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From Publishers Weekly April 19
The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2 Edited by Ellen Datlow. Night Shade (Diamond, dist.), $15.95 paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59780-173-7
Prolific anthologist Datlow continues her fine showcase series (originally part of the long-running Year's Best Fantasy and Horror) with 17 scary stories published in 2009. Perhaps the creepiest is “each thing i show you is a piece of my death,” in which Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer collect e-mail and other documents about a mysterious naked man who crashes the sets of movies and TV shows. Michael Marshall Smith's “What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night” is a classically creepy tale, and Stephen Graham Jones offers a twisted take on snake-oil salesmen in “Lonegan's Luck.” There are a few underwhelming choices—notably Nina Allen's weak “The Lammas Worm”—and readers of Datlow's other anthologies will see many familiar names, but overall, this is a worthy addition to the series. (June)
The remark "readers of Datlow's other anthologies will see many familiar names" is soooo off-base that I'm kind of shocked....
In my TOC the following writers are people I've never published before:
Steve Eller
Norman Prentiss
Micaela Morrissette
Edward Morris
Carole Johnstone
Nina Allan
Stephen J. Barringer
Dale Bailey
and others I've published only once or twice before such as:
Reggie Oliver
Kaaron Warren
John Langan
Steve Duffy
Gemma Files
So six out of the 17 stories are by brand new authors. And another five by those I've occasionally published.
For the record, the writers who I would consider "familiar names" in my anthos --or magazines/webzines are;
Glen Hirshberg
Laird Barron
Nathan Ballingrud
Michael Marshall Smith
Stephen Graham Jones
Suzy McKee Charnas
But please note that I DO very much appreciate what is basically a positive review.
The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2 Edited by Ellen Datlow. Night Shade (Diamond, dist.), $15.95 paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59780-173-7
Prolific anthologist Datlow continues her fine showcase series (originally part of the long-running Year's Best Fantasy and Horror) with 17 scary stories published in 2009. Perhaps the creepiest is “each thing i show you is a piece of my death,” in which Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer collect e-mail and other documents about a mysterious naked man who crashes the sets of movies and TV shows. Michael Marshall Smith's “What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night” is a classically creepy tale, and Stephen Graham Jones offers a twisted take on snake-oil salesmen in “Lonegan's Luck.” There are a few underwhelming choices—notably Nina Allen's weak “The Lammas Worm”—and readers of Datlow's other anthologies will see many familiar names, but overall, this is a worthy addition to the series. (June)
The remark "readers of Datlow's other anthologies will see many familiar names" is soooo off-base that I'm kind of shocked....
In my TOC the following writers are people I've never published before:
Steve Eller
Norman Prentiss
Micaela Morrissette
Edward Morris
Carole Johnstone
Nina Allan
Stephen J. Barringer
Dale Bailey
and others I've published only once or twice before such as:
Reggie Oliver
Kaaron Warren
John Langan
Steve Duffy
Gemma Files
So six out of the 17 stories are by brand new authors. And another five by those I've occasionally published.
For the record, the writers who I would consider "familiar names" in my anthos --or magazines/webzines are;
Glen Hirshberg
Laird Barron
Nathan Ballingrud
Michael Marshall Smith
Stephen Graham Jones
Suzy McKee Charnas
But please note that I DO very much appreciate what is basically a positive review.