Best New Horror 27
Contents
1. The Coffin House (2015) short story by Robert Aickman
2. The Lake (2015) short story by Daniel Mills
3. The Barnacle Daughter (2015) short fiction by Richard Gavin
4. Exposure (2015) short story by Helen Marshall
5. The Larder (2015) short fiction by Nicholas Royle
6. The Seventh Wave (2015) short fiction by Lynda E. Rucker
7. Underground Economy (2015) short story by John Langan
8. The Drowning City (2015) short fiction by Loren Rhoads
9. The Chapel of Infernal Devotion (2015) short fiction by Ron Weighell
10. Alma Mater (2015) short story by Kate Farrell
11. Hibakusha (2015) short story by L. P. Lee
12. The Offing (2015) short fiction by Conrad Williams
13. Marrowvale (2015) short fiction by Kurt Fawver
14. Hairwork (2015) short story by Gemma Files
15. Black Dog (2015) novelette by Neil Gaiman
16. In the Earth (2015) short story by Storm Constantine
17. In the Lovecraft Museum (2015) novella by Steve Rasnic Tem
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (born 1953) is an acclaimed editor of numerous award-winning horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones has edited anthologies such as the Best New Horror series, Dark Terrors, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes and The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard. Jones has also been co-editor of several books with Kim Newman, such as Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books with 200 essays on seminal horror books by acclaimed writers of this genre. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers. Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards.
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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