Best New Horror 7

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The internationally acclaimed annual collection of the bloodcurdling best in horror and dark fantasy, showcasing the very best writers working in the genre today.

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Contents:

Introduction: Horror in 1995 by Stephen Jones

Tirkiluk by Ian R. MacLeod

The Most Boring Woman in the World by Christopher Fowler

Extinctions in Paradise by Brian Hodge

Food Man by Lisa Tuttle

More Tomorrow by Michael Marshall Smith

Going Under by Ramsey Campbell

Survivor by Dave Smeds

The Stones by Patrick Thompson

Back of Beyond by Cherry Wilder

A Hundred Wicked Little Witches by Steve Rasnic Tem

The Finger of Halugra by Manly Wade Wellman

The Toddler by Terry Lamsley

Not Here, Not Now by Stephen Gallagher

The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti

Cradle by Alan Brennert

The Sixth Dog by Jane Rice

Scaring the Train by Terry Dowling

La Serenissima by David Sutton

The Bars on Satan's Jailhouse by Norman Partridge

The Bone-Carver's Tale by Jeff VanderMeer

Queen of Knives by Neil Gaiman

The True History of Doctor Pretorius by Paul J. McAuley

The Grey Madonna by Graham Masterton

Loop by Douglas E. Winter

The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (novella version) by Brian Stableford

Lacuna by Nicholas Royle

Necrology: 1995 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Useful Addresses (essay) by Stephen Jones

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horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 592 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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