The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection

by Michael Libling, Lucy Taylor, Robin McKinley, et al.

Book Overview

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312314256
• ISBN13: 9780312314255
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Very good

I've enjoyed the majority of the stories in this compilation. Granted, there have been a few that really didn't inspire much interest but others have stirred my interest in searching down that specific author's work to read more because I like the flow of words. This is the first one I had gotten and as it interested me so much, I've gotten the most current edition to read.

strong anthology

As usual, this annual anthology serves up some of the best work, although this time around, the emphasi is more on orror than fantasy this year. The tales represent a wide panorama of the genres. Most of which are quite strong and a few are tremndous with one particular tale, "The Hunter's Wife," an incredible five star plus treat. Editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling also include their usual insightful analysis of the year. Especially interesting besides the obvious trend analysis that make for fascinating reading notably when compared to earlier editions of this tome is the recognition of comic books as a legitimate form of fantasy.Overall this edition is a strong anthology that holds up against its illustrious history. Readers will enjoy savoring this collection over several weeks (this reviewer read 2-3 stories a night).Harriet Klausner