Conrad Williams (ed.) – Dead Letters

Conrad Williams (ed.) – Dead Letters: An Anthology Of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned (Titan, 2016)

Design by Julia Lloyd

Conrad Williams – Introduction

Steven Hall – The Green Letter
Michael Marshall Smith – Over to You
Joanne Harris – In Memoriam
Alison Moore – Ausland
Christopher Fowler – Wonders to Come
Pat Cadigan – Cancer Dancer
Ramsey Campbell – The Wrong Game
Claire Dean – Is—and
Andrew Lane – Buyer’s Remorse
Muriel Gray – Gone Away
Nina Allan – Astray
Adam LG Nevill – The Days of Our Lives
Lisa Tuttle – The Hungry Hotel
Nicholas Royle – London
Angela Slatter – Change Management
Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville – Ledge Bants
Kirsten Kaschock – And We, Spectators Always, Everywhere

Blurb:
The Dead Letters Office: the final repository of the undelivered. Love missives unread, gifts never received, lost in postal limbo. Dead Letters: An Anthology features new stories from the masters of horror, fantasy and science fiction, each inspired by an object from the Dead Letters Office.

 

Johnny Mains (ed.) – Back From The Dead (Black Shuck, 2016)

Johnny Mains (ed.) – Back From The Dead: The Legacy Of The Pan Book Of Horror Stories (Black Shuck, 2016)

Les Edwards

Johnny Mains – Introduction
David A Sutton – The Influence Of Pan

Alex White – The Clinic
Samantha Lee – Medium Rare
Christopher Fowler – Locked
Jane Louie – Caribbean Incident
John Burke – The Stare
Jonathan Cruise – The Forgotten Island
Nicholas Royle – The Children
Roger Clarke – Gallybagger
John Ware – Spinalonga
Ken Alden – The Moment Of Death
Tony Richards – Mr. Smythe
Harry E. Turner – Sounds Familiar
John Burke – Acute Rehab
David A. Riley – The True Spirit
Gilbert Phelps – The Hook
Myc Harrison – A Good Offence
Francis King – School Crossing
Craig Herbertson – The Waiting Game
Samantha Lee – Iron Maiden
Herbert Van Thal – The Mask

Johnny Mains – “Lest You Should Suffer Nightmares”

Stephen Jones (ed.) – Mammoth Best New Horror 25

Stephen Jones (ed.) – Mammoth Best New Horror 25   (Robinson, October 2014)

Vincent Chong

Stephen Jones – Introduction: Horror In 2013

Kim Newman – Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980
Neil Gaiman – Click-Clack The Rattlebag
Nicholas Royle – Dead End
Daniel Mills – Isaac’s Room
Angela Slatter – The Burning Circus
Ramsey Campbell – Holes For Faces
Joel Lane – By Night He Could Not See
Reggie Oliver – Come Into My Parlour
Michael Chislett – The Middle Park
Simon Kurt Unsworth – Into The Water
Lynda E. Rucker – The Burned House
Lavie Tidhar – What do we Talk About When We Talk About Z—
Halli Villegas – Fishfly Season
Tanith Lee – Doll Re Mi
Clive Barker – A Night’s Work
Robert Shearman – The Sixteenth Step
Simon Strantzas – Stemming The Tide
Michael Marshall Smith – The Gist
Thana Niveau – Guinea Pig Girl
Kim Newman – Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990
Stephen Volk – Whitstable
Blurb:
The World’s Leading Annual Showcase of Horror and Dark Suspense Celebrates 25 Years. For a quarter of a century, this multiple award-winning annual selection has showcased some of the very best, and most disturbing, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural. As always, this landmark volume features superior fiction from such masters of the genre and newcomers in contemporary horror. With an in-depth Introduction covering the year in horror, a fascinating Necrology and a unique contact directory, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world’s leading anthology dedicated solely to presenting the very best in modern horror.

 

Mark Morris (ed.) – The Spectral Book of Horror Stories

Mark Morris (ed.) – The Spectral Book of Horror Stories   (Spectral Press, Sept. 2014)

Vincent Cheong

Ramsey Campbell – On The Tour
Alison Littlewood – The Dog’s Home
Helen Marshall – Funeral Rites
Tom Fletcher – Slape
Steve Rasnic Tem – The Night Doctor
Gary McMahon – Dull Fire
Reggie Oliver – The Book And The Ring
Alison Moore – Eastmouth
Robert Shearman – Carry Within Some Small Slither Of Me
Conrad Williams – The Devil’s Interval
Michael Marshall Smith – Stolen Kisses
Brian Hodge – Cures For A Sickened World
Angela Slatter – The October Window
Stephen Laws – The Slista
Rio Youers – Outside Heavenly
John Llewellyn Probert – The Life Inspector
Lisa Tuttle – Something Sinister In Sunlight
Nicholas Royle – This Video Does Not Exist
Stephen Volk – Newspaper Heart

 

Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton (eds) – Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror

Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton (eds) – Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror  (Pan, 1994)

 

 

Louis Rey

Mark Timlin – What Are They Doing in the Hyacinth House?
Nicholas Royle – The Trees
David Case – The Cannibal Feast
Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg – Modern Romance
Tom Cullen – The Longest Kiss
Sherry Coldsmith – The Accomplice
John Brunner – Written Backwards
Hugh B. Cave – Just Another H.P.L. Horror Story
Peter Valentine Timlett – Flies
J. L. Comeau – Siren
Geoff Smith – The Punch-Line
Norman Partridge – Spyder
W. Elizabeth Turner – Golgotha
C. Bruce Hunter – The Travelling Salesman Scores Again
Daniel Fox – Where It Roots, How It Fruits
Nancy Holder – As Green as Hope Itself
Michael Marshall Smith – The Fracture
Lisa Morton – Sane Reaction
Kim Newman – Where the Bodies Are Buried II: Sequel Hook

Blurb:
THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD AND BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINATED SERIES

THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR presents TODAY’s Masters Of Terror

For 35 years THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR has turned the blood in your veins to red ice. In this latest chilling collection, horror’s masters of menace and the talents of tomorrow gather together to bring you face-to-face with your worst nightmares …
MULTIPLE PERSONALTIES … MYTHIC TERRORS MEXICAN GHOSTS … MAN-EATING PLANTS…MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS … METAMORPHOSIS… MURDER…. MANIACS …. MAGGOTS and much more

In DARK VOICES 6 the reign of terror continues.

Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton (eds) – Dark Voices 5: The Pan Book of Horror

Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton (eds) – Dark Voices 5: The Pan Book of Horror  (Pan, 1993)

 

Peter Mennim

Robert Holdstock – Having His Leg Pulled
Brian Lumley – Back Row
Roberta Lannes – Precious
Nicholas Royle – The Editor
Graham Joyce – The Ventriloquial Art
Melanie Tem – Phantom
Daniel Fox – How She Dances
Dennis Etchison – The Dog Park
Simon Clark – Gerassimos Flamotas: A Day in the Life
Kathe Koja – Arrangement for Invisible Voices
Brian Mooney – The Lady of Dubhán Alla
Les Daniels – Loser
David J. Schow – Life Partner
Kim Antieau – Sustenance
Jean-Daniel Brèque – Stone Dead
Jeff VanderMeer – La Siesta del Muerte
Peter Valentine Timlett – The Disobedience of Mary Thompson
Michael Marshall Smith – More Bitter Than Death
Kim Newman – Where the Bodies Are Buried
Myrna Elana  – Red-Bellied Ghosts

Blurb:
For 34 years the Pan Book of Horror has turned the blood in your veins to red ice. In this latest terrifying collection, horror’s menacing masters and tomorrow’s top names gather together to take you to the furthest reaches of Fear… Cravings… Killers… Cannibalism… Ghosts… Zombies… Arachnids… Parasites… Insanity… Necrophilia… Video Nasties… In Dark Voices 5 the reign of terror continues.

GET PUBLISHED IN DARK VOICES 6; See competition details inside

Paul Finch – Terror Tales Of London

Paul Finch (ed) – Terror Tales Of London   (Gray Friars Press, 2013)

Cover Illustration: Steve Upham
Nina Allan – The Tiger 
London After Midnight
Roger Johnson – The Soldier
Queen Rat
Nicholas Royle – Train, Night
The Horror At Berkeley Square
Adam Nevill – The Angels Of London
Boudicca’s Bane
Gary Fry – Capital Growth
The Black Dog Of Newgate
Rosalie Parker – The Thames
The Other Murderers
Mark Morris – The Red Door
The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Barbara Roden – Undesirable Residence
Nosferatu In Highgate
Jonathan Oliver – The Horror Writer 
Butchery In Bleeding-Heart Yard
Christopher Fowler – Perry In Seraglio
The Monster Of Hammersmith
Marie O’Regan – Someone To Watch Over You
The Black Death Returns
David J. Howe – The Outcast Dead
What Stirs Below?
Anna Taborska – The Bloody Tower

Blurb:
The city of London – whose gold-paved streets are lost in choking fog and echo to the trundling of plague-carts, whose twisting back alleys ring to cries of “Murder!”, whose awful tower is stained with the blood of princes and paupers alike.
The night stalker of Hammersmith
The brutal butchery of Holborn
The depraved spirit of Sydenham
The fallen angel of Dalston
The murder den of Notting Hill
The haunted sewer of Bermondsey
The red-eyed ghoul of Highgate

And many more chilling tales from Adam Nevill, Mark Morris, Christopher Fowler, Nina Allen, Nicholas Royle, and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre

Coming soon: Available for Preorder from Gray Friar Press

Jonathan Oliver – House of Fear

Jonathan Oliver (ed.) – House of Fear   (Solaris 2011)

Lisa Tuttle – Objects in Dreams may be Closer than they Appear
Stephen Volk – Pied-a-terre
Terry Lamsley – In The Absence of Murdock
Adam L.G. Nevill – Florrie
Weston Ochse – Driving The Milky Way
Rebecca Levene – The Windmill
Garry Kilworth – Moretta
Chaz Brenchley – Hortus Conclusus
Robert Shearman – The Dark Space in The House in The House in The Garden at The Centre of The World
Nina Allan – The Muse of Copenhagen
Christopher Fowler – An Injustice
Sarah Pinborough – The Room Upstairs
Paul Meloy – Villanova
Christopher Priest – Widow’s Weeds
Jonathan Green – The Doll’s House
Nicholas Royle – Inside/Out
Eric Brown – The House
Tim Lebbon – Trick of The Light
Joe R. Lansdale – What Happened to Me

Blurb:
The tread on the landing outside the door, when you know you are the only one in the house. The wind whistling through the eves, carrying the voices of the dead. The figure glimpsed briefly through the cracked window of a derelict house. Editor Jonathan Oliver brings horror home with a collection of haunted house stories by some of the finest writers working in the horror genre

Thanks to John Llewellyn Probert for providing the cover scan and details

more information on Vault of Evil forum

Stephen Jones & David Sutton – Dark Terrors 2

Stephen Jones & David Sutton (eds.) – Dark Terrors 2: The Gollancz Book of Horror  (Gollancz, 1996)

 Stephen Jones & David Sutton – Introduction

 Nicholas Royle – The Comfort of Strangers
 Brian Lumley – A Really Game Boy
 Conrad Williams  – Something for Free
 David J. Schow  – (Melodrama)
 James Miller  – Absolute Zero
 Paul J. McAuley  – Negative Equity
 Caitlín R. Kiernan – To This Water (Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1889)
 Ramsey Campbell – Out of the Woods
 Steve Rasnic Tem – The Rains
 Graham Masterton – Underbed
 Clive Barker  – Animal Life
 Jay Russell – Lily’s Whisper
 Michael Marshall Smith – Hell Hath Enlarged Herself
 Thomas Tessier – Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune
 Dennis Etchison – The Dead Cop
 Kim Newman – Where the Bodies Are Buried 2020
 Harlan Ellison – The Museum on Cyclops Avenue
 Peter Straub – Hunger: An Introduction

Stephen Jones & David Sutton – Dark Terrors

Stephen Jones & David Sutton (eds.) – Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book Of Horror Stories   (Gollancz, 1995: Vista, 1996)

Cover: Bob Eggleton

Stephen Jones & David Sutton – Introduction

Michael Marshall Smith – More Tomorrow
Ramsey Campbell – The Puppets
Steve Rasnic Tem – Sampled
Graham Masterton – The Hungry Moon
Lisa Morton – Love Eats
Brian Lumley – Uzzi
Charles A. Gramlich – Splatter Of Black
Christopher Fowler – The Laundry Imp
Mandy Slater – Food for Thought
Terry Lamsley – Screens
Charles Wagner – All My Friends Are Here
Mark Morris – Eternity Ltd.
Nicholas Royle – The Lagoon
Jeff VanderMeer – At the Crossroads, Burying the Dog
C. Bruce Hunter – The Travelling Salesman’s Christmas Special
Roberta Lannes – A Feast At Grief’s Table
Richard Christian Matheson – Bleed
Kim Newman – Where the Bodies Are Buried 3: Black and White And Red All Over
Karl Edward Wagner – I’ve Come to Talk With You Again
Peter Straub – Fee

see also the Dark Terrors thread on the Vault forum