Over 250,000 words of the finest fantasy and horror

A. S. Byatt

Charles de Lint

Karen Joy Fowler

Neil Gaiman

Lisa Goldstein

Stephen King

Ellen Kushner

Patricia A. McKillip

Steven Millhauser

Michael Marshall Smith

Peter Straub

Jane Yolen

For more than a decade, readers have looked to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" to showcase the highest achievements of fantastic fiction. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this volume a valubale reference source as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror