The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #8

The internationally acclaimed annual collection of the bloodcurdling best in horror and dark fantasy, showcasing the very best writers working in the genre today.

Contents:

Introduction: Horror in 1996 by Stephen Jones
Walking the Dog by Terry Lamsley
Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz by Poppy Z. Brite
An Eye for an Eye by Norman Partridge
Unforgotten by Christopher Fowler
The Curse of Kali by Cherry Wilder
The Film by Richard Christian Matheson
Of a Cat, But Her Skin by Storm Constantine
Hopscotch by Donald R. Burleson
Ghost in the Machine by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Moon Never Changes by Joel Lane
Butcher’s Logic by Roberta Lannes
Kites and Kisses by D. F. Lewis
Last Train to Arnos Grove by Marni Griffin
The King of Rain by Mark Chadbourn
Hardball by Iain Sinclair
Gas Station Carnivals by Thomas Ligotti
Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune by Thomas Tessier
That Blissful Height by Gregory Frost
Skin Deep by Nicholas Royle
Hell Hath Enlarged Herself by Michael Marshall Smith
Underworld by Douglas Clegg
A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman
Final Cut by Karl Edward Wagner
The Break by Terry Lamsley
Necrology: 1996 (essay) by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
Useful Addresses (essay)