Best New Horror 13

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The fourteenth volume in this series is going strong, and with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, it again earns "merits" from Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hairraising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror's classic tradition. As always, editor Stephen Jones provides an illuminating and engaging overview of the past year in horror fiction, as well as an affecting necrology and a guide to contacts among publishers, organizations, booksellers, and magazines in the eerier fields of fiction.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Horror in 2001 by Stephen Jones
Mark of the Beast by Chico Kidd
Crocodile Lady by Christopher Fowler
All for Sale by Ramsey Campbell
The Two Dicks by Paul J. McAuley
By Her Hand, She Draws You Down by Douglas Smith
O' Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? by Poppy Z. Brite
Got to Kill Them All by Dennis Etchison
No More A-Roving by Lynda E. Rucker
First, Catch Your Demon by Graham Joyce
Pump Jack by Donald Burleson
Outfangthief by Gala Blau
The Lost District by Joel Lane
Simeon Dimsby's Workshop by Richard A. Lupoff
Our Temporary Supervisor by Thomas Ligotti
Whose Ghosts These Are by Charles L. Grant
Shite-Hawks by Muriel Gray
Off the Map by Michael Chislett
Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water by Kelly Link
City in Aspic by Conrad Williams
Where All Things Perish by Tanith Lee
Struwwelpeter by Glen Hirshberg
Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand
Cats and Architecture by Chico Kidd
Necrology: 2001 by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Useful Addresses