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 Dean Francis Alfar L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) 9 Tanith Lee La Dame 20 Delia Sherman La Fée Verte 10 Yxta Maya Murray La Llorona 9 Sue Kepros Hartman La Loma, La Luna 11 Pat Mora La Muerte 20 Terry Dowling La Profonde 8 Leroy Quintana La Promesa 4 T. E. D. Klein Ladder 4 Joyce Carol Oates Ladies and Gentlemen 10 Susanna Clarke The Ladies of Grace Adieu 7 Patricia A. McKillip Lady of the Skulls 2 Gwyneth Jones Laiken Langstrand 1 John Robert Bensink Lake George in High August 17 Paul LaFarge Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur 9 A. S. Byatt A Lamia in the Cévennes 20 Joyce Carol Oates Landfill 18 Peter Straub Lapland, or Film Noir 7 Thomas Tessier The Last Crossing 4 Thomas Ligotti The Last Feast of Harlequin 4 Sharon M. Hall The Last Game 19 Robert Coover The Last One 2 Sandra M. Gilbert The Last Poem About the Snow Queen 10 Parke Godwin The Last Rainbow 11 Peter S. Beagle The Last Song of Sirit Byar 19 Geoff Ryman The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai 20 Christopher Harman The Last to be Found 21 Karen Joy Fowler The Last Worders 7 Michael Marshall Smith Later 14 Louise Erdrich Le Mooz 16 Elizabeth Hand The Least Trumps 15 Ray Gonzales The Legend 16 Corey Marks A Letter of Explanation 4 Karen Joy Fowler Lieserl 5 Kobo Abe The Life of a Poet 2 Lucius Shepard Life of Buddha 10 Jay Russell Lily's Whisper 17 Theodora Goss Lily, with Clouds 20 Ysabeau S. Wilce The Lineaments of Gratified Desire 9 Patricia A. McKillip The Lion and the Lark 20 Ira Sher Lionflower Hedge 10 Chang Hwang Little Beauty's Wedding 16 Stephen Gallagher Little Dead Girl Singing 6 Lucius Shepard A Little Night Music 4 Rachel Simon Little Nightmares, Little Dreams 9 Pat Mora Llantos de La Llorona: Warnings from the Wailer 7 Fred Chappell The Lodger 9 Douglas E. Winter Loop 2 Ian Watson Lost Bodies 15 Kelly Link Louise's Ghost 2 Lewis Shiner Love in Vain 3 Gwyneth Jones The Lovers 21 Khaled Mattawa Lovers (Jafaar the Winged) 16 Kelly Link Lull 9 Stephen King Lunch at the Gotham Café 16 Conrad Williams The Machine 19 Ralph Robert Moore The Machine of a Religious Man 1 Delia Sherman The Maid on the Shore 5 Jane Yolen Mama Gone 8 Stephen King The Man in the Black Suit 15 Liz Lochhead The Man in the Comic Strip 14 Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem The Man on the Ceiling 17 Karen Traviss The Man Who Did Nothing 6 Harlan Ellison The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore 16 Joan D. Vinge Manga and Anime 2002: The Light Dark Fantastic 15   Manga and Anime in 2001: Through the Looking Glass 14 Claudia Barbosa Nogueira Maria de Jesus 14 Jack Dann Marilyn 11 Mayra Santos-Febres Marina's Fragrance 11 Denise Duhamel Marriage 6 Joyce Carol Oates Martyrdom 3 Gary A. Braunbeck Matters of Family 16 Bentley Little Maya's Mother 11 Nicholas Royle Mbo 17 Edward Bryant Media of the Fantastic: 2003 3 Ramsey Campbell Meeting the Author 14 Laurence Goldstein Meeting the Graiae 7 Daína Chaviano; trans. by Heather Rosario-Sievert Memo for Freud 6 Garry Kilworth Memories of the Flying Ball Bike Shop 8 Judith Tarr Mending Souls 21 Ted Chiang The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate 11 Robert Clinton Merlin 11 A. Alvarez Mermaid 16 Peter Dickinson Mermaid Song 20 Brett Alexander Savory Messages 4 Éilis Ní Dhuibhne Midwife to the Fairies 14 John F. Deane A Migrant Bird 3 Delia Sherman Miss Carstairs and the Merman 4 John Crowley Missolonghi 1824 21 Eliza Griswold Monkey 5 Nina Katerli; trans. by Bernard Meares The Monster 14 Janet McAdams The Monster of Childhood 21 Nathan Ballingrud The Monsters of Heaven 3 Rory Harper Monsters, Tearing Off My Face 8 Kristine Kathryn Rusch Monuments to the Dead 5 Carol Emshwiller Moon Songs 1 Joan Aiken The Moon's Revenge 9 Michael Marshall Smith More Tomorrow 4 John Brunner Moths 18 Peter Straub Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle 12 Peter Straub Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff 14 Glen Hirshberg Mr. Dark's Carnival 3 Jonathan Carroll Mr. Fiddlehead 16 Luis Alberto Urrea Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush 21 Reggie Oliver Mr. Poo Poo 14 Susanna Clarke Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower 17 Scott Emerson Bull Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe 12 Susanna Clarke Mrs Mabb 12 Carol Ann Duffy Mrs. Beast 12 Chana Bloch Mrs. Dumpty 9 Robert Reed Mrs. Greasy 7 Carol Emshwiller Mrs. Jones 13 April Selley Mrs. Santa Decides to Move to Florida 20 Glen Hirshberg The Muldoon 6 Neil Gaiman Murder Mysteries 4 Vern Rutsala The Muses of Rooms 19 Deborah Roggie The Mushroom Duchess 17 Charles de Lint Music of the Fantastic: 2003 19   Music of the Fantastic: 2005 20   Music of the Fantastic: 2006 21   Music of the Fantastic: 2007 20 William Hope Hodgson My Babe, My Babe 19 Joe Hill My Father's Mask 1 William F. Nolan My Name Is Dolly 14 Dennis Etchison My Present Wife 8 Jane Yolen Märchen 17 Adam Corbin Fusco N007-JK1 13 Paul McAuley Naming the Dead 4 Delia Sherman Nanny Peters and the Feathery Bride 16 Brian Hodge Nesting Instincts 10 Stephen Dedman Never Seen By Waking Eyes 18 Jeffrey Ford A Night in the Tropics 2 Joe R. Lansdale Night They Missed the Horror Show 19 Sarah Monette Night Train: Heading West (poem) 20 Jeffrey Ford The Night Whiskey 16 Ramsey Campbell No End of Fun 2 Barry N. Malzberg No Hearts, No Flowers 14 Ramsey Campbell No Story in It 14   No Strings 19 Barbara Roden Northwest Passage 10 Michael Marshall Smith Not Waving 4 David J. Schow Not from Around Here 19 Theodora Goss Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus (poem) 10 Douglas Clegg O, Rare and Most Exquisite 12 Patricia A. McKillip Oak Hill 18 Gregory Maguire The Oakthing 19 Jennifer Chang Obedience, or The Lying Tale (poem) 1 James Frenkel Obituaries: 1987 2   Obituaries: 1988 3   Obituaries: 1989 4   Obituaries: 1990 5   Obituaries: 1991 6   Obituaries: 1992 7   Obituaries: 1993 8   Obituaries: 1994 9   Obituaries: 1995 10   Obituaries: 1996 11   Obituaries: 1997 12   Obituaries: 1998 13   Obituaries: 1999 14   Obituaries: 2000 15   Obituaries: 2001 16   Obituaries: 2002 18   Obituaries: 2004 19   Obituaries: 2005 20   Obituaries: 2006 21   Obituaries: 2007 8 William Browning Spencer The Ocean and All Its Devices 13 Geoffrey Brock Odysseus Old 4 Susan Palwick Offerings 5 Pierrette Fleutiaux The Ogre's Wife 15 Tanya Huff Oh, Glorious Sight 13 Jane Yolen Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of Time 17 Laird Barron Old Virginia 19 Kelly Everding Omens (poem) 6 Rick Bowes On Death and the Deuce 6 Christopher Fowler On Edge 1 Jane Yolen Once Upon a Time, She Said 7 Thomas M. Disch One Night, or Scheherazade's Bare Minimum 15 Caitlín R. Kiernan Onion 17 Lucius Shepard Only Partly Here 17 Michael Marshall Smith Open Doors 18 Catherynne M. Valente The Oracle Alone 6 Nancy Farmer Origami Mountain 10 Gerald Vizenor Oshkiwiinag: Heartlines on the Trickster Express 1 Ramsey Campbell The Other Side 9 Mary O'Malley The Otter Woman 5 Charles de Lint Our Lady of the Harbour 4 Jack Womack Out of Sight, Out of Mind 15 Gala Blau Outfangthief 18 Conrad Williams The Owl

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