORBIDDEN BRIDES OF THE FACELESS SLAVES IN THE NAMELESS HOUSE OF THE NIGHT OF DREAD DESIRE |
Neil Gaiman |
| LILIES |
Iain Rowan |
| BREAKING UP |
Ramsey Campbell |
| "THE KING", IN: YELLOW |
Brian Keene |
| A TRICK OF THE DARK |
Tina Rath |
| THE MUTABLE BORDERS OF LOVE |
Leslie What |
| FLOUR WHITE AND SPINDLE THIN |
L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims |
| TIGHTER |
Christa Faust |
| RESTRAINT |
Stephen Gallagher |
| ISRABEL |
Tanith Lee |
| THE GROWLIMB |
Michael Shea |
| THIS IS NOW |
Michael Marshall Smith |
| REMNANTS |
Tim Lebbon |
| SAFETY CLOWNS |
Glen Hirshberg |
| THE DEVIL OF DELERY STREET |
Poppy Z. Brite |
| APOCALYPSE NOW, VOYAGER |
Jay Russell |
| STONE ANIMALS |
Kelly Link |
| SOHO GOLEM |
Kim Newman |
| SPELLS FOR HALLOWEEN: AN ACROSTIC |
Dale Bailey |
| MY DEATH |
Lisa Tuttle |
| THE PROBLEM OF SUSAN |
Neil Gaiman |
| NECROLOGY: 2004 |
Stephen Jones & Kim Newman |
| USEFUL ADDRESSES |
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Nominated for the 2006 British Fantasy Award
Reviews
"Horror readers owe Stephen Jones a lot. Each year he takes it upon himself to wade through reams of
macabre short stories and novellas in order to hand-pick the cream of the crop . . . In an age where
genre fiction is often just reheated pastiche, the Best New Horror series continues
to break from the herd, consistently raising the bar of quality and ingenuity. Volume 16 is chock
full of good stories. Jones claims they are the best, and who are we to disagree?"
—Richard Gavin
RUE MORGUE #53, January 2006
