In 1988, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling collected together what they thought was the best short fantasy and horror from the previous year. They went through as many of the magazines, collections and anthologies published in 1987 that they could find and chose those stories which they decided best represented the fantasy and horror field. Originally conceived by him, Jim Frenkel arranged for its publication by St. Martins's Press and it has been produced every year since then. In 2003, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant took over from Terri Windling as the fantasy editor. The book is produced in two formats: a hard cover edition and a perfect bound paper cover version. Contents: Sorted by Volume | Sorted by Author | Sorted by Title

17   Acknowledgments: 2003 18   Acknowledgments: 2004 19   Acknowledgments: 2005 20   Acknowledgments: 2006 21   Acknowledgments: 2007 1   Honorable Mentions: 1987 2   Honorable Mentions: 1988 3   Honorable Mentions: 1989 4   Honorable Mentions: 1990 5   Honorable Mentions: 1991 6   Honorable Mentions: 1992 7   Honorable Mentions: 1993 8   Honorable Mentions: 1994 9   Honorable Mentions: 1995 10   Honorable Mentions: 1996 11   Honorable Mentions: 1997 12   Honorable Mentions: 1998 13   Honorable Mentions: 1999 14   Honorable Mentions: 2000 15   Honorable Mentions: 2001 16   Honorable Mentions: 2002 18   Honorable Mentions: 2004 19   Honorable Mentions: 2005 20   Honorable Mentions: 2006 21   Honorable Mentions: 2007 14   The People Behind the Book 16   The People Behind the Book 17   The People Behind the Book 5 Kobo Abe The Life of a Poet 21 Daniel Abraham The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics 14 Claudia Adri´zola Buttons 1 Joan Aiken The Moon's Revenge 2   Clem's Dream 3   Find Me 2 Jim Aikin Dancing Among Ghosts 6 Brian W. Aldiss Ratbird 7 Sherman Alexie Distances 17 Dean Francis Alfar L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) 19 Isabel Allende The Guggenheim Lovers 4 Isabel Allende; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden Two Words 11 Jaimes Alsop Beauty and the Beast 11 A. Alvarez Mermaid 18 M.T. Anderson Watch and Wake 21   The Gray Boy's Work 20 Nathalie Anderson Tell 21   Troll 13 Eleanor Arnason The Grammarian's Five Daughters 15 Marion Arnott Prussian Snowdrops 9 Margaret Atwood Daphne and Laura and So Forth 1 Natalie Babbitt Simple Sentences 17 Paolo Bacigalupi The Fluted Girl 8 Dale Bailey Giants in the Earth 17   Hunger: A Confession 8 Nicholson Baker Subsoil 3 Scott Baker Varicose Worms 17 Nathan Ballingrud You Go Where It Takes You 21   The Monsters of Heaven 8 B. Brandon Barker Superman's Diary 6 Clive Barker Hermione and the Moon 17 Laird Barron Old Virginia 18   Bulldozer 19   Proboscis 21   The Forest 16 Jackie Bartley Reading Myth to Kindergartners 15 Christopher Barzak Plenty 20 Lee Battersby Father Muerte and the Flesh 9 Peter S. Beagle Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros 11   The Last Song of Sirit Byar 19 Elizabeth Bear Follow Me Light 3 Greg Bear Sleepside Story 2 Charles Beaumont Appointment with Eddie 20 Jeanne Marie Beaumont Is Rain My Bearskin? 10 Chris Bell The Cruel Countess 20 Josh Bell Yep, I Said Camel 16 M. Shayne Bell The Pagodas of Ciboure 1 John Robert Bensink Lake George in High August 13 Elizabeth Birmingham Falling Away 4 Michael Bishop Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague 10   Among the Handlers 5 Terry Bisson The Coon Suit 7   England Underway 17   Almost Home 21 Holly Black Reversal of Fortune 15 Terry Blackhawk What the Story Weaves, the Spinner Tells 10 Ana Blandiana The Phantom Church 15 Gala Blau Outfangthief 3 James P. Blaylock Unidentified Objects 15   His Own Back Yard 12 Chana Bloch Mrs. Dumpty 14 Francesca Lia Block Bones 2 Michael Blumlein The Thing Itself 4   Bestseller 12   Revenge 19 Andrew Bonia Jolly Bonnet 12 Jorge Luis Borges; trans. by Andrew Hurley The Rose of Paracelsus 2 Bruce Boston In the Darkened Hours 7   Prisoners of the Royal Weather 3 Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier Return to the Mutant Rain Forest 6 Rick Bowes On Death and the Deuce 8 Ray Bradbury Unterseeboot Doktor 11   Driving Blind 2 Scott Bradfield The Darling 6   The Parakeet and the Cat 8   Animals Behind Bars! 9   Penguins for Lunch 8 John Bradley The Village of the Mermaids 3 Gary A. Braunbeck Matters of Family 9   After the Elephant Ballet 11   Safe 13   Small Song 10 Amy Breau Elk Man 19 Chaz Brenchley Going the Jerusalem Mile 21   The House of Mechanical Pain 19 Tom Brennan Scarecrow 3 Reginald Bretnor Unknown Things 5 Poppy Z. Brite The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire 6   Calcutta, Lord of Nerves 13 Geoffrey Brock Odysseus Old 16 Kevin Brockmeier The Green Children 17   The Brief History of the Dead 12 Catharine Savage Brosman Kokopelli 11 Molly Brown The Psychomantium 18 Simon Brown Water Babies 12 Sylvia Brownrigg The Bird Chick 1 John Brunner The Fable of the Farmer and Fox 4   Moths 6   In the Season of the Dressing of the Wells 1 Steven Brust Csucskari 1 Edward Bryant Author's Notes 1   Horror and Fantasy on the Screen: 1986 2   Horror and Fantasy on the Screen: 1987 2   The Cutter 3   A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned 3   Horror and Fantasy on the Screen: 1988 4   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1990 5   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1991 6   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1992 6   Human Remains 7   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1993 8   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1994 9   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1995 10   Disillusion 10   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1996 11   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1997 12   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1998 13   Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1999 14   Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2000 15   The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2001 16   The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2002 17   Media of the Fantastic: 2003 18   Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2004 19   Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2005 20   The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2006 21   The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2007 12 Judy Budnitz Hershel 3 Emma Bull A Bird That Whistles 6   Silver or Gold 17 Scott Emerson Bull Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe 15 Milbre Burch Sop Doll 6 Cliff Burns Also Starring 10 Robert Olen Butler JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction 17 Richard Butner Ash City Stomp 6 A. S. Byatt The Story of the Eldest Princess 9   A Lamia in the Cévennes 12   Cold

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