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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection
Synopsis
This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Byrant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquex, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions -- all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.
Table of Contents:
- Summation 1991: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
- Summation 1991: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
- Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1991 - essay by Edward Bryant
- Obituaries - essay by uncredited
- The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves - (1991) - novelette by David Morrell
- In Carnation - (1991) - shortstory by Nancy Springer
- The Somewhere Doors - (1991) - novelette by Fred Chappell
- Poe at the End - (1991) - poem by R. H. W. Dillard
- Angels in Love - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
- Vivian - (1991) - novelette by Midori Snyder
- True Love - (1991) - shortstory by K. W. Jeter
- The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World - (1991) - shortstory by A. R. Morlan
- The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death - (1991) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
- The Ragthorn - (1991) - novelette by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth
- The Smell - (1991) - shortstory by Patrick McGrath
- The Tenth Scholar - (1991) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
- Fisher Death - (1991) - poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- Walk in Sable - (1991) - poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- The Cut Man - (1991) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
- The Kind Men Like - (1991) - shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner
- The Coon Suit - (1991) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
- Queen Christina and the Windsurfer - (1991) - shortfiction by Alison Fell
- Chui Chai - (1991) - shortstory by S. P. Somtow
- Mama Gone - (1991) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
- Peter - (1991) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
- Our Lady of the Harbour - (1991) - novella by Charles de Lint
- The Visitors' Book - (1991) - shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
- At the End of the Day - (1991) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Monster - (1991) - shortfiction by Nina Katerli
- Hummers - (1991) - novelette by Lisa Mason
- Santa's Way - (1991) - shortfiction by James Powell
- Call Home - (1991) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
- The Braille Encyclopaedia - (1991) - shortstory by Grant Morrison
- The Poisoned Story - (1991) - shortstory by Rosario Ferré (trans. of El cuento envenenado 1985)
- Blood - (1991) - shortstory by Janice Galloway
- Dogstar Man - (1991) - shortstory by Nancy Willard
- Persistence of Memory - (1991) - shortfiction by Joanne Greenberg
- You'll Never Eat Lunch on This Continent Again - (1991) - shortfiction by Adam Gopnik
- The Glamour - (1991) - shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
- The Peony Lantern - (1991) - shortstory by Kara Dalkey
- To Be a Hero - (1991) - poem by Nancy Springer
- The Same in Any Language - (1991) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
- Teratisms - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
- The Life of a Poet - (1991) - shortstory by Kobo Abe
- The Witch of Wilton Falls - (1991) - shortfiction by Gloria Ericson
- Home by the Sea - (1991) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
- Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch - (1991) - poem by Nancy Willard
- The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire - (1991) - novelette by Poppy Z. Brite
- The Pavilion of Frozen Women - (1991) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
- Moon Songs - (1990) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
- The Afternoon of June 8, 1991 - (1991) - shortfiction by Ian Frazier
- Gwydion and the Dragon - (1991) - novelette by C. J. Cherryh
- A Story Must Be Held - (1991) - poem by Jane Yolen
- The Ogre's Wife - (1991) - shortfiction by Pierrette Fleutiaux
- Honorable Mentions: 1991 - essay by uncredited
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