The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Twenty-First Annual Collection

by Kij Johnson, Lucy Kemnitzer, Jeffrey Ford, et al.

Book Overview

As in every year since 1988, the editors tirelessly scoured story collections, magazines, and anthologies worldwide to compile a delightful, diverse feast of tales and poems. On this anniversary, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312380488
• ISBN13: 9780312380489
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Last of the Best

Some I like. Some I don't. Some I love. But all well written. Still the definitive collection of the two genres. Having them combined inside the same cover; they complimented one another. The last year for YBF & H. A shame.

Solid anthology, some good stories

This is one of several horror anthologies I have read over the years and this one fulfills its mission of providing reviews of fiction/film/media in this genre as well as including a broad array of short stories. The update was sufficient and the stories were of variable quality. There were some outstanding ones that will stay with me a long time...The Swing, England and Nowhere, Sir Hereward, Closet Dreams, but the majority would appeal to those who are really into fantasy. The bone-chilling, sweaty palms stuff is not here. Overall, a solid B read.