The Best of the Best Horror of the Ye..., Ellen Datlow Editor
The Best of the Best Horror of the Ye..., Ellen Datlow Editor
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The Best of the Best Horror of the Year
10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction

Author: Ellen Datlow (Editor)

Narrator: Tim Campbell, Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 19 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/16/2018

Synopsis

***One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2018"***A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders.For more than three decades, editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow, winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, has had her finger on the pulse of the horror genre, introducing readers to writers whose tales can unnerve, frighten, and terrify. This anniversary volume, which collects the best stories from the first ten years of her annual The Best Horror of the Year anthology series, includes fiction from award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Neil Gaiman, Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, and many more. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction―Ellen Datlow
Lowland Sea―Suzy McKee Charnas
Wingless Beasts―Lucy Taylor
The Nimble Men―Glen Hirshberg
Little America―Dan Chaon
Black and White Sky―Tanith Lee
The Monster Makers―Steve Rasnic Tem
Chapter Six―Stephen Graham Jones
In a Cavern, in a Canyon―Laird Barron
Allochthon―Livia Llewellyn
Shepherds’ Business―Stephen Gallagher
Down to a Sunless Sea―Neil Gaiman
The Man from the Peak―Adam Golaski
In Paris, In the Mouth of Kronos―John Langan
The Moraine―Simon Bestwick
At the Riding School―Cody Goodfellow
Cargo―E.Michael Lewis
Tender as Teeth―Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski
Wild Acre―Nathan Ballingrud
The Callers―Ramsey Campbell
This Stagnant Breath of Change―Brian Hodge
Grave Goods―Gemma Files
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine―Peter Straub
Majorlena―Jane Jakeman
The Days of Our Lives―Adam L. G. Nevill
You Can Stay All Day―Mira Grant
No Matter Which Way We Turned―Brian Evenson
Nesters―Siobhan Carroll
Better You Believe―Carole Johnstone

About Ellen Datlow (Editor)

Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for almost thirty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Sci Fiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. She has also won many awards for her work, including the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Hugo Award, among many others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxie on February 13, 2020

This was a book club read and I am glad it is over! ⭐⭐Lowland by the Sea by Suzy McKee Charnas ⭐⭐Wingless Beasts by Lucy Taylor ⭐⭐The Nimble men by Glen Hirshberg ⭐⭐⭐Little America by Dan Chaon ⭐⭐⭐⭐Black and White Sky by Tanith Lee ⭐⭐⭐Monster Makers by Steve Rasnic Tem ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Chapter Six by Stephen Graham J......more

Goodreads review by Armand on March 13, 2020

Last year, I read the latest installment in Datlow's Best Horror of the Year series. Only a handful of the hundred-plus books that I devoured back then garnered 5 stars from me, and it was one of them. Add to that the fact that this book is a distillation of what the editor considers the very best s......more

Goodreads review by Joanie on March 28, 2021

Individual story ratings: Lowland Sea by Suzy McKee Charnas-5 Wingless Beasts by Lucy Taylor-5 The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg-3 Little America by Dan Chaon-4 Black and White Sky by Tanith Lee-4 Monster Makers by Steve Rasnic Tem-4 Chapter Six by Stephen Graham Jones-5 In a Cavern, in a Canyon by Laird Bar......more

Goodreads review by Andrew “The Weirdling” on January 14, 2020

An anthology book is always a mixed bag- some good, some ok, some outright bad. This one is a collection of “best of” stories from ten years of “best of” books. So, on the whole, the quality of these stories is very high. There’s a little of something for everyone here- monsters, supernatural, psych......more

Goodreads review by Charli on September 02, 2019

Total rating: 3/5 Despite having some really excellent horror in here, this anthology was bogged down by mediocre and downright awful short stories that do not live up to the title. Lowland Sea by Suzy McKee Charnas 2.5/5 The concept of the red sweat really intrigued- what’s more horrifying than seeing......more

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