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Posted by demonik on July 6, 2020
Stephen Jones (ed.) – Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (Ulysses Press, 2011)

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Acknowledgments
Stephen Jones – Introduction: The Restless Dead
Richard L. Tierney – The Revenant (verse)
M. R. James – A Warning to the Curious
R. Chetwynd-Hayes – The Door
Reggie Oliver – Hand to Mouth
Richard Matheson – Two O’Clock Session
Paul McAuley – Inheritance
Sarah Pinborough – Grandmother’s Slippers
Peter Atkins – The Mystery
Christopher Fowler – Poison Pen
Ramsey Campbell – Return Journey
Lisa Tuttle – Grandfather’s Teeth
Basil Copper – Ill Met by Daylight
John Gordon – The Place
R. B. Russell – The Bridegroom
Kim Newman – Is There Anybody There?
Conrad Williams – Wait
Richard Christian Matheson – City of Dreams
Tanith Lee – A House on Fire
John Gaskin – Party Talk
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Hurting Words
Robert Silverberg – The Church at Monte Saturno
Neil Gaiman – The Hidden Chamber (verse)
Robert Shearman – Good Grief
Karl Edward Wagner – Blue Lady, Come Back
Michael Marshall Smith – The Naughty Step
About the Editor
Blurb:
The Restless Dead.
Life is over but the dead live on. Within the drafty rooms of an old house, a tarnished locket tumbles to the floor. The haunted souls of the dearly departed are still among us. Ghosts, phantoms, revenants, lost souls — all these troubled spirits have unfinished business on this side of the veil. Doomed to seek out mortal answers, unable to rest until in death they accomplish what they failed to achieve in life.
This hair-raising collection of haunted tales brings together both new writers and celebrated masters — Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Richard Matheson, Michael Marshall Smith and others — for the ultimate collection from beyond the grave.
The characters in each chilling tale are spirits, without bodies but still floating in our world. Some are motivated by love, others by loss or guilt. But sometimes they are driven by much stronger emotions, menacing and diabolical motives that take us up from our reading to check the hallways, secure the locks and question how firmly anchored we ourselves are to our world.
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Posted by demonik on October 23, 2019
Paul Finch [ed.] – Terror Tales of North West England (Telos, 2019)

Neil Williams
Jason Gould – Normal Bones
The Lost Lads of Rivington
Cate Gardner – The Mute Swan
The Resurrection Men
Simon Kurt Unsworth – Factory Rook
Night Fall’s Over Pendle
John Travis – Tight Straws and Wire Mesh
The Lancashire Boggarts
Edward Pearce – A Weekend Break
Lord Combermere’s Ghost
David A. Riley – Writer’s Cramp
Screaming Skulls
Christopher Harman – Wet Jenny
Land of Monsters
Stephen Gallagher – The Drain
Chingle Hell
Peter Bell – Only Sleeping
Of Gods and Ghosts
Sam Stone – Peeling the Layers
The Borgias of the Slums
Ramsey Campbell – Root Cause
The Horror at the Gatehouse
Anna Taborska – Formby Point
Hill of Mysteries
Simon Bestwick – Below
The Vengeance of Bannister Doll
Solomon Strange – Old Huey
A Vision of His Own Destruction
Paul Finch – The Upper Tier
Blurb:
England’s majestic Northwest, land of rain-washed skies, dark forests and brooding, windswept hills. Famous too for its industrial blight and brutal persecutions; a realm where skulls scream and witches wail, gallows creak and grave-robbers prowl the long, black nights …
The hideous scarecrows of Lune
The heathen rite at Knowsley
The revenge killings in Preston
The elegant ghost of Combermere
The berserk boggart of Moston
The malformed brute on Mann
The walking dead at Haigh Hall
And many more chilling tales by Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Gallagher, Sam Stone, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Cate Gardner and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre.
Posted in *Telos*, Paul Finch | Tagged: Anna Taborska, Cate Gardner, Christopher Harman, David A. Riley, Edward Pearce, Jason Gould, John Travis, Neil Williams, Paul Finch, Peter Bell, Ramsey Campbell, Sam Stone, Simon Bestwick, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Solomon Strange, Stephen Gallagher, Telos, Terror Tales, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on January 16, 2015
Danel Olson (ed.) – Exotic Gothic 4 (Drugstore Indian Press, 2014. Originally P.S., 2012)
Photo: Apolinar Lorenzo Chuca
Danel Olson – Preface: On Dark Gifting
Margo Lanagan – Blooding the Bride
Adam L.G. Nevill – Pig Thing
Kaaron Warren – The Lighthouse Keepers’ Club
Reggie Oliver – The Look
Lucy Taylor – Nikishi
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Fourth Horse
Stephen Dedman – The Fall
Tunku Halim – In the Village of Setang
David Punter – Carving
Genni Gunn – Water Lover
Robert Hood – Escena de un Asesinato
Steve Rasnic Tem – The Old Man Beset by Demons
David Wellington – Atacama
Isobelle Carmody – Metro Winds
Terry Dowling – Mariners’ Round
Paul Finch – Oschaert
Ekaterina Sedia – Helena
Anna Taborska – Rusalka
Nick Antosca – Candy
Joseph Bruchac – Down in the Valley
Cherie Dimaline – Wanishin
Brian Evenson – Grottor
E. Michael Lewis – Such a Man I Would Have Become
Scott Thomas – The Unfinished Book
Stephen Volk – Celebrity Frankenstein
Blurb
A bumper anthology, with stories from twenty-five of today’s finest speculative fiction writers.
Posted in *P.S.* | Tagged: Adam L. G. Nevill, Anna Flores, Anna Taborska, Apolinar Lorenzo Chuca, Brian Evenson, Cherie Dimaline, Danel Olson, David Punter, David Wellington, Drugstore Indian Press, E. Michael Lewis, Ekaterina Sedia, Exotic Gothic, fiction, Genni Gunn, Gothic, horror, Isobelle Carmody, Joseph Bruchac, Kaaron Warren, Lucy Taylor, Margo Lanagan, Nick Antosca, P.S., Paul Finch, Reggie Oliver, Robert Hood, Scott Thomas, Shay Prator, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Stephen Dedman, Stephen Volk, Steve Rasnic Tem, Terry Dowling, Tunku Halim, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on November 5, 2014
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.
Posted in *Constable/Robinson*, Stephen Jones | Tagged: Angela Slatter, Clive Barker, Daniel Mills, Halli Villegas, Joel Lane, Kim Newman, Lavie Tidhar, Michael Chislett, Michael Marshall Smith, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Royle, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Robert Shearman, Robinson, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Simon Strantzas, Stephen Jones, Stephen Volk, Tanith Lee, Thana Niveau, The Burned House, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on October 29, 2013
Paull Finch (ed.) – Terror Tales Of The Seaside (Gray Friar, Oct. 2013)

Steve Upham
Reggie Oliver – Holiday From Hell
The Eerie Events At Castel Mare
Stephen Laws – The Causeway
The Kraken Wakes
Stephen Volk – The Magician Kelso Dennett
Forces Of Evil
Joseph Freeman – A Prayer For The Morning
Hotel Of Horror
Sam Stone – The Jealous Sea
The Ghosts Of Goodwin Sands
Ramsey Campbell – The Entertainment
The Horse And The Hag
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Poor Weather Crossings Company
The Devil Dog Of Peel
R.B. Russell – Brighthelmstone
The Ghouls Of Bannane Head
Robert Spalding – Men With False Faces
This Beautiful, Terrible Place
Gary Fry – GG LUVS PA
In The Deep Dark Winter
Paul Finch – The Incident At North Shore
The Walking Dead
Paul Kane – Shells
Hellmouth
Kate Farrell – The Sands Are Magic
Wild Men Of The Sea
Christopher Harman – Broken Summer
Blurb:
The British Seaside – golden sands, toffee rock, amusement arcades. But also the ghosts of better days: phantom performers who if they can’t get laughs will get screams; derelict fun-parks where maniacs lurk; hideous things washed in on bitter tides …
The death ships of Goodwin …
The killer clowns of Bognor …
The devil fish of Guernsey …
The Night Caller of St. Derfyn …
The Black Mass at North Berwick …
The grisly revenge at Brighton …
The tortured souls of Westingsea …
And many more chilling tales by Stephen Laws, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Volk, Sam Stone, Simon Kurt Unsworth and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre.
Posted in *Gray Friar Press*, Paul Finch | Tagged: Christopher Harman, fiction, Gary Fry, Gray Friar, horror, Joseph Freeman, Kate Farrell, Paul Finch, Paul Kane, R. B. Russell, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Robert Spalding, Sam Stone, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Stephen Laws, Stephen Volk, Steve Upham, Terror Tales, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on September 24, 2013
Coming in October 2013
Stephen Jones (ed.) – The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 24 (Robinson, October 2013)

Cover: Vincent Chong
Stephen Jones – Introduction: horror In 2012
Neil Gaiman – Witch Work
Alison Littlewood – The Discord Of Being
Dale Bailey – Necrosis
Joe R. Lansdale – The Hunt: Before, And The Aftermath
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Cotswold Olympicks
Lynda E. Rucker – Where The Summer Dwells
Ramsey Campbell – The Callers
Thana Niveau – The Curtain
Mark Valentine – The Fall Of The King Of Babylon
Terry Dowling – Nightside Eye
Helen Marshall – the Old and The New
Steve Rasnic Tem – Waiting At The Crossroads Motel
Glenn Hirschberg – His Only Audience
Claire Massey – Marionettes
Reggie Oliver – Between Four Yews
Gemma Files – Slick Black Bones And soft Black Stars
Evangeline Walton – The Other One
Joel Lane – Slow Burn
Stephen Volk – Celebrity Frankenstein
Robert Shearman – Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon
Michael Kelly – October Dreams
Alison Littlewood – The Eyes Of Water
Stephen Jones & Kim Newman – Necrology: 2012
Useful addresses
Blurb
The World’s Longest-Running Annual Showcase Of Horror & Dark Fantasy
Here is the annual selection of some of the very finest, and most disturbing, short stories of horror and the supernatural published in the past year by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers, including Terry Dowling, Gemma Files, Joel Lane, Claire Masset, Thana Niveau, Lynda E. Rucker, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Mark Valentine, and a bewitching poem by Niel Gaiman.
The latest volume of the record-breaking and multiple award-winning anthology series also offers an in-depth introduction covering the year in horror, an informative Necrology of notable names who are no longer with us, and a useful contact directory that is an indispensable resource for every dedicated horror fan and writer.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is the world’s leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the very best in contemporary horror fiction in all its many frightening forms.
`Yet another celebration of the diversity of the horror genre.’ – Locus
`A top-quality body of short stories.’ – Writing Magazine
See also the Best New Horror 24 thread on the Vault Forum
Thank you Sam! XXX
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Posted by demonik on August 25, 2012
Coming soon ….
Stephen Jones (ed.) – Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 23 (Robinson, Oct. 2012)

Cover Illustration: Vincent Chong
Stephen Jones – Introduction: Horror In 2011
Ramsey Campbell – Holding The Light
Christopher Fowler – Lantern Jack
Paul Kane – Rag And Bone
Gemma Files – Some Kind Of Light Shines From Your Face
Joel Lane – Midnight Flight
Tim Lebbon – Trick Of The Light
Gregory Nicoll – But None Shall Sing For Me
Alison Littlewood – About The Dark
Daniel Mills – The Photographer’s Tale
Mark Samuels – The Tower
Peter Atkins – Dancing Like We’re Dumb
Simon Strantzas – An Indelible Stain Upon The Sky
Joan Aiken – Hair
Steve Rasnic Tem – Miri
Geeta Roopnarine – Corbeaux Bay
Michael Marshall Smith – Sad, Dark Thing
Robert Silverberg – Smithers And The Ghost Of The Thar
Reggie Oliver – Quieta Non Movere
Joe R. Lansdale – The Crawling Sky
Conrad Williams – Wait
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Ocean Grand, North West Coast
Evangeline Walton – They That Have Wings
Thana Niveau – White Roses, Bloody Silk
John Ajivide Lindqvist – The Music Of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer
Ramsey Campbell – Passing Through Peacehaven
David Buchan – Holiday Home
Stephen Jones & Kim Newman – Necrology: 2011
Blurb
The latest volume of the world’s longest-running annual showcase of Horror and Dark Fantasy fiction.
Presenting a selection of the very best, and most chilling, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural by both established masters of horror and exciting newcomers.
See also the Best New Horror 23 thread on the Vault forum
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Posted by demonik on February 23, 2012
Paul Finch (ed.) – Terror Tales Of The Cotswolds (Gray Friar Press, March, 2012)

Cover illustration: Steve Upham
Alison Littlewood – In The Quiet And In The Dark
Fury From Beyond
Gary McMahon – Straw Babies
A Bizarre and Terrible Event
Reggie Oliver – Charm
The Grimmest Castle in All England
Christopher Harman – Hoxlip And After
The Undead Who Wander The Wye
Simon Clark – The Shakespeare Curse
Oxford’s Black Assize
Thana Niveau – The Scouring
The Cannibal Feast
Steve Lockley – Wassailing
Bloodbath Under A Spectral Sun
Joel Lane – The Silent Dance
What Walks In Ettington Park?
Antonia James – Waiting For Nicky
The Satanic Slayings at Meon Hill
Ramsey Campbell – The Horror Under Warrendown
Worcester’s Most Odious Relic
Gary Fry – The Lurker
The Beast of St. John’s
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Cotswold Olimpicks
God’s Dire Warning
John Llewellyn Probert – A Taste of Honey, A Horror of Stone
Lovell’s Long Wait
Paul Finch – Bog Man
Blurb:
The Cotswolds – land of green fields, manor houses and thatched-roof villages, where the screams of ancient massacres linger in the leafy woods, faeries weave sadistic spells, and pagan gods stir beneath the moonlit hills …
The flesh-eating fiend of St. John’s
The vengeful spirit of Little Lawford
The satanic murders at Meon Hill
The ghastly mutilation at Wychavon
The demon dancers of Warwick
The cannibal feast at Alvington
The twisted revenant of Stratford-upon-Avon
And many more chilling tales by Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Alison Littlewood, Gary McMahon, Reggie Oliver, Joel Lane and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre.
Posted in *Gray Friar Press*, Paul Finch | Tagged: Alison Littlewood, Antonia James, Christopher Harman, Cotswolds, fiction, Gary Fry, Gary McMahon, Gray Friars, horror, Joel Lane, John Llewellyn Probert, Paul Finch, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Simon Clark, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Steve Lockley, Steve Upham, Supernatural, Thana Niveau, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on September 22, 2010
Stephen Jones (ed.) – Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror #21 (Robinson, 28 October 2010)

Vincent Chong
Stephen Jones – Introduction: Horror in 2009
Michael Kelly – The Woods
Joe Hill & Stephen King – Throttle
Barbara Roden – Out And Back
Ramsey Campbell – Respects
Simon Stranzas – Cold To The Touch
M. R. James & Reggie Oliver – The Game Of Bear
Chris Bell – Shem-El-Nesime: An Inspiration In Perfume
Michael Marshall Smith – What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night
Nicholas Royle – The Reunion
Simon Kurt Unsworth – Mami Wata
Richard Christian Matheson – Venturi
John Gaskin – Party Talk
Terry Dowling – Two Steps Along The Road
Mark Valentine – The Axholme Toll
Robert Shearman – Granny’s Grinning
Rosalie Parker – In The Garden
Stephen Volk – After The Ape
Brian Lumley – The Nonesuch
Michael Kelly – Princess Of The Night
Stephen Jones & Kim Newman – Necrology: 2009
Useful Addresses
As far as i’m aware you’ll have to wait a few weeks for this to hit the shops although i gather it was pre-launched at FantasyCon over weekend. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time the contents have appeared online, so don’t forget not to give Vault a credit when you rip it off for your site/ blog/ messagebore, etc.
Posted in "Constable-Robinson*, *Constable/Robinson*, Stephen Jones | Tagged: Barbara Roden, Best New Horror, Brian Lumley, Chris Bell, fiction, horror, Joe Hill, John Gaskin, Kim Newman, M. R. James, Mark Valentine, Michael Kelly, Michael Marshall Smith, Nicholas Royle, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert Shearman, Robinson, Rosalie Parker, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Simon Stranzas, Stephen Jones, Stephen King, Stephen Volk, Terry Dowling, Vault Of Evil, Vincent Chong | 3 Comments »
Posted by demonik on July 22, 2010
Allyson Bird & Joel Lane (eds.) – Never Again (Gray Friar Press, September 2010)

cover by Daniele Serra
Nina Allen – Feet of Clay
R.J. Krijnen-Kemp – Volk
Lisa Tuttle – In the Arcade
John Howard – A Flowering Wound
Tony Richards – Sense
Alison Littlewood – In On The Tide
R.B. Russell – Decision
Mat Joiner – South of Autumn
Rosanne Rabinowitz – Survivor’s Guilt
Rhys Hughes – Rediffusion
Simon Kurt Unsworth – A Place For Feeding
Joe R. Lansdale – The Night They Missed the Horror Show
Kaaron Warren – Ghost Jail
Steve Duffy – The Torturer
Gary McMahon – Methods of Confinement
Rob Shearman – Damned If You Don’t
Carole Johnstone – Machine
Stephen Volk – After the Ape
David Sutton – Zulu’s War
Thana Niveau – Death of Dreams
Andrew Hook – Beyond Each Blue Horizon
Ramsey Campbell – The Depths
Simon Bestwick – Malachi
From Press Release:
Never Again is an attempt to voice the collective revulsion of writers in the weird fiction genre against political attitudes that stifle compassion and deny our collective human inheritance. The imagination is crucial to an understanding both of human diversity and of common ground. Weird fiction is often stigmatised as a reactionary and ignorant genre – we know better. The anthology will be published by Gray Friar Press in September 2010, and edited by Allyson Bird and Joel Lane.
It will be a mixture of original stories and reprints from Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle and Joe R. Lansdale amongst others. Never Again is a non-profit initiative aimed at promoting awareness of these issues among readers and writers of weird fiction. The editors, authors/artist and publisher will receive no fees for this work. Any profits made from sales will be donated to anti-racist or human rights organizations, e.g. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation.
PREORDERS NOW BEING TAKEN
UK, £10 + £2 P&P
USA, $18 + $6 P&P (airmail)
Gray Friar Press
Posted in *Gray Friar Press* | Tagged: *Gray Friar Press*, Alison Littlewood, Allyson Bird, Andrew Hook, Carole Johnstone, Daniele Serra, David Sutton, Gary McMahon, Joe R. Lansdale, Joel Lane, John Howard, Kaaron Warren, Lisa Tuttle, Mat Joiner, Nina Allen, R. B. Russell, R.J. Krijnen-Kemp, Ramsey Campbell, Rhys Hughes, Rob Shearman, Rosanne Rabinowitz, Simon Bestwick, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Stephen Volk, Steve Duffy, Thana Niveau, The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, Tony Richards | Leave a Comment »