Best New Horror 4

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A collection of 24 of the best horror and dark fantasy stories published in 1992.

Contents:

* Introduction: Horror in 1992 by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell

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* The Suicide Artist by Scott Edelman

* Dancing on a Blade of Dreams by Roberta Lannes

* The Departed by Clive Barker

* How to Get Ahead in New York by Poppy Z. Brite

* They Take by John Brunner

* Replacements by Lisa Tuttle

* Under the Pylon by Graham Joyce

* The Glamour by Thomas Ligotti

* Under the Ice by John Gordon

* And Some Are Missing by Joel Lane

* The Little Green Ones by Les Daniels

* Mirror Man by Steve Rasnic Tem

* Mothmusic by Sarah Ash

* Did They Get You to Trade? by Karl Edward Wagner

* Night Shift Sister by Nicholas Royle

* The Dead by Simon Ings & M. John Harrison

* Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death by Christopher Fowler

* Red Reign by Kim Newman

* Aviatrix by Peter Atkins

* Snodgrass by Ian R. MacLeod

* The Day of the Sharks by Kate Wilhelm

* Bright Lights, Big Zombie by Douglas E. Winter

* The Ghost Village by Peter Straub

* Necrology by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

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horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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