I could have sworn I posted this, but if not, here it is:
Table of Contents



The Little Green God of Agony Stephen King
Stay Leah Bobet
The Moraine Simon Bestwick
Blackwood’s Baby Laird Barron
Looker David Nickle
The Show Priya Sharma
Mulberry Boys Margo Lanagan
Roots and All Brian Hodge
Final Girl Theory A. C. Wise
Omphalos Livia Llewellyn
Dermot Simon Bestwick
Black Feathers Alison Littlewood
Final Verse Chet Williamson
In the Absence of Murdock Terry Lamsley
You Become the Neighborhood Glen Hirshberg
In Paris, In the Mouth of Kronos John Langan
Little Pig Anna Taborska
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Peter Straub

To reiterate, the book is officially out May 1st but is already available for pre-order at the Night Shade website (where you can get it half price, with three other titles), amazon, BN.com. And it will be available for kindle, nook, and other e-readers around the same time as the print book comes out.
Best Horror of the Year



The Little Green God of Agony by Stephen King A Book of Horrors 9700

Stay by Leah Bobet Chilling Tales 8300

The Moraine by Simon Bestwick Terror Tales of the Lake District 6700

Blackwood’s Baby by Laird Barron Ghosts by Gaslight 13,000

Looker by David Nickle Chilling Tales 6000

The Show by Priya Sharma Box of Delights 4000

Mulberry Boys by Margo Lanagan Blood and Other Cravings 7500

Roots and All by Brian Hodge A Book of Horrors 11,000

Final Girl Theory by A. C. Wise Chizine #48 4800

Omphalos by Livia Llewellyn Engines of Desire 10,800

Dermot by Simon Bestwick Black Static 24 3500

Black Feathers by Alison Littlewood Black Static 22 5200

Final Verse by Chet Williamson F&SF May/June` 7300

In the Absence of Murdock by Terry Lamsley House of Fear 5900

You Become the Neighborhood by Glen Hirshberg The Janus Tree 8300

In Paris, In the Mouth of Kronos by John Langan Supernatural Noir 12,000

Little Pig by Anna Taborska The Eighth Black Book of Horror 2300

The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub Conjunctions 56 16,000
The TOC is done and the contributors have all been contacted. I was given 140,000 words of fiction this year as opposed to 125,000 words in the past.

I'm still cleaning up my summary of the year but knew that the authors are dying to announce their inclusion so:

At the Riding School by Cody Goodfellow
Mr. Pigsny by Reggie Oliver
City of the Dog by John Langan
Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls by Brian Hodge
Lesser Demons by Norman Partridge
When the Zombies Win by Karina Sumner-Smith
-30-by Laird Barron
Fallen Boys by Mark Morris
Was She Wicked? Was She Good? by M. Rickert
The Fear by Richard Harland
Till the Morning Comes by Stephen Graham Jones
Shomer by Glen Hirshberg
Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside by Christopher Fowler
The Obscure Bird by Nicholas Royle
Transfiguration by Richard Christian Matheson
The Days of Flaming Motorcycles by Catherynne M. Valente
The Folding Man Joe R. Lansdale
Just Another Desert Night With Blood by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
Black and White Sky by Tanith Lee
At Night When the Demons Come by Ray Cluley
The Revel by John Langan
Here's the final Table of Contents (in final order) The book should be out early in 2010.


Table of Contents


Through the Looking Glass (excerpt) Lewis Carroll

No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be… A. R. Morlan

The Price Neil Gaiman

Dark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion Charles de Lint

Not Waving Michael Marshall Smith

Catch Ray Vukcevich

The Manticore Spell Jeffrey Ford

Catskin Kelly Link

Mieze Corrects an Incomplete Representation of Reality Michaela Roessner

Guardians George R. R. Martin

Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats Michael Bishop

Gordon, the Self-Made Cat Peter S. Beagle

The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard

Arthur’s Lion Tanith Lee

Pride Mary A. Turzillo

The Burglar Takes a Cat Lawrence Block

The White Cat Joyce Carol Oates

Returns Jack Ketchum

Puss-Cat Reggie Oliver

Cat in Glass Nancy Etchemendy

Coyote Peyote Carole Nelson Douglas

The Poet and the Inkmaker’s Daughter Elizabeth Hand

The Night of the Tiger Stephen King

Every Angel is Terrifying John Kessel

Candia Graham Joyce

Mbo Nicholas Royle

Bean Bag Cats® Edward Bryant

Antiquities John Crowley

The Manticore’s Tale Catherynne M. Valente

In Carnation Nancy Springer

Old Foss is the Name of His Cat David Sandner

A Safe Place to Be Carol Emshwiller

Nine Lives to Live Sharyn McCrumb

Tiger Kill Kaaron Warren

Something Better than Death Lucy Sussex

Dominion Christine Lucas

Tiger in the Snow Daniel Wynn Barber

The Dweller in High Places Susanna Clarke

Healing Benjamin Dennis Danvers

The Puma Theodora Goss
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