[The Best Horror of the Year 08] • Best Horror of the Year

A town is held hostage by an unholy bargain made by some of the inhabitants; a party game on Halloween brings back memories better left forgotten; one misstep changes the balance of survival during the apocalypse; a group of seemingly typical travelers are stranded in an airport; a widower’s holiday in a seaside town becomes a nightmare . . .

The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year’s best offerings in short fiction horror. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Stephen Graham Jones, Carmen Maria Machado, and more.

For more than three decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing. Night Shade Books is proud to present the eighth volume in this annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up at night.

**Table of Contents:**

Summation 2015 - Ellen Datlow

We Are All Monsters Here - Kelley Armstrong

Universal Horror - Stephen Graham Jones

Slaughtered Lamb - Tom Johnstone

In a Cavern, In a Canyon - Laird Barron

Between the Pilings - Steve Rasnic Tem

Snow - Dale Bailey

Indian Giver - Ray Cluley

My Boy Builds Coffins - Gary McMahon

The Woman in the Hill - Tamsyn Muir

Underground Economy - John Langan

The Rooms Are High - Reggie Oliver

All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck - Kate Jonez

Lord of the Sand - Stephen Bacon

Wilderness - Letitia Trent

Fabulous Beasts - Priya Sharma

Descent - Carmen Maria Machado

Hippocampus - Adam Nevill

Black Dog - Neil Gaiman

The 21st Century Shadow - Stephanie M. Wytovich

This Stagnant Breath of Change - Brian Hodge

Honorable Mentions