The Year's Best Horror Stories No.2
The Year's Best Horror Stories - Series 1 edited by Richard Davis
Contents
Foreword by Christopher Lee
1. Thirst (1972), by Gerald W. Page
2. David's Worm (1971), by Brian Lumley
3. The Price of a Demon (1972), by Gary Brandner
4. The Knocker at the Portico (1971), by Basil Copper
5. The Throwaway Man (1970), by Stepan Chapman
6. The Woman With the Mauve Face (1972), by Rosemary Timperley
7. The Shadows of the Living (1970), by Ronald Blythe
8. The Animal Fair (1971), by Robert Bloch
9. Napier Court (1971), by Ramsey Campbell
10. Haunts of the Very Rich (1971) by T. K. Brown, III
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis, 1945-2005, was born in London and educated at Stowe. A connoisseur of the world of horror, he has worked for BBC television as an assistant story editor for Out of the Unknown and as story editor for Late Night Horror. A film columnist and reviewer for Films & Filming, producer and writer of the film Viola, Mr. Davis is at present working as a literary agent. A prolific writer of horror stories, he has contributed to many anthologies including Graves Give Up Dead, No Such Thing As A Vampire and New Writings In Horror and Fantasy.
The Year's Best Horror Stories (UK)
The Year’s Best Horror Stories was a series of annual anthologies published by Sphere Books in the U.K and edited by [author_link_7292], each volume reprinted what in the opinion of the editor was the best short horror fiction from the previous year.
The series only ran for three editions but it was continued in the US published by DAW books [series_link_16227].
The Year's Best Horror Stories (UK) consists of three books — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
