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

11 P. D. Cacek Dust Motes 2 Pat Cadigan It Was the Heat 3   The Power and the Passion 5   Home by the Sea 9   She's Not There 11 Michael Cadnum The Flounder's Kiss 6 Jack Cady Tinker 14   Jeremiah 19   The Souls of Drowning Mountain 1 Ramsey Campbell The Other Side 2   Playing the Game 3   Meeting the Author 5   The Same in Any Language 14   No Story in It 14   No Strings 16   No End of Fun 4 Karel Capek The Dog's Tale 10 Isobelle Carmody The Phoenix 1 Jonathan Carroll Friend's Best Man 3   Mr. Fiddlehead 4   The Panic Hand 4   The Sadness of Detail 8   A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings 14   The Heidelberg Cylinder 4 Angela Carter Ashputtle: or, The Mother's Ghost 6   Alice in Prague, or The Curious Room 10   The Snow Pavilion 11 Michael Chabon In the Black Mill 15   The God of Dark Laughter 8 Lenora Champagne The Best Things in Life 11 Vikram Chandra Dharma 19 Jennifer Chang Obedience, or The Lying Tale (poem) 17 Dan Chaon The Bees 18 Stepan Chapman Revenge of the Calico Cat 3 Fred Chappell The Adder 5   The Somewhere Doors 7   The Lodger 7 Daína Chaviano; trans. by Heather Rosario-Sievert Memo for Freud 5 C. J. Cherryh Gwydion and the Dragon 21 Ted Chiang The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate 9 Eiléan ní Chuilleanáin The Girl Who Married the Reindeer 3 Joseph A. Citro Them Bald-Headed Snays 20 Simon Clark The Extraordinary Limits of Darkness 10 Susanna Clarke The Ladies of Grace Adieu 12   Mrs Mabb 13   The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse 14   Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower 15   Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby 8 Douglas Clegg White Chapel 10   O, Rare and Most Exquisite 11   I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes 11 Robert Clinton Merlin 4 Adrian Cole Face to Face 21 Billy Collins Scenes of Hell 4 Nancy A. Collins Freaktent 7   The Sunday-Go-To-Meeting Jaw 15 June Considine To Dream of White Horses 4 Susan Cooper Fantasy in the Real World 19 Robert Coover The Last One 12 Sarah Corbett Dark Moon 19 Albert E. Cowdrey Twilight States 7 John Coyne Snow Man 7   The Ecology of Reptiles 4 John Crowley Missolonghi 1824 7   Exogamy 14   An Earthly Mother Sits and Sings 9 Peter Crowther Too Short a Death 13   Shatsi 17   Bedfordshire 6 Craig Curtis Queequeg 5 Kara Dalkey The Peony Lantern 3 Dan Daly Self-portrait Mixed Media on Pavement, 1988 14 Jack Dann Marilyn 1 Ellen Datlow Summation 1987: Horror 2   Summation 1988: Horror 3   Summation 1989: Horror 4   Summation 1990: Horror 5   Summation 1991: Horror 6   Summation 1992: Horror 7   Summation 1993: Horror 8   Summation 1994: Horror 9   Summation 1995: Horror 10   Summation 1996: Horror 11   Summation 1997: Horror 12   Summation 1998: Horror 13   Summation 1999: Horror 14   Summation 2000: Horror 15   Summation 2001: Horror 16   Summation 2002: Horror 17   Summation 2003: Horror 18   Summation 2004: Horror 19   Summation 2005: Horror 20   Summation 2006: Horror 21   Summation 2007: Horror 6 Grania Davis Tree of Life, Book of Death 3 Zhaxi Dawa Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord 7 Osamu Dazai; trans. by Ralph F. McCarthy The Chrysanthemum Spirit 6 Diane de Avalle-Arce Bats 3 Michael de Larrabeiti The Plane Tree and the Fountain 1 Charles de Lint Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair 2   The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow 3   Timeskip 4   Freewheeling 5   Our Lady of the Harbour 6   The Bone Woman 7   Dead Man's Shoes 8   Coyote Stories 9   Heartfires 10   Crow Girls 11   Wild Horses 12   Twa Corbies 13   Pixel Pixies 14   Granny Weather 15   Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café 17   Music of the Fantastic: 2003 18   Fantasy and Horror in Music: 2004 19   Music of the Fantastic: 2005 20   Music of the Fantastic: 2006 21   Music of the Fantastic: 2007 12 Marisa de los Santos Wiglaf 14 John F. Deane A Migrant Bird 10 Stephen Dedman Never Seen By Waking Eyes 2 Rick DeMarinis Your Story 8 Bradley Denton A Conflagration Artist 7 Robert Devereaux Ridi Bobo 4 Éilis Ní Dhuibhne Midwife to the Fairies 20 Paul Di Filippo Femavillle 29 12 Nick DiChario Carp Man 11 Leslie Dick The Skull of Charlotte Corday 18 D. Ellis Dickerson Postcretaceous Era 16 Peter Dickinson Mermaid Song 5 R. H. W. Dillard Poe at the End 2 Thomas M. Disch Voices of the Kill 7   One Night, or Scheherazade's Bare Minimum 16   Hansel, A Retrospective, or, The Danger of Childhood Obesity 15 Anthony Doerr The Hunter's Wife 11 Emma Donoghue The Tale of the Skin 12 Sara Douglass The Evil Within 7 Terry Dowling The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap 9   Scaring the Train 10   Beckoning Nightframe 12   Jenny Come to Play 14   Basic Black 14   The Saltimbanques 16   Stitch 18   Clownette 20   La Profonde 21   Toother 12 Carol Ann Duffy Mrs. Beast 14   Circe and Little Red-Cap 12 Steve Duffy Running Dogs 2 John DuFresne The Freezer Jesus 11 Denise Duhamel Marriage 14 Andy Duncan The Pottawatomie Giant 18   Zora and the Zombie 15 Jean-Claude Dunyach Watch Me When I Sleep 4 Stuart Dybek Death of a Right Fielder 9   Paper Lantern 9 S. N. Dyer Resolve and Resistance 2 Greg Egan Scatter My Ashes 7 Mary Ellis Angel 1 Harlan Ellison Soft Monkey 6   The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore 7   Susan 8   Fever 14   Incognita, Inc. 2 Ru Emerson A Golden Net for Silver Fishes 1 Carol Emshwiller The Circular Library of Stones 5   Moon Songs 7   Mrs. Jones 15   The Project 3 Leif Enger Hansel's Finger 8 Margarita Engle Buenaventura and the Fifteen Sisters 13 Elizabeth Engstrom Crosley 14   Riding the Black Horse 14 Louise Erdrich Le Mooz 5 Gloria Ericson The Witch of Wilton Falls 8 Kelley Eskridge Strings 18 Jean Esteve House of Ice 3 Nancy Etchemendy Cat in Glass 2 Dennis Etchison The Scar 5   Call Home 7   The Dog Park 10   The Dead Cop 12   Inside the Cackle Factory 14   My Present Wife 19 Kelly Everding Omens (poem)

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