The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
FIFTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
The editors would like to dedicate this book to Jim Frenkel, the man whose idea this series was, the person who does much of the dirty work, the guy who nudzhes us to death. Thanks, Jim.
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“The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves” by David Morrell. Copyright © 1991 by David Morrell. First published in Final Shadows, edited by Charles L. Grant; Doubleday Foundation. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“In Carnation” by Nancy Springer. Copyright © 1991 by Nancy Springer. Copyright © 1991 by Nancy Springer. First published in CatFantasticII, edited by Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg; DAW Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Jean Naggar Literary Agency.
“The Somewhere Doors” by Fred Chappell. Copyright © 1991 by Fred Chappell. First published in More Shapes than One; St. Martin’s Press. Reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press, Inc.
“Poe at the End” by R. H. W. Dillard. Copyright © 1991 by R. H. W. Dillard. First published in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, March issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Angels in Love” by Kathe Koja. Copyright © 1991 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
“Vivian” by Midori Snyder. Copyright © 1991 by Midori Snyder. First published in The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood, edited by Martin H. Greenberg; DAW Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“True Love” by K. W. Jeter. Copyright © 1991 by K. W. Jeter. First published in A Whisper of Blood, edited by Ellen Datlow; William Morrow and Co. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
“The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by A. R. Morlan. Copyright © 1991 by A. R. Morlan. First published in Obsessions, edited by Gary L. Raisor; Dark Harvest. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death” by Ellen Kushner. Copyright © 1991 by Ellen Kushner. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Ragthorn” by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth. Copyright © 1991 by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth. First published in A Whisper of Blood, edited by Ellen Datlow; William Morrow and Co. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“The Smell” by Patrick McGrath. Copyright © 1991 by Bradford Morrow and Patrick McGrath. First published in The New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction, edited by Bradford Morrow and Patrick McGrath; Random House. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Tenth Scholar” by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem. Copyright © 1991 by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem. First published in The Ultimate Dracula, edited by Byron Preiss; Dell Books. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Fisher Death” by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Copyright © 1991 by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. First published in Weird Tales, Summer 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Walk in Sable” by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Copyright © 1991 by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. First published in Haunts, issue 22. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Cut Man” by Norman Partridge. Copyright © 1991 by Norman Partridge. First published in Copper Star, edited by Bruce D. Arthurs; 1991 World Fantasy Convention. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Kind Men Like” by Karl Edward Wagner. Copyright © 1991 by Karl Edward Wagner. First published in Hotter Blood, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett; Pocket Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Coon Suit” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1991 by Terry Bisson. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Susan Protter Literary Agency.
“Queen Christina and the Windsurfer” by Alison Fell. Copyright © 1991 by Alison Fell. First published in Winter’s Tales: New Series Seven, edited by Robin Baird-Smith; St. Martin’s Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of St. Martins Press, Inc.
“Chui Chai” by S. P. Somtow. Copyright © 1991 by S. P. Somtow. First published in The Ultimate Frankenstein, edited by Byron Preiss; Dell Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Mama Gone” by Jane Yolen. Copyright © 1991 by Jane Yolen. First published in Vampires, edited by Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg; HarperCollins Junior Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Curtis Brown, Ltd.
“Peter” by Pat Murphy. Copyright © 1991 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni magazine, February 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Our Lady of the Harbour” by Charles de Lint. Copyright © 1991 by Charles de Lint. First published in Our Lady of the Harbour; Axolotl Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Visitors’ Book” by Stephen Gallagher. Copyright © 1991 by Stephen Gallagher. First published in Darklands, edited by Nicholas Royle; Egerton Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“At the End of the Day” by Steve Rasnic Tem. Copyright © 1991 by Steve Rasnic Tem. First published in Dead End: City Limits, edited by Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva; St. Martin’s Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Monster” by Nina Katerli. English translation copyright © 1990 by Abbeville Press, Inc. First published in Soviet Women Writing, edited by Elena J. Kalina, Abbeville Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Abbeville Press, Inc. Translated by Bernard Meares.
“Hummers” by Lisa Mason. Copyright © 1991 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine, February 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Santa’s Way” by James Powell. Copyright © 1991 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine, mid-December 1991 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Call Home” by Dennis Etchison. Copyright © 1991 by Dennis Etchison. First published in PsychoPaths, edited by Robert Bloch; Tor Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, The Pimlico Agency.
“The Braille Encyclopaedia” by Grant Morrison. Copyright © 1991 by Grant Morrison. First published in Hotter Blood, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett; Pocket Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Poisoned Story” by Rosario Ferre. First published in The Youngest Doll by Rosario Ferre. Reprinted from The Youngest Doll, by Rosario Ferre, by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright © 1991 by the University of Nebraska Press.
“Blood” by Janice Galloway. Copyright © by Janice Galloway. First published in Blood by Janice Galloway; Random House, Inc. New York. Reprinted by permission of Martin Seeker and Warburg, Limited. ’