Best New Horror #31

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ABOUT THIS BOOK In this latest edition of THE WORLD’S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find cutting-edge stories by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Alison Littlewood, Jonathan Carroll, Michael Marshall Smith, Angela Slatter, Reggie Oliver and Richard Christian Matheson, amongst many others. You'll also find the usual Introduction: Horror in 2019 and Necrology of those who have left us. CONTENT Introduction: Horror in 2019 ― THE EDITOR Zombie-ish ― SCOTT BRADFIELD Wake the Dead ― MAURA MCHUGH Mercy Brown ― CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN Mama Bruise ― JONATHAN CARROLL The Same As the Air ― ALISON LITTLEWOOD Getting Through ― RAMSEY CAMPBELL The Children of Medea ― STEPHEN BACON The Water of Dhu’l Nun ― DON WEBB Under the Frenzy of the Fourteenth Moon ― RON WEIGHELL The Promise of Saints ― ANGELA SLATTER Crawlspace Oracle ― RICHARD GAVIN Downriver ― MICHAEL CHISLETT Death in All Its Ripeness ― MARK SAMUELS Shrapnel ― RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON Precipice ― DALE BAILEY Antripuu ― SIMON STRANTZAS A Crown of Leaves ― KRISTI DeMEESTER A Stay at the Shores ― STEVE RASNIC TEM The Old Man of the Woods ― REGGIE OLIVER Iron City ― TANITH LEE Slough ― GLEN HIRSHBERG A Species of the Dead ― D.P. WATT The Burning Woods ― MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH Necrology: 2019 ― STEPHEN JONES & KIM NEWMAN Useful Addresses