Best New Horror 15 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #15)

This edition of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror comes with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, earning acclamations from the likes of Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hair-raising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror's classic tradition. Like all of the other volumes in this series, award-winning editor Stephen Jones once again brings us the best new horror, revisiting momentous events and chilling achievements on the dark side of fantasy in 2004.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Horror in 2003 by Stephen Jones
Fear the Dead by Ramsey Campbell
The Hanged Man of Oz by Steve Nagy
Mara by Michael Chislett
Cell Call by Marc Laidlaw
In the Tunnels by Pauline E. Dungate
Hunger: A Confession by Dale Bailey
Seven Feet by Christopher Fowler
The Centipede by Susan Davis
The Goat Cutter by Jay Lake
Maybe Next Time by Michael Marshall Smith
Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler by John Farris
Hunter Lake by Gene Wolfe
Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe by Scott Emerson Bull
The Bereavement Photographer by Steve Rasnic Tem
Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files
The White Hands by Mark Samuels
Waycross by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Lucy, In Her Splendor by Charles Coleman Finlay
Dead Boy Found by Christopher Barzak
The Haunting by Joyce Carol Oates
Dancing Men by Glen Hirshberg
Bitter Grounds by Neil Gaiman
Child of the Stones by Paul J. McAuley (as by Paul McAuley)
The Silence of the Falling Stars by Mike O'Driscoll
Exorcizing Angels by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon
Necrology: 2003 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Useful Addresses(essay) by Stephen Jones