The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017

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The darkness creeps upon us and we shudder, or it suddenly startles and we scream. There need be no monsters for us to be terrified in the dark, but if there are, they are just as often human and as supernatural. Join us in this outstanding annual exploration of the year's best dark fiction that includes stories of quiet fear, the utterly fantastic, the weirdly surreal, atmospheric noir, mysterious hauntings, seductive nightmares, and frighteningly plausible futures. Featuring tales from masterful authors and talented new writers sure to make you reconsider walking in the shadows alone...

Contents
The Door • • by Kelley Armstrong
Snow • • by Dale Bailey
Seven Minutes in Heaven • • by Nadia Bulkin
The Glad Hosts • • by Rebecca Campbell
Hairwork • • by Gemma Files
Black Dog • • by Neil Gaiman
A Shot of Salt Water • • by Lisa L. Hannett
Cassandra • • by Ken Liu
Street of the Dead House • • by Robert Lopresti
The Deepwater Bride • • by Tamsyn Muir
1UP • • by Holly Black
The Scavenger's Nursery • • by Maria Dahvana Headley
Daniel's Theory About Dolls • • by Stephen Graham Jones
The Cripple and Starfish • • by Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Absence of Words • • by Swapna Kishore
Corpsemouth • • by John Langan
Mary, Mary • • by Kirstyn McDermott
There Is No Place for Sorrow in the Kingdom of the Cold • • by Seanan McGuire
Below the Falls • • by Daniel Mills
The Greyness • • by Kathryn Ptacek
The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill • • by Kelly Robson
Those • • by Sofia Samatar
Fabulous Beasts • • by Priya Sharma
Windows Underwater • • by John Shirley
Ripper • • by Angela Slatter
The Lily and the Horn • • by Catherynne M. Valente
Sing Me Your Scars • • by Damien Angelica Walters
The Body Finder • • by Kaaron Warren
The Devil Under the Maison Blue • • by Michael Wehunt
Kaiju maximus®: "So Various, So Beautiful, So New" • • by Kai Ashante Wilson