The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
by Delia Sherman and Isabel Allende and Chuck Palahniuk and Ellen Datlow and Charles de Lint and Charles Vess and Thomas Canty and Mark Samuels and Robert Coover and Elizabeth Hand and Jack Cady and Kim Newman and Howard Waldrop and Edward Bryant and Bruce Sterling and Geoff Ryman and Theodora Goss and Joan D. Vinge and Kelly Link and Jay Russell and Nisi Shawl and Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette and Marly Youmans and Tom Brennan and China Miéville and Barbara Roden and Stacey Richter and Jeffrey Ford and Gavin J. Grant and Laird Barron and Emma Bircham and Joe Hill and James R. Frenkel and Glen Hirshberg and Chaz Brenchley and Willa Schneberg and Deborah Roggie and Reggie Oliver and Jennifer Chang and Kelly Everding and Albert D. Cowdrey and Andrew Bonia and Max Schaefer and Pentti Holappa and Dave Hutchinson and Gavin Grant and Adam Nevill and Ralph Robert Moore
For nearly two decades, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant continue this critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen works ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magic realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and sections on graphic novels, by Charles Vess; on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge; on media, by Ed Bryant; and on music, by Charles de Lint. With a long list of Honorable Mentions, this is an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror. Isabel Allende Laird Barron Elizabeth Bear Andrew Bonia Chaz Brenchley Tom Brennan Jack Cady Jennifer Chang Robert Coover Albert E. Cowdrey Kelly Everding Jeffrey Ford Theodora Goss Elizabeth Hand Joe Hill Glen Hirshberg Pentti Holappa Dave Hutchinson China Miéville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schäfer Sarah Monette Ralph Robert Moore Adam L.G. Nevill Kim Newman Reggie Oliver Chuck Palahniuk Stacey Richter Barbara Roden Deborah Roggie Jay Russell Geoff Ryman Mark Samuels Willa Schneberg Nisi Shawl Delia Sherman Bruce Sterling Howard Waldrop Daniel Wallace Marley Youmans
Release Date:
August 21, 2006
