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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Livingston
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Bernard Setaro Clark
About this listen
For over 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 listeners crave. Now, with the eighth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night.
Encompassed in the audio of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman; Kelley Armstrong; 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.
©2016 Ellen Datlow; 2016 by Night Shade Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. (P)2016 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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In number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris’s "Dahlia Underground,” venerable vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers survives an attack by an anti-vampire terrorist group, only to show them they tried to blow up the wrong bloodsucker. Bailey Ruth Raeburn, a ghost assigned to assist humans in trouble, steps into the middle of a marital dispute with surprising twists in Carolyn Hart’s “Riding High”....
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A Death in Kitchawank, and Other Stories
- By: T. C. Boyle
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Few authors write with such sheer love of story and language as T. C. Boyle, and that is nowhere more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and always entertaining short stories. Here are 14 new tales previously unpublished in book form. By turns mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, ironic and moving, Boyle's stories have mapped a wide range of human emotions. The stories here reflect his maturing themes.
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Mixed Bag
- By AuntGert on 09-22-20
By: T. C. Boyle
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The Stand
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
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My First Completed Stephen King Novel
- By Meaghan Bynum on 02-20-12
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On a quiet summer morning, 17-year-old American exchange student Quinn Perkins stumbles out of the woods near the small French town of St. Roch. She is barefoot, bloodied, and unable to say what has happened to her; Quinn's appearance creates quite a stir, especially since the Blavettes - the French family with whom she's been staying - have mysteriously disappeared. Now the media, and everyone in the idyllic village, are wondering if the American girl had anything to do with her host family's disappearance.
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Oh well...
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Her Body and Other Parties
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In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 11-17-17
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Dead Set
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- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
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After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is not so easy. Money is tight, and Zoe's only escape, as has always been the case, is in her dreams - a world apart from her troubled real life where she can spend time with her closest companion: her lost brother, Valentine.
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Cool idea that wanders around.
- By Caseym on 04-03-16
By: Richard Kadrey
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The Funhouse
- By: Dean Koontz
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Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate - and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands.… Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children - Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer.
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Early, not so good, Koontz
- By Michael on 02-15-15
By: Dean Koontz
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Fragile Things
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Marvelous creations, including a short story set in the world of The Matrix and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction, can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his entertaining (and dark) sense of humor.
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Perhaps a different format?
- By Karen on 11-03-10
By: Neil Gaiman
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Bleeding Violet
- By: Dia Reeves
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
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With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas, in search of a new home. But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. She discovers secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen, and no one is safe.
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Didn't like it. Sorry, not sorry
- By Cii'Em on 02-15-16
By: Dia Reeves
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Superheroes
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Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
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Pretentious tired old concepts
- By BookofJoy on 12-29-14
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The Bad Place
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Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name - and that he is in great danger. Having taken refuge in a motel, he wakes again only to find his hands covered in blood. As far as he knows, he's no killer. But whose blood is this, and how did it get there?
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THE BEST KOONTZ
- By Root VanDorn on 10-20-10
By: Dean Koontz
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- Troy A.
- 12-25-22
Read the First One
I have now read Volume 1 and 8. After how amazing Volume 1 was, I was quite disappointed by this Volume.
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- Wade
- 04-13-23
Ellen Datlow is a legend in the horror genre
I don't think the editor Ellen Datlow gets the credit she deserves from most readers of these annual collections. 75% of the stories range from good great to straight some of the most wonderful horror I've ever read(this is referring to almost every new collection she releases.
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- Chuck Skorupski
- 05-06-22
It is free - 1 hour of nothing but statistics up front
Some good stories in this anthology. Keep in mind that it is free. However the first hour of the book is the reading of the winners of various horror/SciFi/fantasy awards for a particular year like a grocery list. Had I paid for this or used a credit I’d be furious, but I didn’t.
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- john mccaul
- 02-10-22
Stories with out end’s
Just when you think the story is about to get to the point it suddenly ends.I found this boring
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- Ski Bear
- 02-14-23
Bernard S Clark alone makes this anthology awesome!
Let me start with the fact that Ellen Datlow is one of the most influential and respected editors in the genre; ie. horror, cosmic horror, dark fantasy; etcetera. Her anthologies continue to evolve as does the authors Ellen pays favors to creative prowess becomes more fine tuned and entertaining to read or listen too- especially with Cassandra Livingston and Bernard Setaro Clark narrating! It’s a simple and obvious recipe that we would think any editor would gratefully follow; however, we know that is as fiction as the spine chilling, suspenseful, (at times barbed with humor) and always tethered to Ellen Datlows commitment to excellence by following the recipe.
It is really cool to see how the selected authors have improved, changed, remain “steady as she goes” and of course, (not without constant digging) the new talent that Ellen’s anthologies have brought to light; even making them relevant launching them into new success.
Not every story is going to “THRILL”. that is asking way too much of any anthology, period! For me, anthologies are about appreciating the writers direction or misdirection; and sound well thought out storytelling while attempting to surmise if the author achieved THEIR desired result- not necessarily just mine. Of course, yes I want to be entertained and want to be held in suspense; truly anxious; in fear chilled to the core is really awesome- AND REALLY RARE these days! The desensitization factor should play deep into everything we read before beating up the writer and pooping all over their manuscript!??? Be fair and you will then thoroughly enjoy this eighth volume of fourteen “Best Horror of The Year”!
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- Verlhum
- 03-04-21
Where’s the horror
Almost a third of the stories should not be considered horror let alone the best horror.
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- Andrew
- 12-19-18
Far from horror
With the title you expect a certain quality. Theres not a single story in this book I would consider horror. Some stories were good but ended right at that point your interested. Most of the stories are dry and require a thesaurus to understand. Extremely disappointed I wasted money on this book.
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- Diana Swiger
- 01-17-23
I can't sleep
Best horror in a long time. lights are on tonight. I blame all of you but especially Neil ......
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-24-21
Am I the only one who knows about proper mechanics?
It’s great to have a flashy plot in an amazing world and witty dialogue, but it seems like every writer I encounter has forgotten the basics. It seems like nobody knows that “none“ is singular four they don’t know how to use the subjunctive tense, or they don’t know the difference between envy and jealousy. I could go on and on; I found all of these errors in the stories and these are supposed to be the best stories of the year? And the editor is one of the most acclaimed writers and editors in the industry?! If you, the reader, aren’t worried about the basic building blocks of a story, and you’re just looking for a getaway, and you like the horror genre, then you’ll love the stories. For the discerning reader or perhaps the OCD reader, the stories might get on your nerves like they got on mine. I wish these writers and editors would write properly rather than writing down to the masses. I understand vernacular when it’s dialogue, but there’s no excuse for these mistakes during exposition. Anyway the stories were good if you can skip the numerous usage errors. Seems like that’s the same review I leave for all of these books. I guess I’ll have to write myself to show everyone how it’s done LOL
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- jc
- 08-17-22
Stellar!!!
Ellen Datlow pulled together an amazing group of stories. Fast-paced, full of wonderfully horrific little moments, and every one beautifully narrated... this anthology is a keeper! Five stars. A must-read for any horror or suspense fan!!!
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