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An anthology of original short stories which all feature numbers both in their titles and crucial to the plot and denouement. Numbers rule our lives: clocks, calendars and deadlines; salaries and benefits; tax codes and pin numbers; mortgages, bills and credit limits; the FTSE and the Dow Jones; mobiles, land lines and pagers; binary strings of digitised information held for and about us, instantly accessible. In this unique collection of 21 stories, some of the world's finest fictioneers examine the effect of numbers on humankind's past, present and future. From the rewriting of history through the thrill of the roulette wheel to the codes controlling the starships, each of these tales engages with numbers in innovative, entertaining and meaningful ways. The Elastic Book of Numbers contains fiction by: Marion Arnott, Allen Ashley, Neil Ayres, Paul Evanby, Toiya Kristen Finley, Jeff Gardiner, Kay Green, Sam Hayes, Charles Lambert, Joel Lane, Tim Lees, Phil Locascio, Rosaleen Love, John Lucas, Mark Patrick Lynch, Ellen McAteer, Joy Marchand, Tim Nickels, Donald Pulker, E. Sedia, Eric Shapiro, Julian Todd, Neil Williamson. The Anthology is edited by Allen Ashley.

The November-December issue contains new cutting edge horror fiction by Matt Thompson, Emily B. Cataneo, Sarah Read, Jack Westlake, S. Qiouyi Lu, and Tim Lees. The cover art is by Joachim Luetke, and interior illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Ben Baldwin and others. Regular features: Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore; Notes from the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker; Case Notes book reviews by Laura Mauro, Andy Hedgecock, Daniel Carpenter, Sadie Hartmann, Mike O'Driscoll, Gary Couzens, and David Surface; Blood Spectrum film reviews by Gary Couzens. The cover art is 'SETI' by Joachim Luetke Fiction: The String People by Matt Thompson illustrated by Ben Baldwin The Longest Night by Emily B. Cataneo illustrated by Richard Wagner The Hope Chest by Sarah Read Don't Come Looking by Jack Westlake As Dark as Hunger by S. Qiouyi Lu illustrated by Richard Wagner Watching by Tim Lees Features: Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU: THE COMFORTS OF HORROR? Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore BE PREPARED Reviews: Case Notes: Book Reviews Mike O'Driscoll: Catfish Lullaby by A.C. Wise • Daniel Carpenter: Mistletoe by Alison Littlewood • David Surface: One Good Story: The Little Mermaid by Douglas Clegg • Gary Couzens: Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk, Tommy by Kit Power, Sight Unseen by Brian Howell • Andy Hedgecock: The Uneasy by Andrew Hook, The Forest of Dead Children by Andrew Hook, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read • Sadie Hartmann: Out of Water by Sarah Read • Laura Mauro: And the House Lights Dim by Tim Major Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens Rabid (1977) • Rabid (2019) • Suspiria (2018) • Child's Play (2019) • The Banana Splits Movie • Critters Attack! • The Dark Half • The Stand • Nightbreed • An American Werewolf in London • Legend of the Witches • Secret Rites • And Soon the Darkness (1970) • The Invitation • The Dead Center • Marianne • The Curse of La Llorona • Skinner • Double Date • American Horror Story: Apocalypse • Harpoon • The Wind • The Furies • Isabelle

From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than three 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 eleventh 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: Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Stephen King, Linda Nagata, Laird Barron, Margo Lanagan, 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.

In this anthology of twenty-two crime stories there are crooks and crooked cops, lost and missing persons, those running and those hiding, femme fatales, avocados, downbeat PIs, deadbeat insurance investigators, hotel detectives and unsavory gangs, those doing wrong and those done wrong by, fated lovers and failed robberies; even Inspector Maigret at the infamous château in Roissy. Why not take a shot? FEATURING BRAND NEW STORIES FROM: Mia Dalia / Roxanne Dent / Yvette Viets Flaten / Gary Fry Jamey Gallagher / Leif Hanson / Gabriel Heller Brian Howell / Rhys Hughes / Andrew Humphrey Maxim Jakubowski / Benedict J Jones / Tim Lees Song Gao Lei / Jenean McBrearty / Cate Moyle Mike O’Driscoll / Melissa Pleckham / Douglas Thompson Grant Tracey / Saira Viola / Charles West