
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven
Night Shade · Paperback · August 18, 2015
A sin-eater plies the tools of her dangerous trade; a jealous husband takes his rival on a hunting trip; a student torments one of his teachers; a cheap grafter is selling artifacts form hell; something is haunting the departure lounge of an airport . . .
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- Who it’s for
- A yearly gathering of horror short fiction, with unsettling premises and a strong editorial hand.
- Themes
- Supernatural horror, Jealousy and menace
- Genres
- Short Story Anthologies, Horror, The Occult & Supernatural
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A sin-eater plies the tools of her dangerous trade; a jealous husband takes his rival on a hunting trip; a student torments one of his teachers; a cheap grafter is selling artifacts form hell; something is haunting the departure lounge of an airport . . . The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year’s best offerings in short fiction horror.
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This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Laird Barron, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Nathan Ballingrud, Genevieve Valentine, and more. For over three decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing. Night Shade Books is proud to present the seventh volume in this annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up at night. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
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A yearly gathering of horror short fiction, with unsettling premises and a strong editorial hand.
Come here for
- A sin-eater, hellish artifacts, and an airport departure lounge with a haunting.
- Award-winning and critically acclaimed writers gathered in one volume.
Expect
- A varied collection of the previous year’s horror short fiction.
- Strange, dangerous situations rather than one continuous story.
Where it sits
| Horror | 90% |
|---|---|
| The Occult & Supernatural | 60% |
| Short Story Anthologies | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Paranormal Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy
- Ghost Stories
- Horror
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- Paranormal Romance
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- Suspense
- Supernatural Thrillers
- Authors
- Ellen Datlow
- Publisher
- Night Shade
- Published
- August 18, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Supernatural horror · Jealousy and menace
- Reading lane
- Paranormal Fantasy