Best New Horror #31
Contents
Introduction: Horror in 2019 essay by Stephen Jones
1. Zombie-ish (2018) short story by Scott Bradfield
2. Wake the Dead (2019) short story by Maura McHugh
3. Mercy Brown short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan?
4. Mama Bruise (2019) short story by Jonathan Carroll
5. The Same As the Air (2019) short story by Alison Littlewood
6. Getting Through (2019) short story by Ramsey Campbell
7. The Children Of Medea (2019) short story by Stephen Bacon
8. The Water of Dhu'l Nun short story by Don Webb (variant of The Water of Dhul Nun 2019)
9. Under the Frenzy of the Fourteenth Moon (2019) short story by Ron Weighell
10. The Promise of Saints (2019) short story by Angela Slatter
11. Crawlspace Oracle (2019) short story by Richard Gavin
12. Downriver short story by Michael Chislett
13. Death in All Its Ripeness short story by Mark Samuels
14. Shrapnel short story by Richard Christian Matheson
15. Precipice (2019) short story by Dale Bailey
16. Antripuu (2019) short story by Simon Strantzas
17. A Crown of Leaves (2019) short story by Kristi DeMeester
18. A Stay at the Shores (2019) short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
19. The Old Man of the Woods short story by Reggie Oliver
20. Iron City short story by Tanith Lee
21. Slough (2019) short story by Glen Hirshberg
22. A Species of the Dead short story by D. P. Watt
23. The Burning Woods (2018) novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
24. Necrology: 2019 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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