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Best New Horror 15

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This edition of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror comes with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, earning acclamations from the likes of Kirkus Reviews and 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 hair-raising 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. Like all of the other volumes in this series, award-winning editor Stephen Jones once again brings us the best new horror, revisiting momentous events and chilling achievements on the dark side of fantasy in 2004.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: Horror in 2003 by Stephen Jones

Fear the Dead by Ramsey Campbell

The Hanged Man of Oz by Steve Nagy

Mara by Michael Chislett

Cell Call by Marc Laidlaw

In the Tunnels by Pauline E. Dungate

Hunger: A Confession by Dale Bailey

Seven Feet by Christopher Fowler

The Centipede by Susan Davis

The Goat Cutter by Jay Lake

Maybe Next Time by Michael Marshall Smith

Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler by John Farris

Hunter Lake by Gene Wolfe

Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe by Scott Emerson Bull

The Bereavement Photographer by Steve Rasnic Tem

Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files

The White Hands by Mark Samuels

Waycross by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Lucy, In Her Splendor by Charles Coleman Finlay

Dead Boy Found by Christopher Barzak

The Haunting by Joyce Carol Oates

Dancing Men by Glen Hirshberg

Bitter Grounds by Neil Gaiman

Child of the Stones by Paul J. McAuley (as by Paul McAuley)

The Silence of the Falling Stars by Mike O'Driscoll

Exorcizing Angels by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon

Necrology: 2003 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Useful Addresses(essay) by Stephen Jones

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