''The Best Horror of the Year'' is a series of
horror fiction
Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J ...
anthologies edited by
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association).
Career
Datlow began her career ...
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Ellen Datlow, editor - Biography and Bibliography
The series is published by Night Shade Books
Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel ''T ...
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The format of the series is a collection of horror stories that vary in topic, contributed by multiple authors. A new volume has been released yearly since 2009.
Volumes
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One'' (2009)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two'' (2010)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three'' (2011)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four'' (2012)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five'' (2013)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six'' (2014)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven'' (2015)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight'' (2016)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine'' (2017)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten'' (2018)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven'' (2019)
* '' The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve'' (2020)
References
External links
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Horror anthologies
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