SYNOPSIS Heh, Heh, Kiddies! They say that you can always tell a GOOD BOOK by its COVER! Well, after you BONE UP on the front of this first BEST OF volume of THE WORLD S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY by legendary artist NORMAN SAUNDERS, you ll be left SPELLBOUND by some of the most SIZZLING fiction ever published in this AWARD-WINNING series Between these covers are TASTY TERROR TALES by CLIVE BARKER, ELIZABETH HAND, JOE HILL, GLEN HIRSHBERG, STEPHEN KING, TIM LEBBON, KIM NEWMAN, MARK SAMUELS, LISA TUTTLE and SIMON KURT UNSWORTH. So, what are you WAITING for? Open up this HELLISH TOME and START READING! Because a cover NEVER lies, and neither does . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor s Forword
Bettering the Best RAMSEY CAMPBELL
White [1999] TIM LEBBON
The Other Side of Anno Dracula, 1981 [2000] KIM NEWMAN
Cleopatra Brimstone [2001] ELIZABETH HAND
20th Century Ghosts [2002] JOE HILL
The White Hands [2003] MARK SAMUELS
My Death [2004] LISA TUTTLE
Haeckel s Tale [2005] CLIVE BARKER
Devil s Smile [2006] GLEN HIRSHBERG
The Church on the Island [2007] SIMON KURT UNSWORTH
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates [2008] STEPHEN KING
Index to the First Twenty Years of Best New Horror
Index by Contributor
Index by Title
Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions
SYNOPSIS Heh, Heh, Kiddies! They say that you can always tell a GOOD BOOK by its COVER! Well, after you BONE UP on the front of this first BEST OF volume of THE WORLD S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY by legendary artist NORMAN SAUNDERS, you ll be left SPELLBOUND by some of the most SIZZLING fiction ever published in this AWARD-WINNING series Between these covers are TASTY TERROR TALES by CLIVE BARKER, ELIZABETH HAND, JOE HILL, GLEN HIRSHBERG, STEPHEN KING, TIM LEBBON, KIM NEWMAN, MARK SAMUELS, LISA TUTTLE and SIMON KURT UNSWORTH. So, what are you WAITING for? Open up this HELLISH TOME and START READING! Because a cover NEVER lies, and neither does . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor s Forword
Bettering the Best RAMSEY CAMPBELL
White [1999] TIM LEBBON
The Other Side of Anno Dracula, 1981 [2000] KIM NEWMAN
Cleopatra Brimstone [2001] ELIZABETH HAND
20th Century Ghosts [2002] JOE HILL
The White Hands [2003] MARK SAMUELS
My Death [2004] LISA TUTTLE
Haeckel s Tale [2005] CLIVE BARKER
Devil s Smile [2006] GLEN HIRSHBERG
The Church on the Island [2007] SIMON KURT UNSWORTH
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates [2008] STEPHEN KING
Index to the First Twenty Years of Best New Horror
Index by Contributor
Index by Title
Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions