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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 25 (2014)

Edited with an Introduction by Stephen Jones
(d) as Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition!
PS Publishing, UK • tp (2018) • £12.99
ISBN 978-1-786363-06-0
Cover by Lee Elias
Cover design by Smith & Jones

The World’s Leading Annual Showcase of Horror and Dark Suspense Celebrates 25 Years. For a quarter of a century, this multiple award-winning annual selection has showcased some of the very best, and most disturbing, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural. As always, this landmark volume features superior fiction from such masters of the genre and newcomers in contemporary horror. With an in-depth Introduction covering the year in horror, a fascinating Necrology and a unique contact directory, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world’s leading anthology dedicated solely to presenting the very best in modern horror.

  • (c) as Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition! PS Publishing, UK • hc (signed and slipcased edition, limited to 100 copies) • £60.00 ISBN 978-1-84863-903-4
    The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 25 (2014)
    Cover by Lee Elias Cover design by Smith & Jones [Note: Signed by all contributors except Clive Barker. Joel Lane's signature is a facsimile.]
  • (b) as Best New Horror Volume 25 A Herman Graf Book/Skyhorse Publishing, USA • tp • $15.95 ISBN 978-1-62873-818-6
    The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 25 (2014)
    Cover by Vincent Chong
  • (a) Robinson, UK • tp • £8.99 ISBN 978-1-4721-1870-7
    The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 25 (2014)
INTRODUCTION: HORROR IN 2013 The Editor
WHO DARES WINS: ANNO DRACULA 1980 Kim Newman
CLICK-CLACK THE RATTLEBAG Neil Gaiman
DEAD END Nicholas Royle
ISAAC’S ROOM Daniel Mills
THE BURNING CIRCUS Angela Slatter
HOLES FOR FACES Ramsey Campbell
BY NIGHT HE COULD NOT SEE Joel Lane
COME INTO MY PARLOUR Reggie Oliver
THE MIDDLE PARK Michael Chislett
INTO THE WATER Simon Kurt Unsworth
THE BURNED HOUSE Lynda E. Rucker
WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT Z— Lavie Tidhar
FISHFLY SEASON Halli Villegas
DOLL RE MI Tanith Lee
A NIGHT’S WORK Clive Barker
THE SIXTEENTH STEP Robert Shearman
STEMMING THE TIDE Simon Strantzas
THE GIST Michael Marshall Smith
GUINEA PIG GIRL Thana Niveau
MISS BALTIMORE CRABS: ANNO DRACULA 1990 Kim Newman
WHITSTABLE Stephen Volk
NECROLOGY: 2013 Stephen Jones & Kim Newman
USEFUL ADRESSES  

Reviews

  • “Stephen Jones’ carefully curated scare-mongers offer innovative takes on familiar fiends while also crafting new nightmares . . . Tradition is both followed and obliterated within these pages.”
    —Sean Plummer
    RUE MORGUE #153, March 2015
  • “Best New Horror Volume 25 continues a long and glorious tradition of sharing the best and most terrifying horror stories the genre has to offer.”
    —Glenn Dallas
    SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW, October 24 2014
  • “Stephen Jones hand-picks the best horror stories that have appeared in the previous year.”
    —John DeNardo
    KIRKUS, October 8 2014
  • “A landmark by any standarfd in genre publishing . . . a reminder of all the work that a diligent editor like Jones has to sift through in order to make his annual selections.”
    —Stefan Dziemianowicz
    LOCUS, Issue 644, September 2014