If you’re like me, you love a good horror series. Hell, series are cool, period, right? I remember my 1970s collection of The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor! I treasured those 19 or 20 comics. Add the amazing artwork and illustrations that a series often comes with, and they’re great! Throw in a great editor and the really good writers, telling their most frightening stories—and series are fantastic!!
I have been collecting Stephen Jones’ The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror since around 2003 and I finally have them all in either hard copy or digital editions. But having more isn’t always easier! I’m always going: Where did I place that one
book with the killer vampire story in it? Or which book was that crazy story about the “sticks” in? you know by Wagner?
Well, now-a-days it’s very easy to look things up and put a quick name to a book to a page number … and find just what you’re looking for. But back in the day? It was a treasure hunt!
But look no further—because here is the ultimate Master List (thank you ISFDB & StephenJoneseditor.com) of Tables of Contents from all 28 anthologies!—and the covers!*—almost three decades of great short horror fiction! “That’s gotta be like forty-eight hundred teeth!”
Indeed.
(*If an edition had more than one cover, I’ve included both below.)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 1, 1990
Table of Contents
xiii • Introduction: Horror in 1989 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1990) • essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
1 • Pin • (1989) • short story by Robert R. McCammon
8 • The House on Cemetery Street • (1988) • novelette by Cherry Wilder
33 • The Horn • (1989) • novelette by Stephen Gallagher
57 • Breaking Up • (1989) • short story by Alex Quiroba
66 • It Helps If You Sing • (1989) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
75 • Closed Circuit • (1989) • novelette by Laurence Staig
93 • Carnal House • (1989) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
104 • Twitch Technicolor • (1989) • short story by Kim Newman
115 • Lizaveta • (1988) • novelette by Gregory Frost
144 • Snow Cancellations • (1989) • short story by Donald R. Burleson
154 • Archway • (1989) • novelette by Nicholas Royle
176 • The Strange Design of Master Rignolo • (1989) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
189 • …To Feel Another’s Woe • (1989) • short story by Chet Williamson
205 • The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneaux • (1989) • novelette by Robert Westall
236 • No Sharks in the Med • (1989) • novelette by Brian Lumley
275 • Mort au Monde • (1989) • short story by D. F. Lewis
279 • Blanca • (1989) • novelette by Thomas Tessier
303 • The Eye of the Ayatollah • (1990) • short story by Ian Watson
312 • At First Just Ghostly • [Kane] • (1989) • novella by Karl Edward Wagner
370 • Bad News • (1989) • short story by Richard Laymon
383 • Necrology: 1989 (Best New Horror) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1990) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 2, 1991
Table of Contents
xvii • Introduction: Horror in 1990 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
1 • The First Time • (1990) • short story by K. W. Jeter
14 • A Short Guide to the City • (1990) • short story by Peter Straub
25 • Stephen • (1990) • novelette by Elizabeth Massie
47 • The Dead Love You • (1989) • short story by Jonathan Carroll
60 • Jane Doe #112 • (1990) • short story by Harlan Ellison
70 • Shock Radio • (1990) • short story by Ray Garton
89 • The Man Who Drew Cats • (1990) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
105 • The Co-Op • (1990) • short story by Melanie Tem
115 • Negatives • (1990) • short story by Nicholas Royle
126 • The Last Feast of Harlequin • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1990) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
159 • 1/72nd Scale • (1990) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
185 • Cedar Lane • (1990) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
194 • At a Window Facing West • (1990) • short story by Kim Antieau
205 • Inside the Walled City • (1990) • novelette by Garry Kilworth
222 • On the Wing • (1990) • short story by Jean-Daniel Brèque
230 • Firebird • (1990) • novelette by J. L. Comeau
252 • Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills • (1990) • novelette by David J. Schow
272 • His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1990) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
282 • The Original Dr Shade • (1990) • novelette by Kim Newman
309 • Madge • (1990) • short story by D. F. Lewis
312 • Alive in Venice • (1990) • short story by Cherry Wilder
326 • Divertimento • (1989) • short story by Gregory Frost
335 • Pelts • [The Secret History of the World] • (1989) • novelette by F. Paul Wilson
354 • Those of Rhenea • (1990) • short story by David Sutton
367 • Lord of the Land • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1990) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
383 • Aquarium • (1990) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
397 • Mister Ice Cold • (1990) • short story by Gahan Wilson
402 • On the Town Route • (1989) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
421 • Necrology: 1990 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 3, 1992
Table of Contents
xvii • Introduction: Horror in 1991 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
1 • True Love • (1991) • short story by K. W. Jeter
15 • The Same in Any Language • (1991) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
27 • Impermanent Mercies • (1991) • short story by Kathe Koja
35 • Ma Qui • (1991) • short story by Alan Brennert
53 • The Miracle Mile • (1991) • novelette by Robert R. McCammon
71 • Taking Down the Tree • (1991) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
75 • Where Flies Are Born • (1991) • short story by Douglas Clegg
85 • Love, Death and the Maiden • (1991) • short story by Roger Johnson (variant of Mädelein)
97 • Chui Chai • (1991) • short story by S. P. Somtow
111 • The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu • (1991) • short story by Kim Newman
117 • Colder Than Hell • (1991) • short story by Edward Bryant
129 • Raymond • (1991) • short story by Nancy A. Collins
143 • One Life, in an Hourglass • (1991) • short story by Charles L. Grant
155 • The Braille Encyclopedia • (1991) • short story by Grant Morrison (variant of The Braille Encyclopaedia)
167 • The Bacchae • (1991) • short story by Elizabeth Hand
183 • Busted in Buttown • (1991) • short story by David J. Schow
189 • Subway Story • (1990) • short story by Russell Flinn
201 • The Medusa • (1991) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
221 • Power Cut • (1991) • short story by Joel Lane
229 • Moving Out • (1991) • short story by Nicholas Royle
235 • Guignoir • (1991) • short story by Norman Partridge
259 • Blood Sky • (1991) • short story by William F. Nolan
279 • Ready • (1991) • short story by David Starkey
289 • The Slug • (1991) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
301 • The Dark Land • (1991) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
321 • When They Gave Us Memory • (1991) • short story by Dennis Etchison
337 • Taking Care of Michael • (1991) • short story by J. L. Comeau
341 • The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank • (1991) • novella by Thomas Tessier
399 • Zits • (1991) • short fiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
403 • Necrology: 1991 (Best New Horror 3) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 4, 1993
Table of Contents
xvii • Introduction: Horror in 1992 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
1 • The Suicide Artist • (1992) • short story by Scott Edelman
13 • Dancing on a Blade of Dreams • (1992) • novelette by Roberta Lannes
35 • The Departed • (1992) • short story by Clive Barker
43 • How to Get Ahead in New York • [Steve and Ghost Universe] • (1992) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
58 • They Take • (1992) • novelette by John Brunner
80 • Replacements • (1992) • novelette by Lisa Tuttle
95 • Under the Pylon • (1992) • short story by Graham Joyce
106 • The Glamour • (1991) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
115 • Under the Ice • (1992) • short story by John Gordon
128 • And Some Are Missing • (1992) • short story by Joel Lane
136 • The Little Green Ones • (1992) • short story by Les Daniels
142 • Mirror Man • (1992) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
155 • Mothmusic • (1992) • short story by Sarah Ash
168 • Did They Get You to Trade? • (1992) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
186 • Night Shift Sister • (1992) • short story by Nicholas Royle
200 • The Dead • (1992) • short story by M. John Harrison and Simon Ings
210 • Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death • (1992) • novelette by Christopher Fowler
229 • Red Reign • [Anno Dracula] • (1992) • novella by Kim Newman
285 • Aviatrix • (1992) • short story by Peter Atkins
297 • Snodgrass • (1992) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
322 • The Day of the Sharks • (1992) • short story by Kate Wilhelm
336 • Anima • (1992) • short story by M. John Harrison
355 • Bright Lights, Big Zombie • (1992) • novelette by Douglas E. Winter
375 • The Ghost Village • (1992) • novelette by Peter Straub
404 • Necrology: 1992 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 5, 1994
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 1993 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1993) • essay by Ramsey Campbell and Stephen Jones
26 • Later • (1993) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
34 • When the Red Storm Comes • (1993) • short story by Sarah Smith (variant of When the Red Storm Comes: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Awakening to Her Nature)
47 • The Exhibit • (1993) • short story by Martin Plumbridge
62 • Leavings • (1993) • short story by Kathe Koja
69 • Human Remains • (1992) • short story by Edward Bryant
85 • Flying Into Naples • (1993) • short story by Nicholas Royle
100 • The Sixth Sentinel • (1993) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
116 • The Brothers • (1993) • short story by Rick Cadger
129 • The Owen Street Monster • (1993) • short story by J. L. Comeau
136 • One Size Eats All • (1993) • short story by T. E. D. Klein
142 • Mulligan’s Fence • short story by Donald R. Burleson
151 • How She Dances • (1993) • short story by Chaz Brenchley [as by Daniel Fox]
162 • Passages • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
172 • Easing the Spring • (1993) • short story by Sally Roberts Jones
183 • Safe at Home • (1993) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
191 • Mother of the City • (1993) • short story by Christopher Fowler
204 • Justice • (1993) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
232 • The Big Fish • [The Diogenes Club] • (1993) • novelette by Kim Newman
264 • In the Desert of Deserts • (1993) • short story by Thomas Tessier
275 • Two Returns • (1993) • short story by Terry Lamsley
293 • The Moment the Face Falls • (1993) • short story by Chet Williamson
302 • Darker Angels • (1993) • novelette by S. P. Somtow
326 • The Timbrel Sound of Darkness • (1993) • short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
335 • The Tsalal • short story by Thomas Ligotti
364 • In the Still, Small Hours • (1993) • short story by Charles L. Grant [as by Charles Grant]
379 • Ice House Pond • (1993) • novella by Steve Rasnic Tem
427 • The Dog Park • (1993) • short story by Dennis Etchison
440 • The Marble Boy • (1993) • short story by Gahan Wilson
453 • Mefisto in Onyx • (1993) • novella by Harlan Ellison
501 • Necrology: 1993 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 6, 1995
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 1994 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1995) • essay by Stephen Jones
33 • Dead Babies • (1994) • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
45 • Sensible City • (1994) • short story by Harlan Ellison
55 • Blade and Bone • (1994) • short story by Terry Lamsley
73 • Harvest • (1994) • short story by Normsan Partridge
81 • Sometimes, in the Rain • (1994) • short story by Charles L. Grant [as by Charles Grant]
95 • Menage a Trois • (1994) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
99 • Like Shattered Stone • (1994) • short story by Joel Lane
113 • Black Sun • (1991) • short story by Douglas E. Winter
123 • Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring • (1994) • novelette by M. John Harrison
149 • The Dead Orchards • (1994) • short story by Ian R. MacLeod [as by Ian MacLeod]
161 • What Happened When Mosby Paulson Had Her Painting Reproduced on the Cover of the Phone Book • (1994) • short story by Elizabeth Massie
175 • The Alternative • (1994) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
197 • In the Middle of a Snow Dream • (1994) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
215 • The Temptation of Dr Stein • (1994) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
235 • Wayang Kulit • (1994) • short story by Garry Kilworth
253 • The Scent of Vinegar • (1994) • novelette by Robert Bloch
283 • The Homecoming • (1994) • short story by Nicholas Royle
305 • The Singular Habits of Wasps • (1994) • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
331 • To Receive Is Better • (1994) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
339 • The Alchemy of the Throat • (1994) • novelette by Brian Hodge
365 • Out of the Night, When the Full Moon Is Bright … • (1994) • novella by Kim Newman
425 • Lovers • (1994) • poem by Esther M. Friesner
431 • Necrology: 1994 (The Best New Horror: Volume Six) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1995) • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 7, 1996
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 1995 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1996) • essay by Stephen Jones
44 • Tirkiluk • (1995) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
69 • The Most Boring Woman in the World • (1995) • short story by Christopher Fowler (variant of Most Boring Woman in the World)
79 • Extinctions in Paradise • (1995) • short story by Brian Hodge
98 • Food Man • (1994) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
109 • More Tomorrow • (1995) • novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
141 • Going Under • (1995) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
157 • Survivor • (1995) • novelette by Dave Smeds
185 • The Stones • (1995) • short story by Patrick Thompson
194 • Back of Beyond • (1975) • short story by Cherry Wilder
209 • A Hundred Wicked Little Witches • (1995) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
215 • The Finger of Halugra • (1995) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman (variant of Finger of Halugra)
229 • The Toddler • (1995) • short story by Terry Lamsley
251 • Not Here, Not Now • (1995) • short story by Stephen Gallagher
259 • The Bungalow House • (1995) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
281 • Cradle • (1995) • short story by Alan Brennert
292 • The Sixth Dog • (1995) • novelette by Jane Rice
314 • Scaring the Train • (1994) • novelette by Terry Dowling
347 • La Serenissima • (1995) • novelette by David Sutton
368 • The Bars on Satan’s Jailhouse • (1995) • novelette by Norman Partridge
400 • The Bone-Carver’s Tale • (1995) • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
416 • Queen of Knives • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
425 • The True History of Doctor Pretorius • (1995) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
450 • The Grey Madonna • (1995) • short story by Graham Masterton (variant of The Gray Madonna)
465 • Loop • (1995) • novelette by Douglas E. Winter
484 • The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires • [Edward Copplestone] • (1995) • novella by Brian Stableford
569 • Lacuna • (1995) • short fiction by Nicholas Royle
571 • Necrology: 1995 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1996) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
590 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7) • [Useful Addresses] • (1996) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 8, 1997
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 1996 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1997) • essay by Stephen Jones
49 • Walking the Dog • (1996) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
86 • Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz • (1995) • novelette by Poppy Z. Brite
109 • An Eye for an Eye • (1996) • short story by Norman Partridge
124 • Underworld • (1996) • short story by Douglas Clegg
138 • The Curse of Kali • (1996) • short story by Cherry Wilder
154 • The Film • (1997) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
161 • Of a Cat, but Her Skin • (1996) • short story by Storm Constantine
176 • Hopscotch • (1996) • short story by Donald R. Burleson
188 • Ghost in the Machine • (1996) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
194 • The Moon Never Changes • (1996) • short story by Joel Lane
205 • Butcher’s Logic • (1996) • short story by Roberta Lannes
217 • Kites and Kisses • (1996) • short story by D. F. Lewis
224 • Last Train to Arnos Grove • (1996) • short story by Marni Scofidio Griffin [as by Marni Griffin]
233 • The King of Rain • (1996) • novelette by Mark Chadbourn
258 • Hardball • (1996) • short story by Iain Sinclair
269 • Gas Station Carnivals • (1996) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
286 • Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune • (1996) • novelette by Thomas Tessier
305 • That Blissful Height • (1996) • novelette by Gregory Frost
340 • Skin Deep • (1996) • short story by Nicholas Royle
357 • Hell Hath Enlarged Herself • (1996) • novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
382 • Unforgotten • (1996) • novelette by Christopher Fowler
401 • A Plague on Both Your Houses • (1996) • short fiction by Scott Edelman
435 • Final Cut • (1996) • short story by Karl Edward Wagner
443 • The Break • (1996) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
489 • Necrology: 1996 (The Best New Horror: Volume Eight) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1997) • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
510 • Useful Addresses (The Best New Horror: Volume Eight) • (1997) • essay by uncredited
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 9, 1998
Table of Contents
Christmas Forever • (1997) • short story by Christopher Fowler
Coppola’s Dracula • [Anno Dracula] • (1997) • novella by Kim Newman
Dying Words • (1997) • novelette by David J. Schow
Emptiness Spoke Eloquent • [Dracula] • (1997) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Four Famines Ago • (1997) • short story by Yvonne Navarro
Grazing the Long Acre • (1998) • short story by Gwyneth Jones
Introduction: Horror in 1997 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1998) • essay by Stephen Jones
Necrology: 1997 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1998) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
No One You Know • (1997) • short story by Dennis Etchison
Save As … • (1997) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
Serpent Eggs • (1994) • short story by David Langford
Swallowing a Dirty Seed • (1997) • short story by Simon Clark
The Bells Will Sound Forever • (1997) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
The Crawl • (1997) • novelette by Stephen Laws
The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins • (1997) • novella by Brian Hodge
The Map to the Homes of the Stars • (1997) • short story by Andy Duncan
The Right Ending • (1997) • short story by John Burke
The Windmill • (1997) • short story by Conrad Williams
The Word • (1997) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
The Zombies of Madison County • (1997) • novella by Douglas E. Winter
This Is Your Life (Repressed Memory Remix) • (1997) • short story by Pat Cadigan
Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9) • [Useful Addresses] • (1998) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 10, 1999–The 10th Anniversary Edition!
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 1998 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (1999) • essay by Stephen Jones
62 • Learning to Let Go • (1998) • short story by Christopher Fowler
86 • The Wedding Present • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
98 • Adventures in Further Education • (1998) • short story by Peter Atkins
101 • Bondage • (1998) • short story by Kathe Koja
108 • The Keys to D’Espérance • [The Haunted House of D’Espérance] • (1998) • novelette by Chaz Brenchley
130 • The Song My Sister Sang • (1998) • short story by Stephen Laws
149 • A Victorian Ghost Story • (1999) • short story by Kim Newman
159 • The Dead Boy at Your Window • (1998) • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
164 • Ra*e • (1998) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
193 • Upstairs • (1998) • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
195 • Postcards from the King of Tides • (1998) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
214 • Everybody Goes • (1992) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
220 • Yellow & Red • (1998) • short story by Tanith Lee
238 • What Slips Away • (1998) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
246 • Inside the Cackle Factory • (1998) • novelette by Dennis Etchison
267 • The Specialist’s Hat • (1998) • short story by Kelly Link
281 • The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil • (1998) • novella by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
357 • Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear • (1999) • short story by Harlan Ellison
369 • Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff • (1997) • novella by Peter Straub
455 • Necrology: 1998 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (1999) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
483 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Ten) • [Useful Addresses] • (1999) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 11, 2000
Table of Contents
Introduction: Horror in 1999 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11) • (2000) • essay by The Editor
Halloween Street • [Halloween Street] • (1999) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Others (excerpt) • (1999) • short fiction by James Herbert
Growing Things • (1999) • short story by T. E. D. Klein
Unhasped • (1999) • short story by David J. Schow
The Emperor’s Old Bones • (1999) • short story by Gemma Files
The Entertainment • (1999) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
Harlequin Valentine • (1999) • short story by Neil Gaiman
The Stunted House • (1999) • short story by Terry Lamsley
Just Like Eddy • (1999) • short story by Kim Newman
The Long Hall on the Top Floor • (1999) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Lulu • (1999) • novelette by Thomas Tessier
The Ballyhooly Boy • (1999) • novelette by Graham Masterton
Welcome • (1999) • novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
Burden • (1999) • short story by Michael Marano
Naming the Dead • (1999) • short story by Paul J. McAuley
Aftershock • (1999) • novelette by F. Paul Wilson (variant of After Shock)
A Fish Story • (1999) • short story by Gene Wolfe
Jimmy • (1999) • novella by David Case
White • (1999) • novella by Tim Lebbon
Pork Pie Hat • (1994) • novella by Peter Straub
Tricks & Treats: One Night on Halloween Street • [Halloween Street] • (1999) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Necrology: 1999 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2000) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11) • [Useful Addresses] • (2000) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 12, 2001
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2000 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2001) • essay by Stephen Jones
73 • Castle in the Desert • [Anno Dracula] • (2000) • short story by Kim Newman (variant of Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977)
92 • The Keeper of the Rothenstein Tomb • (2000) • short story by Iain Sinclair
106 • Forever Gramma • (2000) • short story by Mick Garris
122 • At Home in the Pubs of Old London • (2000) • short story by Christopher Fowler
135 • In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) • [Dancy Flammarion] • (2000) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
149 • Bone Orchards • (2000) • short story by Paul J. McAuley
161 • No Strings • (2000) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
170 • The Grotto • (2000) • short story by Kathryn Ptacek
188 • Merry Roderick • (2000) • short story by Geoffrey Warburton
199 • Climbing Down from Heaven • (2000) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
232 • Empty Stations • (2000) • short story by Nicholas Royle
241 • Flesh of Leaves, Bones of Desire • (2000) • short story by Charlee Jacob
248 • The Repulsion • (2000) • short story by Tim Lebbon
261 • The Detailer • (2000) • short story by Dennis Etchison
274 • Coming Home • (2000) • short story by Mark Morris
282 • The Hunger of the Leaves • (2000) • short story by Joel Lane
291 • Xenos Beach • (2000) • short story by Graham Joyce
307 • At Eventide • (2000) • short story by Kathe Koja
317 • Pareidolia • (2000) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
326 • I Have a Special Plan for This World • (2000) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
350 • The Handover • (2000) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
360 • The Other Side of Midnight • [Anno Dracula] • (2000) • novella by Kim Newman
447 • Necrology: 2000 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twelve) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2001) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 13, 2002
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2001 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2002) • essay by Stephen Jones
82 • Mark of the Beast • [Captain Luis da Silva] • (2001) • novelette by Chico Kidd
110 • Crocodile Lady • (2001) • short story by Christopher Fowler
131 • All for Sale • (2001) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
145 • The Two Dicks • (2001) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
164 • By Her Hand, She Draws You Down • (2001) • short story by Douglas Smith
174 • O’ Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? • [Dr. Brite] • (2001) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
188 • Got to Kill Them All • (2001) • short story by Dennis Etchison
200 • No More A-Roving • (2001) • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
215 • First, Catch Your Demon • (2001) • short story by Graham Joyce
229 • Pump Jack • (2001) • short story by Donald R. Burleson [as by Donald Burleson]
239 • Outfangthief • (2001) • short story by Conrad Williams [as by Gala Blau]
258 • The Lost District • (2001) • short story by Joel Lane
273 • Simeon Dimsby’s Workshop • (2001) • short story by Richard A. Lupoff
288 • Our Temporary Supervisor • (2001) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
306 • Whose Ghosts These Are • (2001) • short story by Charles L. Grant
321 • Shite-Hawks • (2001) • short story by Muriel Gray
334 • Off the Map • (2001) • short story by Michael Chislett
352 • Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water • (2001) • short story by Kelly Link
365 • City in Aspic • (2001) • short story by Conrad Williams
387 • Where All Things Perish • (2001) • novelette by Tanith Lee
425 • Struwwelpeter • (2001) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
459 • Cleopatra Brimstone • (2001) • novella by Elizabeth Hand
512 • Cats and Architecture • [Captain Luis da Silva] • (2001) • short story by Chico Kidd
543 • Necrology: 2001 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2002) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
583 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13) • (2002) • essay by uncredited
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 14, 2003
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2002 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2003) • essay by Stephen Jones
85 • October in the Chair • (2002) • short story by Neil Gaiman
99 • Details • (2002) • short story by China Miéville
115 • The Wretched Thicket of Thorn • (2002) • novelette by Don Tumasonis
139 • The Absolute Last of the Ultra-Spooky, Super-Scary Hallowe’en Horror Nights • (2002) • short story by David J. Schow
156 • Standard Gauge • (2002) • short story by Nicholas Royle
169 • Little Dead Girl Singing • (2002) • short story by Stephen Gallagher
182 • Nesting Instincts • (2002) • novelette by Brian Hodge
208 • The Two Sams • (2002) • short story by Glen Hirshberg
226 • Hides • (2002) • novelette by Jay Russell
251 • The Unbeheld • (2002) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
267 • Ill Met By Daylight • (2002) • short story by Basil Copper
284 • Catskin • (2003) • short story by Kelly Link
310 • 20th Century Ghost • (2002) • short story by Joe Hill
330 • Egyptian Avenue • [The Diogenes Club] • (2002) • short story by Kim Newman
345 • The Boy Behind the Gate • (2002) • short story by James Van Pelt
364 • Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea • [Dandridge Cycle] • (2002) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
378 • The Coventry Boy • (2002) • novelette by Graham Joyce
405 • The Prospect Cards • (2002) • novelette by Don Tumasonis
427 • The Cage • [Ambergris] • (2002) • novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
467 • Dr. Pretorius and the Lost Temple • (2002) • novella by Paul J. McAuley (variant of Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple) [as by Paul McAuley]
581 • Useful Addresses (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 14) • [Useful Addresses] • (2003) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15, 2004
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2003 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
93 • Fear the Dead • (2002) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
114 • The Hanged Man of Oz • (2003) • short story by Steve Nagy
129 • Mara • (2003) • short story by Michael Chislett
143 • Cell Call • (2003) • short story by Marc Laidlaw
153 • In the Tunnels • (2003) • short story by Pauline Morgan [as by Pauline E. Dungate]
164 • Hunger: A Confession • (2003) • short story by Dale Bailey
178 • Seven Feet • (2004) • short story by Christopher Fowler
195 • The Centipede • (2003) • short story by Susan Davis
205 • The Goat Cutter • (2003) • short story by Jay Lake
218 • Maybe Next Time • (2003) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
232 • Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler • (2002) • short story by John Farris (variant of Storytime with the Bluefield Strangler 2004)
245 • Hunter Lake • (2003) • short story by Gene Wolfe
257 • Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe • (2003) • short story by Scott Emerson Bull (variant of Mr Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe)
265 • The Bereavement Photographer • (2003) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
279 • Kissing Carrion • (2003) • short story by Gemma Files
299 • The White Hands • (2003) • short story by Mark Samuels
316 • Waycross • [Dancy Flammarion] • (2003) • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
340 • Lucy, in Her Splendor • (2003) • short story by Charles Coleman Finlay
354 • Dead Boy Found • (2003) • short story by Christopher Barzak
372 • The Haunting • (2003) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
383 • Dancing Men • (2003) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
417 • Bitter Grounds • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
436 • Child of the Stones • (2003) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
477 • The Silence of the Falling Stars • (2003) • novelette by Mike O’Driscoll
501 • Exorcizing Angels • (2003) • novella by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon (variant of Exorcising Angels)
553 • Necrology: 2003 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
615 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 15) • [Useful Addresses] • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 16, 2005
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2004 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2005) • essay by Stephen Jones
81 • Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire • (2004) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
94 • Lilies • (2004) • short story by Iain Rowan
105 • Breaking Up • (2004) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
116 • “The King”, in: Yellow • [The King in Yellow] • (2004) • short story by Brian Keene (variant of The King, in: Yellow)
131 • A Trick of the Dark • (2004) • short story by Tina Rath
140 • The Mutable Borders of Love • (2004) • short story by Leslie What
151 • Flour White and Spindle Thin • (2004) • short story by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims
170 • Tighter • (2004) • short story by Christa Faust
181 • Restraint • (2004) • short story by Stephen Gallagher
201 • Israbel • (2004) • short story by Tanith Lee
217 • The Growlimb • (2004) • novelette by Michael Shea
248 • This Is Now • (2004) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
261 • Remnants • (2004) • novella by Tim Lebbon
301 • Safety Clowns • (2004) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
326 • The Devil of Delery Street • (2004) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
340 • Apocalypse Now, Voyager • [Marty Burns] • (2004) • novella by Jay Russell
387 • Stone Animals • (2004) • novelette by Kelly Link
426 • Soho Golem • [The Diogenes Club] • (2004) • novella by Kim Newman
472 • Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic • (2004) • short story by Dale Bailey
476 • My Death • (2004) • novella by Lisa Tuttle
543 • The Problem of Susan • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman
551 • Necrology (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2005) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
602 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16) • [Useful Addresses] • (2005) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 17, 1906
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2005 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
79 • The Decorations • (2005) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
94 • Black and Green and Gold • (2005) • novelette by David Herter
119 • I Live with You and You Don’t Know It • (2005) • short story by Carol Emshwiller (variant of I Live with You)
130 • The Cubist’s Attorney • (2005) • short story by Peter Atkins
140 • All Fish and Dracula • (2005) • short story by Liz Williams
150 • The Ball Room • (2005) • short story by China Miéville and Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer
163 • Gulls • (2005) • short story by Tim Pratt
170 • Pinkie • (2005) • short story by Elizabeth Massie
185 • Glyphotech • (2005) • novelette by Mark Samuels
202 • One of the Hungry Ones • (2005) • novelette by Holly Phillips
221 • If I Should Wake Before I Die • (2005) • short story by Brian Hodge
236 • The Other Family • (2005) • short story by Roberta Lannes
253 • The Outermost Borough • (2005) • short story by Gahan Wilson
263 • American Morons • (2005) • short story by Glen Hirshberg
277 • Where Angels Come In • (2005) • short story by Adam Nevill [as by Adam L. G. Nevill]
293 • Sickhouse Hospitality • (2005) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
333 • Best New Horror • (2005) • short story by Joe Hill
353 • La Peau Verte • (2005) • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
378 • Time Was • (2005) • novelette by David Morrell
401 • Haeckel’s Tale • (2005) • short story by Clive Barker
418 • The Taint • (2005) • novella by Brian Lumley
470 • The Winner • (2005) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
483 • Necrology: 2005 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 18, 1907
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1 • Introduction: Horror in 2006 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
73 • Summer • (2006) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
87 • Digging Deep • (2006) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
96 • The Night Watch • (2006) • short story by John Gordon
107 • The Luxury of Harm • (2006) • short story by Christopher Fowler
113 • Sentinels • (2006) • short story by Mark Samuels
127 • The Saffron Gatherers • (2006) • short story by Elizabeth Hand
143 • What Nature Abhors • (2006) • novella by Mark Morris
156 • The Last Reel • (2006) • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
168 • The American Dead • (2006) • short story by Jay Lake
177 • Between the Cold Moon and the Earth • (2006) • short story by Peter Atkins
188 • Sob in the Silence • (2006) • short story by Gene Wolfe
205 • Continuity Error • (2006) • novelette by Nicholas Royle
228 • Dr. Prida’s Dream-Plagued Patient • (2006) • short story by Michael Bishop
234 • The Ones We Leave Behind • (2006) • short story by Mark Chadbourn
253 • Mine • (2006) • short story by Joel Lane
257 • Obsequy • (2006) • novelette by David J. Schow
284 • Thrown • (2006) • short story by Don Tumasonis
295 • Houses Under the Sea • (2006) • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
322 • They • (2006) • short story by David Morrell
338 • The Clockwork Horror • (2006) • short story by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
358 • Making Cabinets • (2006) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
361 • Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) • (2006) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
393 • Devil’s Smile • (2006) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
417 • The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train • [The Diogenes Club] • (2006) • novella by Kim Newman
505 • Necrology: 2006 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2007) • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
567 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eighteen) • [Useful Addresses] • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 19, 1908
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1 • Introduction: Horror in 2007 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
81 • The Things He Said • (2007) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
92 • The Church on the Island • (2007) • short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
109 • The Twilight Express • (2007) • short story by Christopher Fowler
119 • Peep • (2007) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
135 • From Around Here • (2007) • novelette by Tim Pratt
156 • Pumpkin Night • (2007) • short fiction by Gary McMahon
162 • The Other Village • (2007) • short story by Simon Strantzas
176 • 13 O’Clock • (2007) • short story by Mike O’Driscoll
198 • Still Water • (2007) • short story by Joel Lane
205 • Thumbprint • non-genre • (2007) • novelette by Joe Hill
227 • Lancashire • (2007) • short story by Nicholas Royle
237 • The Admiral’s House • (2007) • short story by Marc Lecard
250 • Man, You Gotta See This! • (2007) • short story by Tony Richards
260 • The Fisherman • (2007) • novella by David Sutton [as by David A. Sutton]
278 • The Children of Monte Rosa • (2007) • short story by Reggie Oliver
295 • The Witch’s Headstone • juvenile • [Bod Owens] • (2007) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
320 • Calico Black, Calico Blue • (2007) • short story by Joel Knight
336 • This Rich Evil Sound • (2007) • short story by Steven Erikson
345 • Miss Ill-Kept Runt • (2007) • short story by Glen Hirshberg
358 • Deadman’s Road • [Reverend Jedidiah Mercer] • (2007) • novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
383 • A Gentleman from Mexico • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (2007) • short story by Mark Samuels
405 • Loss • (2007) • novelette by Tom Piccirilli
441 • Behind the Clouds: In Front of the Sun • (2007) • short fiction by Christopher Harman
465 • The Ape’s Wife • [King Kong] • (2007) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
486 • Tight Wrappers • (2007) • short story by Conrad Williams
498 • Cold Snap • [The Diogenes Club] • (2007) • short story by Kim Newman
565 • Necrology: 2007 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
616 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 19) • [Useful Addresses] • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 20, 2009
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1 • Introduction: Horror in 2008 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
78 • Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told • (1998) • novelette by Peter Crowther
104 • It Runs Beneath the Surface • (2008) • short story by Simon Strantzas
113 • These Things We Have Always Known • (2008) • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
124 • Feminine Endings • (2008) • short story by Neil Gaiman
130 • Through the Cracks • (2008) • short story by Gary McMahon
142 • Falling off the World • (2008) • short story by Tim Lebbon
151 • The Old Traditions Are Best • (2008) • short story by Paul Finch (variant of The Old Traditions)
168 • The Long Way • (2008) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
187 • The Pile • (2008) • short story by Michael Bishop
205 • Under Fog • (2008) • short story by Tanith Lee (variant of Underfog (The Wreckers))
217 • Arkangel • (2008) • novelette by Christopher Fowler
240 • The Camping Wainwrights • (2008) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
259 • A Donkey at the Mysteries • (2008) • novelette by Reggie Oliver
278 • The Oram County Whoosit • (2008) • novelette by Steve Duffy
311 • The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates • (2008) • short story by Stephen King
320 • One Man in the Sudan • (2008) • novelette by Sarah Pinborough
342 • “Destination Nihil” by Edmund Bertrand • (2008) • short story by Mark Samuels
348 • The Overseer • (2008) • novella by Albert E. Cowdrey
396 • The Beginnings of Sorrow • (2008) • novelette by Pinckney Benedict
426 • The Place of Waiting • (2008) • novella by Brian Lumley
471 • 2:00 pm: The Real Estate Agent Arrives • (2008) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
472 • Necrology: 2008 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
532 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twenty) • [Useful Addresses] • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 21, 2010
Table of Contents
1 • Introduction: Horror in 2009 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones
101 • The Woods • (2009) • short story by Michael Kelly
106 • Throttle • (2009) • novelette by Joe Hill and Stephen King
142 • Out and Back • (2009) • novelette by Barbara Roden
166 • Respects • (2009) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
181 • Cold to the Touch • (2009) • short story by Simon Strantzas
200 • The Game of Bear • (2009) • short story by M. R. James and Reggie Oliver
213 • Shem-el-Nessim: An Inspiration in Perfume • (2009) • short story by Chris Bell (variant of Shem-El-Nessim 2007)
227 • What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night • (2009) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
235 • The Reunion • (2009) • short story by Nicholas Royle
247 • Mami Wata • (2009) • short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
267 • Venturi • (2009) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
273 • Party Talk • (2009) • short story by John Gaskin
286 • Two Steps Along the Road • (2009) • novelette by Terry Dowling
310 • The Axholme Toll • (2009) • short story by Mark Valentine
324 • Granny’s Grinning • (2009) • short story by Robert Shearman
338 • In the Garden • (2009) • short story by Rosalie Parker
343 • After the Ape • (2009) • novelette by Stephen Volk
366 • The Nonesuch • (2009) • novella by Brian Lumley
407 • Princess of the Night • (2009) • short story by Michael Kelly
409 • Necrology: 2009 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
486 • Useful Addresses (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21) • [Useful Addresses] • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 22, 2011
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A Revelation of Cormorants • (2010) • short story by Mark Valentine
Acknowledgments (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22) • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones
As Red as Red • (2010) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Autumn Chill • (2010) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
Black Country • (2010) • short story by Joel Lane
Christmas with the Dead • (2010) • short story by Joe R. Lansdale
City of the Dog • (2010) • novelette by John Langan
Fallen Boys • (2010) • short story by Mark Morris
Featherweight • (2010) • novelette by Robert Shearman
Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History • (2010) • short story by Albert E. Cowdrey
Introduction: Horror in 2010 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones
Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls • (2010) • short story by Brian Hodge
Lavender and Lychgates • (2010) • novelette by Angela Slatter
Lesser Demons • (2010) • novelette by Norman Partridge
Losenef Express • (2010) • short story by Mark Samuels
Necrology: 2010 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2010) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside • (2010) • short story by Christopher Fowler
Out Back • (2011) • short fiction by Garry Kilworth
Substitutions • (2010) • novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
Telling • (2010) • short fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Lemon in the Pool • (2010) • short fiction by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Pier • (2010) • short fiction by Thana Niveau
We All Fall Down • (2010) • short story by Kirstyn McDermott
What Will Come After • (2010) • short fiction by Scott Edelman
When the Zombies Win • (2010) • short story by Karina Sumner-Smith
With the Angels • (2010) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 23, 2012
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About the Dark • (2011) • short story by Alison Littlewood
An Indelible Stain Upon the Sky • short story by Simon Strantzas
But None Shall Sing for Me • (2011) • short story by Gregory Nicoll
Corbeaux Bay • (2011) • short story by Geeta Roopnarine
Dancing Like We’re Dumb • (2011) • short story by Peter Atkins
Hair • (2011) • short story by Joan Aiken
Holding the Light • (2011) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
Holiday Home • (2011) • short story by David Buchan
Lantern Jack • (2011) • short story by Christopher Fowler
Midnight Flight • (2011) • short story by Joel Lane
Miri • (2011) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Passing Through Peacehaven • (2011) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
Quieta Non Movere • (2011) • short story by Reggie Oliver
Rag and Bone • (2011) • short story by Paul Kane
Sad, Dark Thing • (2011) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
Smithers and the Ghosts of the Thar • (2011) • short story by Robert Silverberg
Some Kind of Light Shines from Your Face • (2011) • short story by Gemma Files
The Crawling Sky • [Reverend Jedidiah Mercer] • (2009) • novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer • (2011) • novelette by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Ocean Grand, North West Coast • (2011) • novelette by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Photographer’s Tale • (2011) • short story by Daniel Mills
The Tower • (2011) • short story by Mark Samuels
They That Have Wings • (2011) • novelette by Evangeline Walton
Trick of the Light • (2011) • short story by Tim Lebbon
Wait • (2011) • novelette by Conrad Williams
White Roses, Bloody Silk • (2011) • short story by Thana Niveau
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 24, 2013
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U1 • Introduction: Horror In 2012 • [Horror in … Introductions] • (2013) • essay by Stephen Jones
91 • Witch Work • (2012) • poem by Neil Gaiman
94 • The Discord of Being • (2012) • short story by Alison Littlewood
113 • Necrosis • (2012) • short story by Dale Bailey
121 • The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath • (2012) • short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale
138 • The Cotswold Olimpicks • (2012) • short fiction by Simon Kurt Unsworth
154 • Where the Summer Dwells • (2012) • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
167 • The Callers • (2012) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
182 • The Curtain • (2012) • short fiction by Thana Niveau
196 • The Fall of the King of Babylon • (2012) • short fiction by Mark Valentine
207 • Nightside Eye • (2012) • short fiction by Terry Dowling
227 • The Old and the New • (2012) • short fiction by Helen Marshall
241 • Waiting at the Crossroads Motel • (2012) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
251 • His Only Audience • [The Normal and Nadine Adventures] • (2012) • short story by Glen Hirshberg
274 • Marionettes • (2012) • short fiction by Claire Massey
283 • Between Four Yews • (2012) • novelette by Reggie Oliver
311 • Slick Black Bones and Soft Black Stars • (2012) • short story by Gemma Files
330 • The Other One • (2012) • short story by Evangeline Walton
351 • Slow Burn • (2012) • short story by Joel Lane
360 • Celebrity Frankenstein • (2012) • short story by Stephen Volk
378 • Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon • (2012) • short fiction by Robert Shearman
397 • October Dreams • (2012) • short story by Michael Kelly
400 • The Eyes of Water • (2012) • short story by Alison Littlewood
422 • Necrology: 2012 • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • (2013) • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
482 • Useful Addresses (Best New Horror 24) • [Useful Addresses] • essay by Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 25, 2014
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1 • Horror in 2013 • [Horror in … Introductions] • essay by Stephen Jones
91 • Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980 • short story by Kim Newman
108 • Click-Clack the Rattlebag • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
113 • Dead End • (2013) • short story by Nicholas Royle
124 • Isaac’s Room • (2013) • short story by Daniel Mills
139 • The Burning Circus • (2013) • short story by Angela Slatter
149 • Holes for Faces • (2013) • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
171 • By Night He Could Not See • short story by Joel Lane
182 • Come Into My Parlour • (2013) • short story by Reggie Oliver
201 • The Middle Park • (2013) • short story by Michael Chislett
213 • Into the Water • (2013) • short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
234 • The Burned House • (2013) • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
246 • What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Z—- • (2013) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
251 • Fishfly Season • (2013) • short story by Halli Villegas
263 • Doll Re Mi • (2013) • novelette by Tanith Lee
284 • A Night’s Work • short story by Clive Barker
287 • The Sixteenth Step • (2013) • short story by Robert Shearman
307 • Stemming the Tide • (2013) • short story by Simon Strantzas
315 • The Gist • (2013) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
331 • Guinea Pig Girl • (2013) • novelette by Thana Niveau
363 • Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 • novelette by Kim Newman
394 • Whitstable (excerpt) • novella by Stephen Volk
507 • Necrology (obituary) • [Necrology (Jones & Newman)] • essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 26, 2015
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: HORROR IN 2014 • The Editor
SECONDHAND MAGIC • Helen Marshall
THE CULVERT • Dale Bailey
THE PATTER OF TINY FEET . Richard Gavin
THE FOUR STRENGTHS OF SHADOW • Ron Weighell
THE NIGHT RUN • Simon Kurt Unsworth
HOME AND HEARTH • Angela Slatter
DUST • Rebecca Lloyd
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN • Robert Shearman
THE NIGHT DOCTOR • Steve Rasnic Tem
THE DESECRATOR • Derek John
THE WALK • Dennis Etchison
DIRT ON VICKY • Clint Smith
SKULLPOCKET • Nathan Ballingrud
TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL FROBISHER REGARDING EVENTS UPON HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP CONFIDENCE, 14-22 JUNE 1818, WITH DIAGRAMS • Ian Tregillis
AT LORN HALL • Ramsey Campbell
SELFIES • Lavie Tidhar
MATILDA OF THE NIGHT • Stephen Volk
THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF FREDDIE PROTHERO, INTRODUCTION BY TORLESS MAGNUSSEN, PH.D. • Peter Straub
BURNT BLACK SUNS • Simon Strantzas
NECROLOGY: 2014 • Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
USEFUL ADDRESSES
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 27, 2016
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: HORROR IN 2015 • The Editor
THE COFFIN HOUSE • Robert Aickman
THE LAKE • Daniel Mills
THE BARNACLE DAUGHTER • Richard Gavin
EXPOSURE • Helen Marshall
THE LARDER • Nicholas Royle
THE SEVENTH WAVE • Lynda E. Rucker
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY • John Langan
THE DROWNING CITY • Loren Rhoads
THE CHAPEL OF INFERNAL DEVOTION • Ron Weighell
ALMA MATER • Kate Farrell
HIBAKUSHA • L.P. Lee
THE OFFING • Conrad Williams
MARROWVALE • Kurt Fawver
HAIRWORK • Gemma Files
BLACK DOG • Neil Gaiman
IN THE EARTH • Storm Constantine
IN THE LOVECRAFT MUSEUM • Steve Rasnic Tem
NECROLOGY: 2015 • Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
USEFUL ADDRESSES
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 28, 2017
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: HORROR IN 2016 • The Editor
PALE TREE HOUSE • Angela Slatter
THE LIGHT AT THE CENTRE • Maura McHugh
EN PLEIN AIR • J.T. Glover
INDIA BLUE • Glen Hirshberg
WALKING WITH THE CROSS • Peter Bell
BEDTIME STORY • Richard Christian Matheson
THE SYMPHONY OF THE NORMAL • Darren Speegle
THE BALLET OF DR. CALIGARI • Reggie Oliver
WHO IS THIS WHO IS COMING? • Lynda E. Rucker
THE HOUSE THAT MOVED NEXT DOOR • Stephen Volk
PRINCESS • Dennis Etchison
A HOME IN THE SKY • Lisa Tuttle
ON THESE BLACKENED SHORES OF TIME • Brian Hodge
THE ENEMY WITHIN • Steve Rasnic Tem
THE COURT OF MIDNIGHT • Mark Samuels
FAR FROM ANY SHORE • Caitlín R. Kiernan
THE FIG GARDEN • Mark Valentine
WHITE FEATHERS • Alison Littlewood
OVER TO YOU • Michael Marshall Smith
IN THE DARK, QUIET PLACES • Kristi DeMeester
MARE’S NEST • Richard Gavin
THE RED FOREST • Angela Slatter
NECROLOGY: 2016 • Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
USEFUL ADDRESSES
The Mammoth Book of the Best of the Best New Horror, Special Edition 2010
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No Sharks in the Med • (1989) • novelette by Brian Lumley
The Man Who Drew Cats • (1990) • short story by Michael Marshall Smith
The Same in Any Language • (1991) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death • (1992) • novelette by Christopher Fowler
Mefisto in Onyx • (1993) • novella by Harlan Ellison
The Temptation of Dr Stein • (1994) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
Queen of Knives • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
The Break • (1996) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
Emptiness Spoke Eloquent • [Dracula] • (1997) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff • (1997) • novella by Peter Straub
White • (1999) • novella by Tim Lebbon
The Other Side of Midnight: Anno Dracula 1981 • [Anno Dracula] • (1999) • short fiction by Kim Newman (variant of The Other Side of Midnight 2000)
Cleopatra Brimstone • (2001) • novella by Elizabeth Hand
20th Century Ghost • (2002) • short story by Joe Hill
The White Hands • (2003) • short story by Mark Samuels
My Death • (2004) • novella by Lisa Tuttle
Haeckel’s Tale • (2005) • short story by Clive Barker
Devil’s Smile • (2006) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
The Church on the Island • (2007) • short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates • (2008) • short story by Stephen King
The Sanguine Woods 
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