The Years Best Dark Fantasy  Horror..., Paula Guran
The Years Best Dark Fantasy  Horror..., Paula Guran
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Volume Two

Author: Paula Guran

Narrator: James Fouhey, Julienne Irons

Unabridged: 17 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2023


Synopsis

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows.

This volume of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror offers tales from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique. Sure to delight as well as disturb!

Contains mature themes.

About Paula Guran

Paula Guran is a freelance editor, anthologist, and reviewer. In an earlier life she produced the weekly email newsletter "DarkEcho" (winning two Stokers, an IHG award, and a World Fantasy Award nomination) and edited Horror Garage (earning another IHG and a second World Fantasy nomination).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley

This collection of short stories is absolutely PHENOMENAL! I got a review copy from @kayepublicity and I’m so glad I did so that I could discover these stories. Out of the whole collection there was one, MAYBE two stories that I didn’t absolutely love and the rest all knocked it out of the park! I r......more

Goodreads review by Vince

Faves: "Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart" - Sam J. Miller "Burrowing Machine" - Sara Saab "About the O'Dells" - Pat Cadigan "Thoughts and Prayers" - Ken Liu "Logic Puzzles" - Vaishnavi Patel "Haunted" - Carmen Maria Machado "Glass Eyes in Porcelain Faces" - Jack Westlake "Hunting by the River" - Danie......more

Goodreads review by James

It is at long last 2021, and the Year of Living Hideously is over. Maybe; I mean, already we’ve seen an attempted coup in our government, a seditionist riot in Washington, and a second impeachment for He Who Ought Not Be Named. But what we do have, happily, are two truly wonderful and long-awaited y......more

Goodreads review by Megan

Guran has edited/curated a few dozen anthologies over the years, along with annual collections of The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. I wasn’t sure what to expect other than the seemingly obvious – a collection of scary stories personally chosen by Guran. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that......more