The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One (ISBN 978-1-59780-161-4) is a horror fiction anthology edited by Ellen Datlow that was published on January 1, 2009. It is the first in The Best Horror of the Year series.

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
First cover
EditorEllen Datlow
IllustratorSantiago Caruso
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Best Horror of the Year
GenreHorror
PublisherNight Shade Books
Publication date
January 1, 2009
Media typePrint (Paperback), eBook
Pages321
ISBN978-1-59780-161-4 (TP) &
978-1-59780-241-3 (ebook)
OCLC377705179
Followed byThe Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 

Contents

The book includes 21 stories, all first published in 2008. The book also includes a summation by Datlow, and a list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows:

  • E. Michael Lewis: "Cargo"
  • Richard Bowes: "If Angels Fight"
  • Steve Duffy: "The Clay Party"
  • William Browning Spencer: "Penguins of the Apocalypse"
  • Glen Hirshberg: "Esmeralda"
  • Trent Hergenrader: "The Hodag"
  • Nicholas Royle: "Very Low-Flying Aircraft"
  • Margaret Ronald: "When the Gentlemen Go By"
  • Laird Barron: "The Lagerstätte"
  • Euan Harvey: "Harry and the Monkey"
  • Miranda Siemienowicz: "Dress Circle"
  • Daniel Kaysen: "The Rising River"
  • JoSelle Vanderhooft: "Sweeney Among the Straight Razors"
  • R.B. Russell: "Loup-garou"
  • Graham Edwards: "Girl in Pieces"
  • Joe R. Lansdale: "It Washed Up"
  • Mike Allen: "The Thirteenth Hell"
  • Margo Lanagan: "The Goosle"
  • Daniel LeMoal: "Beach Head"
  • Adam Golaski: "The Man from the Peak"
  • Simon Bestwick: "The Narrows"
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