AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE  March 2020
FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION Norman Saunders. (Originally published on Mystery Stories, August 1950)
BACK COVER ILLUSTRATION attributed to Al Avison. (Originally published in Witches Tales.)
COVER DESIGN Smith & Jones
INTRODUCTION Ramsey Campbell
PAGES 471

EDITION
Trade Paperback  — ISBN  978-1-786365-82-8

ABOUT THE BOOK
Heh, Heh, Kiddies! You could say that this second BEST OF volume of the award-winning series is a cut above other horror books! so if you're ready for another slice of the world's longest running annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy, then there's no need to stand on ceremony like that poor girl on the cover by legendary artist Norman Suanders. Read this book and I vow that, unlike her, you'll be happy ever after!

Between these covers are tasty terror tales by Clive Barker, Elizabeth Hand, Joe Hill, Glen Hirshberg, Stephen King, Tim Lebbon, Kim Newman, Mark Samuels, Lisa Tuttle and Simon Kurt Unsworth.

CONTENTS

• Editor’s Forword
• Introduction: Bettering the Best — RAMSEY CAMPBELL
• White [1999] — TIM LEBBON
• The Other Side of Midnight: Anno Dracula, 1981 [2000] — KIM NEWMAN
• Cleopatra Brimstone [2001] — ELIZABETH HAND
• 20th Century Ghosts [2002] — JOE HILL
• The White Hands [2003] — MARK SAMUELS
• My Death [2004] — LISA TUTTLE
• Haeckel’s Tale [2005] — CLIVE BARKER
• Devil’s Smile [2006] — GLEN HIRSHBERG
• The Church on the Island [2007] — SIMON KURT UNSWORTH
• The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates [2008] — STEPHEN KING
• Index to the First Twenty Years of Best New Horror
      I: Index by Contributor
      II: Index by Title
      III: Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions