The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Twelve

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Twelve

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Twelve

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Twelve

Paperback

$15.99 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Wednesday, April 3
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available.

For four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the twelfth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others.

With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781597809733
Publisher: Night Shade
Publication date: 10/20/2020
Series: Best Horror of the Year Series , #12
Pages: 480
Sales rank: 215,935
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for more than thirty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Sci Fiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. Datlow has also won lifetime achievement awards from three prominent genre organizations, and currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com.

Table of Contents

Summation 2008 Ellen Datlow 1

Cargo E. Michael Lewis 35

If Angels Fight Richard Bowes 47

The Clay Party Steve Duffy 71

Penguins of the Apocalypse William Browning Spencer 87

Esmeralda Glen Hirshberg 109

The Hodag Trent Hergenrader 125

Very Low-Flying Aircraft Nicholas Royle 135

When the Gentlemen Go By Margaret Ronald 145

The Lagerstätte Laird Barron 153

Harry and the Monkey Euan Harvey 177

Dress Circle Miranda Siemienowicz 189

The Rising River Daniel Kaysen 197

Sweeney among the Straight Razors JoSelle Vanderhooft 211

Loup-garou R. B. Russell 213

Girl in Pieces Graham Edwards 221

It Washed Up Joe R. Lansdale 241

The Thirteenth Hell Mike Allen 243

The Goosle Margo Lanagan 245

Beach Head Daniel LeMoal 257

The Man from the Peak Adam Golaski 267

The Narrows Simon Bestwick 279

Honorable Mentions 311

About the Authors 315

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews