The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16

Edited by Stephen Jones.

The World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award-winning series. This new volume of the world's premier horror anthology series once again features the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest writers. Also containing the most comprehensive overview of the year in horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology, this is the only annual anthology every horror fan needs on their shelf.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Horror in 2004 by Stephen Jones
• Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman
• Lilies by Iain Rowan
• Breaking Up by Ramsey Campbell
• "The King", in: Yellow by Brian Keene
• A Trick of the Dark by Tina Rath
• The Mutable Borders of Love by Leslie What
• Flour White and Spindle Thin by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims
• Tighter by Christa Faust
• Restraint by Stephen Gallagher
• Israbel by Tanith Lee
• The Growlimb by Michael Shea
• This Is Now by Michael Marshall Smith
• Remnants by Tim Lebbon
• Safety Clowns by Glen Hirshberg
• The Devil of Delery Street by Poppy Z. Brite
• Apocalypse Now, Voyager by Jay Russell
• Stone Animals by Kelly Link
• Soho Golem by Kim Newman
• Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic by Dale Bailey
• My Death by Lisa Tuttle
• The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman
• Necrology: 2004 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Useful Addresses (essay) by Stephen Jones