The latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's masters and mistresses of the macabre - including Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Neil Gaiman, Glen Hirshberg, Tanith Lee, Gemma Files, Charles Coleman Finlay and Chico Kidd. This book features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror from around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. This is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.