Edited by Stephen Jones
With an Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
(a) Robinson Publishing, UK • tp • £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84901-304-8
Cover by Joe Roberts
(b) Running Press, USA • tp • $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-7624-3841-9
Cover by Joe Roberts
(c) as THE VERY BEST OF BEST NEW HORROR: A TWENTY-YEAR CELEBRATION
Earthling Publications, USA • hc (limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the editor, 2011) • $60.00
ISBN-13: 978-0-9795054-8-5
ISBN-10: 0-9795054-8-8
(d) as THE VERY BEST OF BEST NEW HORROR: A TWENTY-YEAR CELEBRATION
Earthling Publications, USA • hc (limited to 200 numbered and slipcased copies signed by all the contributors, 2011) • $250.00
ISBN-13: 978-0-9795054-8-5
ISBN-10: 0-9795054-8-8
Cover by Les Edwards
Cover design by Smith & Jones
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A Twenty Year Celebration of Best New Horror. For the past two decades the
annual Best New Horror series has been the major showcase for superior short stories
and novellas of horror and dark fantasy. The World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award and
International Horror Guild Award-winning series has published more than 450 stories by around
200 of the genre's most famous and acclaimed authors, as well as those newcomers who are just
starting out on their careers. To celebrate the anthology's twentieth anniversary, the editor
has selected from each volume one story that represents some of horror's biggest names. The Mammoth Book of the
Best of Best New Horror is introduced by Ramsey Campbell and includes an indispensible index
detailing the entire contents of the series over all twenty volumes.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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EDITOR'S FOREWORD |
Stephen Jones |
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INTRODUCTION: BETTERING THE BEST |
Ramsey Campbell |
| 1989 |
NO SHARKS IN THE MED |
Brian Lumley |
| 1990 |
THE MAN WHO DREW CATS |
Michael Marshall Smith |
| 1991 |
THE SAME IN ANY LANGUAGE |
Ramsey Campbell |
| 1992 |
NORMAN WISDOM AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH |
Christopher Fowler |
| 1993 |
MEFISTO IN ONYX |
Harlan Ellison |
| 1994 |
THE TEMPTATION OF DR STEIN |
Paul J. McAuley |
| 1995 |
QUEEN OF KNIVES |
Neil Gaiman |
| 1996 |
THE BREAK |
Terry Lamsley |
| 1997 |
EMPTINESS SPOKE ELOQUENT |
Caitlín R Kiernan |
| 1998 |
MR. CLUBB AND MR. CUFF |
Peter Straub |
| 1999 |
WHITE |
Tim Lebbon |
| 2000 |
THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT: ANNO DRACULA, 1981 |
Kim Newman |
| 2001 |
CLEOPATRA BRIMSTONE |
Elizabeth Hand |
| 2002 |
20TH CENTURY GHOST |
Joe Hill |
| 2003 |
THE WHITE HANDS |
Mark Samuels |
| 2004 |
MY DEATH |
Lisa Tuttle |
| 2005 |
HAECKEL'S TALE |
Clive Barker |
| 2006 |
DEVIL'S SMILE |
Glen Hirshberg |
| 2007 |
THE CHURCH ON THE ISLAND |
Simon Kurt Unsworth |
| 2008 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES AT SPECIAL BARGAIN RATES |
Stephen King |
| INDEX TO TWENTY YEARS OF BEST NEW HORROR |
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I: Index by Contributor |
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II: Index by Title |
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III: Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions |
Reviews
"This is more than simply an anthology: it is also a history lesson . . . a substantial and important volume, a landmark anthology that all lovers of well written horror fiction will want have on their shelves. If the genre needs a flagship to lead it through the treacherous waters of modern publishing, then you couldn't ask for a finer vessel than this."
—Peter Tennant
BLACK STATIC Issue 19, Oct-Nov 2010
"Best New Horror has always featured stories by the best-selling writers in the genre, and there are many of those big names here . . . Even if you have most of the first twenty volumes, every story here is worth re-reading, and you are sure to make rewarding new discoveries or rediscover old favourites."
—David Longhorn
SUPERNATURAL TALES 18, Winter 2010
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