Best of the Best Horror of the Year

***One of Publishers Weeklys Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2018*** A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders. For more than three decades, editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow, winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, has had her finger on the pulse of the horror genre, introducing readers to writers whose tales can unnerve, frighten, and terrify. This anniversary volume, which collects the best stories from the first ten years of her annual The Best Horror of the Year anthology series, includes fiction from award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Neil Gaiman, Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, and many more. TABLE OF CONTENTS: IntroductionEllen DatlowLowland SeaSuzy McKee CharnasWingless BeastsLucy TaylorThe Nimble MenGlen HirshbergLittle AmericaDan ChaonBlack and White SkyTanith LeeThe Monster MakersSteve Rasnic TemChapter SixStephen Graham JonesIn a Cavern, in a CanyonLaird BarronAllochthonLivia LlewellynShepherds' BusinessStephen GallagherDown to a Sunless SeaNeil GaimanThe Man from the PeakAdam GolaskiIn Paris, In the Mouth of KronosJohn LanganThe MoraineSimon BestwickAt the Riding SchoolCody GoodfellowCargoE.Michael LewisTender as TeethStephanie Crawford & Duane SwierczynskiWild AcreNathan BallingrudThe CallersRamsey CampbellThis Stagnant Breath of ChangeBrian HodgeGrave GoodsGemma FilesThe Ballad of Ballard and SandrinePeter StraubMajorlenaJane JakemanThe Days of Our LivesAdam L. G. NevillYou Can Stay All DayMira GrantNo Matter Which Way We TurnedBrian EvensonNestersSiobhan CarrollBetter You BelieveCarole JohnstoneAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgment of CopyrightAbout the Editor