Ellen Datlow

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Six - Best Horror of the Year Ellen Datlow

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This statement was true when H. P. Lovecraft first wrote it at the beginning of the twentieth century, and it remains true at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The only thing that has changed is what is unknown. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow, chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness, as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers. The best horror writers of today do the same thing that horror writers of a hundred years ago did. They tell good stories-stories that scare us. And when these writers tell really good stories that really scare us, Ellen Datlow notices. She's been noticing for more than a quarter century. For twenty-one years, she coedited The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and for the last six years, she's edited this series. In addition to this monumental cataloging of the best, she has edited hundreds of other horror anthologies and won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards. More than any other editor or critic, Ellen Datlow has charted the shadowy abyss of horror fiction. Join her on this journey into the dark parts of the human heart. either for the first time. or once again. --; Provided by publisher.; The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow, chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness, as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers--; Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: Summation 2009 / Ellen Datlow -- Lowland Sea / Suzy McKee Charnas -- The End of Everything / Steve Eller -- Mrs. Midnight / Reggie Oliver -- each thing i show you is a piece of my death / Gemma Files, Stephen J. Barringer -- The Nimble Men / Glen Hirshberg -- What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night / Michael Marshall Smith -- Wendigo / Michaela Morrissette -- In the Porches of My Ears / Norman Prentiss -- Lonegan's Luck / Stephen Graham Jones -- The Crevasse / Dale Bailey, Nathan Ballingrud -- The Lion's Den / Steve Duffy -- Lotophagi / Edward Morris -- The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall / Kaaron Warren -- Dead Loss / Carole Johnstone -- Strappado / Laird Barron -- The Lammas Worm / Nina Allan -- Technicolor / John Langan -- Honorable Mentions. Publisher Marketing: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."--H. P. Lovecraft This statement was true when H. P. Lovecraft first wrote it at the beginning of the twentieth century, and it remains true at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The only thing that has changed is what is unknown. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this "light" creates its own shadows. "The Best Horror of the Year," edited by Ellen Datlow, chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness, as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers. The best horror writers of today do the same thing that horror writers of a hundred years ago did. They tell good stories--stories that scare us. And when these writers tell "really" good stories that "really" scare us, Ellen Datlow notices. She's been noticing for more than a quarter century. For twenty-one years, she coedited "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror," and for the last six years, she's edited this series. In addition to this monumental cataloging of the best, she has edited hundreds of other horror anthologies and won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards. More than any other editor or critic, Ellen Datlow has charted the shadowy abyss of horror fiction. Join her on this journey into the dark parts of the human heart . . . either for the first time . . . or once again. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 10/14/2013 (EAN 9781597804745, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 03/26/2012 pg. 62 (EAN 9781597803991, Paperback)

Library Journal 05/15/2012 pg. 63 (EAN 9781597803991, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 05/23/2011 (EAN 9781597802178, Paperback)

Booklist 08/01/2011 pg. 36 (EAN 9781597802178, Paperback)

Library Journal 09/15/2011 pg. 57 (EAN 9781597802178, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 04/19/2010 pg. 42 (EAN 9781597801737, Paperback)

Booklist 06/01/2010 pg. 43 (EAN 9781597801737, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 10/26/2009 pg. 38 (EAN 9781597801614, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Booklist 12/01/2009 pg. 31 (EAN 9781597801614, Paperback)

School Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 136 (EAN 9781597801614, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Datlow, Ellen Ellen Datlow has edited sf/f/h short fiction for over thirty years. She was fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and SCIFICTION and has edited more than fifty anthologies, including the annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for twenty-one years and the Best Horror of the Year for the last five. Her most recent anthologies are Blood and Other Cravings, Supernatural Noir, Teeth, and a young adult dystopian anthology titled After (with Terri Windling). Ellen has won multiple World Fantasy, Locus, Hugo, Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, and Shirley Jackson Awards. She was the recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award and recently honoured with the Life Achievement Award given by the Horror Writers Association.