Best New Horror #29
Contents
1. Underwater Ferris Wheel (2012) short story by Michael Bailey
2. Border Country (2017) short story by Danny Rhodes
3. The Endless Corridor (2017) short story by Reggie Oliver
4. The Voice of the People (2017) short story by Alison Moore
5. Dispossession (2017) short story by Nicholas Royle
6. Survival Strategies (2017) novelette by Helen Marshall
7. In Stone (2017) short story by Tim Lebbon
8. Whatever You Want (2017) short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
9. Speaking Still (2017) short fiction by Ramsey Campbell
10. Banishments (2017) short story by Richard Gavin
11. The Seventeen-Year Itch (2017) short story by Garth Nix
12. The Flower Unfolds (2017) short story by Simon Strantzas
13. Cwtch (2017) short story by Conrad Williams
14. His Heart Shall Speak No More (2017) short story by John Linwood Grant
15. Lagan (2017) short story by Gemma Files
16. To Drown the World (2017) novelette by Thana Niveau
17. The Entertainment Arrives (2017) short story by Alison Littlewood
18. Carnivorous (2017) short story by William F. Nolan
19. After Sunset, in the Second Drawing Room Garden (2017) novelette by Felice Picano
20. In the Complex (2017) short story by Mark Samuels
21. Introduction: Horror in 2017 essay by Stephen Jones
22. A Song of Dust short fiction by Angela Slatter
23. Necrology: 2017 essay by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
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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