For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Jack Cady, Ramsey Campbell, Susanna Clarke, Jack Dann, Terry Dowling, Dennis Etchison, Greer Gilman, Nalo Hopkinson, Kelly Link, Kathe Koja, Paul J. McAuley, Delia Sherman. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.
Highly acclaimed for collecting the finest short fiction in fantasy and horror, the series continues with this edition. Highlights include Ramsey Carroll and Terry Dowling along with a year-end wrap-up of publishing, movies and comics.| Acknowledgments |
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| Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2000 |
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| Obituaries: 2000 |
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The Cavemen in the Hedges |
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Climbing Down from Heaven |
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The Train, the Lake, the Bridge |
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Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower |
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The Abortionist's Horse (A Nightmare) |
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An Earthly Mother Sits and Sings |
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Tooth Fairy and The Sandman |
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| Honorable Mentions: 2000 |
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| The People Behind the Book |
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Ellen Datlow is the acclaimed editor of such anthologies as Sirens and other Daemon Lovers (with Terri Windling), Lethal Kisses, Off Limits, and Endangered Species, and has won the World Fantasy Award six times. She lives in New York City and currently edits fiction for SCIFI.COM.
Terri Windling won the Mythopoeic Award for her first adult novel, The Wood Wife. She has edited numerous books and anthologies, including The Essential Bordertown and Silver Birch, Blood Moon, the most recent in a series of contemporary fairy tale anthologies, edited with Ellen Datlow. Honored six times with the World Fantasy Award, she divides her time between Devon, England, and Tucson, Arizona.
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