Best New Horror #30
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Introduction of Horror in 2018 essay by Stephen Jones
1. The House (2018) short story by Peter Bell
2. Smiling Man short story by Simon Kurt Unsworth
3. Holiday Reading (2018) short story by Rosalie Parker
4. Resonant Evil (2014) short story by Graham Masterton
5. Redriff (2018) short story by Michael Chislett
6. The Blink (2018) short story by Nicholas Royle
7. The Deep Sea Swell (2018) short story by John Langan
8. Sisters Rise short story by Christopher Harman
9. The Run of the Town (2018) short story by Ramsey Campbell
10. The Marvellous Talking Machine (2018) short story by Alison Littlewood
11. Who's Got the Button? (2018) short story by James Wade
12. The Typewriter (2018) short story by Rio Youers
13. The Keepers of the Lighthouse short story by Ken Mackenzie
14. The Hungry Grass short story by Tracy Fahey
15. Ghostly Studies, Dr Grace, and the Diodati Society (2018) short story by Daniel McGachey
16. It Never Looks Like Drowning (2019) short story by Damien Angelica Walters
17. The Window of Erich Zann (2018) short story by Michael Marshall Smith
18. Posterity short story by Mark Samuels
19. Octoberland (2018) short story by Thana Niveau
20. Porson's Piece (2019) short story by Reggie Oliver
21. He Sings of Salt and Wormwood (2018) short story by Brian Hodge
22. Virginia Story (2018) short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan?
23. The Virgin Mary Well (2018) short story by Peter Bell
24. Necrology 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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