The fourteenth volume in this series is going strong, and with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, it again earns "merits" from Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, alon
Now in its eleventh year, this winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award again showcases the finest talents writing contemporary horror fiction - established masters as well as new voices - and presents its lively
America, 1984 - not our version of America, but an America that calls itself the Real. For ten years, in the name of democracy, the Real has been waging clandestine wars and fomenting revolution. But the human and political costs have proven too high, and
The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including:William Bar
Each year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the stat
The brightest names in science fiction pen all-new tales of space and wonder.Contents 1 • Introduction (The New Space Opera) • (2007) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan6 • Saving Tiamaat • (2007) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones24 •
Contents xiii • Introduction: Summation: 1987 • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • Rachel in Love • (1987) • novelette by Pat Murphy28 • Dream Baby • (1987) • novelette by Bruce McAllister57 • Flowers of Edo • (1987) • novelette by Bruce Ste
The Barnes & Noble ReviewScience fiction as short fiction is perhaps my favorite form of the literary genre, and David G. Hartwell's Year's Best series is a collection -- full of humor, drama, style, and surprises -- that never disappoints. Here are j
In 2026, a strange fungus-like organism is growing in the Pacific Ocean, threatening Earth's entire food chain. Christened the slick, this bizarre life form contains alien DNA that may have come from the planet Mars. To uncover the secret of the slick, Dr