Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen

Ellen Datlow

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Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen

Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen

Ellen Datlow

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From Ellen Datlow--"the venerable queen of horror anthologies" per the New York Times--comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Mira Grant, the best horror stories available.

For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the seventeenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Tananarive Due, Carmen Maria Machado, Joe Hill, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others.

With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers.

About the Author

Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for more than forty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Sci Fiction, and has edited about ninety anthologies. Datlow has also won lifetime achievement awards from three prominent genre organizations, and currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. She lives in New York City.

Critical Reviews

"Digging into the stories, you'll find ghouls, human sacrifice, plastination gone very wrong, plus ghosts and other unquiet undead. . . . With Volume 17, Datlow has put together another outstanding collection that belongs on ever horror fan's bookshelf or e-reader." --Gevera Bert Piedmont, BookTrib

"Ellen Datlow has been annually selecting 'year's best' horror stories since 1988. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seventeen, featuring stories first published in 2024, is further proof she knows what she's doing. . . . You can never miss with a Datlow anthology. She always delivers." --Paula Guran

"Legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow is back with yet another 'year's best, ' an annual treat for any horror lover. . . . [Ellen's summation is] truly an incredible source of information for anyone interested in horror." --Mario Guslandi, Horror World

Publishing Information

Publisher: Night Shade Books
Pub date: 2025-12-16
Length: 384 pages

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