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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
(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
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.
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(c) as Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition! PS Publishing, UK • hc (signed and slipcased edition, limited to 100 copies) • £60.00 ISBN 978-1-84863-903-4Cover by Lee Elias Cover design by Smith & Jones [Note: Signed by all contributors except Clive Barker. Joel Lane's signature is a facsimile.]
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(b) as Best New Horror Volume 25 A Herman Graf Book/Skyhorse Publishing, USA • tp • $15.95 ISBN 978-1-62873-818-6Cover by Vincent Chong
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(a) Robinson, UK • tp • £8.99 ISBN 978-1-4721-1870-7
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