Best New Horror
British Fantasy Award winner 1991, World Fantasy Award winner 1991.
Edited by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell.
Contents:
- Introduction: Horror in 1989 by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
- Pin by Robert R. McCammon
- The House on Cemetery Street by Cherry Wilder
- The Horn by Stephen Gallagher
- Breaking Up by Alex Quiroba
- It Helps If You Sing by Ramsey Campbell
- Closed Circuit by Laurence Staig
- Carnal House by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Twitch Technicolor by Kim Newman
- Lizaveta by Gregory Frost
- Snow Cancellations by Donald R. Burleson
- Archway by Nicholas Royle
- The Strange Design of Master Rignolo by Thomas Ligotti
- ...To Feel Another's Woe by Chet Williamson
- The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneaux by Robert Westall
- No Sharks in the Med by Brian Lumley
- Mort au Monde by D. F. Lewis
- Blanca by Thomas Tessier
- The Eye of the Ayatollah by Ian Watson
- At First Just Ghostly by Karl Edward Wagner
- Bad News by Richard Laymon
- Necrology: 1989 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Ramsey Campbell
John Ramsey Campbell (born 1946) is a British horror writer.
Since Ramsey Campbell first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T. Joshi stated, "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
Best New Horror
Best New Horror consists of thirty-one primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
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