The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 16

by Stephen Jones

Book Overview

This is the latest edition of the world's foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of horror... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786716002
• ISBN13: 9780786716005
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Somewhat not fulfilling

I love horror and I especially love horror short stories. I think it takes a very clever writer to be able to create characters and situations in a short period of time and then make the reader uncomfortable with whatever takes place. To my dismay, many of the stories in this anthology had no ending. I felt like the story was chopped out of a much larger work and expected to stand on its own. At least 3 times I get to the end of a story and thought "Well, what the hell happens now?" I don't know if the editor(s) wanted to include a huge number of authors, but they (the authors) were not given enough space to clearly put an end to their tales. Not one of my faves.

A good batch of stories

One of the better entries in Jones series of horror stories compilations. I especially enjoyed "Israbel" and "Trick of The Dark" and another excellent Poppy Z. Brite story "Devil of Delery St." "My Death" was also a good story but like "Apocolypse Now, Voyager" I wouldn't really classify either story as horror. Overall a lot more pluses than minuses, definitely worth a read.

Don't Turn Out the Lights!

If you like horror stories then you need this book! 21 short stories by authors such as Neil Gaiman and Tanith Lee, just to name a few. My 2 favorites are "Stone Animals" and "Growlimb". Enjoy!