This superb anthology is as valuable for its detailed summations of horror and fantasy in 1995 , as for the 35 stories and 9 poems. Also useful for its exploration of the crossover genre known as "dark fantasy." Noteworthy authors include Peter S. Beagle, Ursula Le Guin, Stephen King, Lucy Taylor, Steve Rasnic Tem, Tanith Lee, A. S. Byatt, David J. Schow, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Contents:
* Summation 1995: Fantasy by Terri Windling
* Summation 1995: Horror by Ellen Datlow
* Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1995 by Edward Bryant
* Obituaries by James Frenkel
* Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
* Heartfires by Charles de Lint
* Screens by Terry Lamsley
* King of Crows by Midori Snyder
* Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros by Peter S. Beagle
* The Hunt of the Unicorn by Ellen Kushner
* More Tomorrow by Michael Marshall Smith
* Penguins for Lunch by Scott Bradfield
* Either, OR by Ursula K. Le Guin
* Paper Lantern by Stuart Dybek
* Lunch at the Gotham Café by Stephen King
* Queen of Knives by Neil Gaiman
* Dragon-Rain by Eileen Kernaghan
* Llantos de La Llorona: Warnings from the Wailer by Pat Mora
* Too Short a Death by Peter Crowther
* The James Dean Garage Band by Rick Moody
* Because of Dust by Christopher Kenworthy
* Loop by Douglas E. Winter
* La Loma, La Luna by Sue Kepros Hartman
* Women's Stories by Jane Yolen
* Swan/Princess by Jane Yolen
* Switch by Lucy Taylor
* Scaring the Train by Terry Dowling
* Blood Knot by Steve Resnic Tem
* The Girl Who Married the Reindeer by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
* The Otter Woman by Mary O'Malley
* Resolve and Resistance by S.N. Dyer
* La Dame by Tanith Lee
* Circe's Power by Louise Glück
* Dragon's Fin Soup by S.P. Somtow
* The Granddaughter by Vivian vande Velde
* Daphne and Laura and So Forth by Margaret Atwood
* A Lamia in the Cevennes by A.S. Byatt
* The Guilty Party by Susan Moody
* She's Not There by Pat Cadigan
* The White Road by Neil Gaiman
* Refrigerator Heaven by David J. Schow
* After the Elephant Ballet by Gary A. Braunbeck
* Henry V, Part 2 by Marcia Guthridge
* Mrs. Greasy by Robert Reed
* ############## by Joyce Carol Oates
* The Printer's Daughter by Delia Sherman
* Prayer by Nancy Willard
* Jacob and the Angel by Jane Yolen
* The Lion and the Lark by Patricia A. McKillip
* Honorable Mentions: 1995
Edited by Terry Windling and Ellen Datlow.
Language
English
Pages
624
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Release
July 31, 1996
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection
This superb anthology is as valuable for its detailed summations of horror and fantasy in 1995 , as for the 35 stories and 9 poems. Also useful for its exploration of the crossover genre known as "dark fantasy." Noteworthy authors include Peter S. Beagle, Ursula Le Guin, Stephen King, Lucy Taylor, Steve Rasnic Tem, Tanith Lee, A. S. Byatt, David J. Schow, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Contents:
* Summation 1995: Fantasy by Terri Windling
* Summation 1995: Horror by Ellen Datlow
* Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1995 by Edward Bryant
* Obituaries by James Frenkel
* Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
* Heartfires by Charles de Lint
* Screens by Terry Lamsley
* King of Crows by Midori Snyder
* Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros by Peter S. Beagle
* The Hunt of the Unicorn by Ellen Kushner
* More Tomorrow by Michael Marshall Smith
* Penguins for Lunch by Scott Bradfield
* Either, OR by Ursula K. Le Guin
* Paper Lantern by Stuart Dybek
* Lunch at the Gotham Café by Stephen King
* Queen of Knives by Neil Gaiman
* Dragon-Rain by Eileen Kernaghan
* Llantos de La Llorona: Warnings from the Wailer by Pat Mora
* Too Short a Death by Peter Crowther
* The James Dean Garage Band by Rick Moody
* Because of Dust by Christopher Kenworthy
* Loop by Douglas E. Winter
* La Loma, La Luna by Sue Kepros Hartman
* Women's Stories by Jane Yolen
* Swan/Princess by Jane Yolen
* Switch by Lucy Taylor
* Scaring the Train by Terry Dowling
* Blood Knot by Steve Resnic Tem
* The Girl Who Married the Reindeer by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
* The Otter Woman by Mary O'Malley
* Resolve and Resistance by S.N. Dyer
* La Dame by Tanith Lee
* Circe's Power by Louise Glück
* Dragon's Fin Soup by S.P. Somtow
* The Granddaughter by Vivian vande Velde
* Daphne and Laura and So Forth by Margaret Atwood
* A Lamia in the Cevennes by A.S. Byatt
* The Guilty Party by Susan Moody
* She's Not There by Pat Cadigan
* The White Road by Neil Gaiman
* Refrigerator Heaven by David J. Schow
* After the Elephant Ballet by Gary A. Braunbeck
* Henry V, Part 2 by Marcia Guthridge
* Mrs. Greasy by Robert Reed
* ############## by Joyce Carol Oates
* The Printer's Daughter by Delia Sherman
* Prayer by Nancy Willard
* Jacob and the Angel by Jane Yolen
* The Lion and the Lark by Patricia A. McKillip
* Honorable Mentions: 1995