For more than 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. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Mark Morris, Kaaron Warren, John Langan, Carole Johnstone, Brian Hodge, and others. A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fights to survive their descent; An American band finds more than they bargained for in Mexico while scouting remote locations for a photo shoot; A young student's exploration into the origins of a mysterious song leads him on a winding, dangerous path through the US's deep south; A group of kids scaring each other with ghost stories discovers alarming consequences. The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year's best offerings in horror short fiction. Night Shade Books is proud to present the tenth volume in this annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up at night. It includes:
- Introduction: Summation 2017--Ellen Datlow
- Better You Believe--Carole Johnstone
- Liquid Air--Inna Effress
- Holiday Romance--Mark Morris
- Furtherest--Kaaron Warren
- Where's the Harm?--Rebecca Lloyd
- Whatever Comes After Calcutta--David Erik Nelson
- A Human Stain--Kelly Robson
- The Stories We Tell about Ghosts--A. C. Wise
- Endosketal--Sarah Read
- West of Matamoros, North of Hell--Brian Hodge
- Alligator Point--S. P. Miskowski
- Dark Warm Heart--Rich Larson
- There and Back Again--Carmen Maria Machado
- Shepherd's Business--Stephen Gallagher
- You Can Stay All Day--Mira Grant
- Harvest Song, Gathering Song--A. C. Wise
- The Granfalloon--Orrin Grey
- Fail-Safe--Philip Fracassi
- The Starry Crown--Marc E. Fitch
- Eqalussuaq--Tim Major
- Lost in the Dark--John Langan
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