A chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year. Presented by Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow, and featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix as well as many more.Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos—festivals across the world where we can commune with those we have lost, when...

Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year.Featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix and many more.Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos—festivals across the world where we can commune with those we have...

Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up "a tasty treat for fantasy fans" ( Booklist).There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into New York City's Central Park, wh...

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.A Most Anticipated Pick by Library Journal | Polygon | CrimeReads | Screen Rant | Book Riot | GizmodoAimless and looking for direction, Mara lands a job as a production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting, home makeover reality TV show H...

Winner of the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards: "Twenty insanely inventive, hauntingly atmospheric and flat out coo coo for Cocoa Puffs stories" ( Hellnotes).A World Fantasy Award nominee, "this anthology . . . is a collection of some of the most talented horror and speculative fiction authors writing today" ( BuzzFeed). It includes all-new stories by Laird Barron, Pat Cadigan, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Caítlin R. Kiernan, Garth Nix, Mich...

"A diverse and thoughtful array of 16 stories written around the theme of endangered species—be they human or animal, mythical or alien." — Publishers WeeklyIn this poignant yet uplifting anthology about extinction, science fiction stories draw you into compelling, adventurous, and even humorous tales that will make you think about the future of animals, humanity, and the world around us. You'll find bugs and buffalo, humans and aliens, creatures that have ...

Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others ( The Washington Post).In this "no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative" collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams ( The New York Times Book Review).A boy...

Simon Bestwick, Annie Neugebauer, Josh Malerman, Dale Bailey, Steve Duffy, Margo Lanagan, Bracken MacLeod, Tim Nickels, Stewart O’Nan, Priya Sharma, John Patrick Higgins, Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron, Theresa DeLucci, Sharon Gosling, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Cluley, Carole Johnstone, Hailey Piper, Charles Birkin, Stephen Graham JonesBestselling horror editor Ellen Datlow (Body Shocks) returns with twenty-one stories of extreme psycholog...

"Ellen Datlow is the queen of anthology editors in America."—Peter StraubFrom multi-award–winning anthologist Ellen Datlow, The Big Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy features groundbreaking works from some of the most distinctive voices in speculative fiction.Set in far futures, the near past, or alternate realities; infused with elements of horror, mystery, and mysticism; and featuring aliens, ghosts, and people from history, these imaginative a...

This award-winning horror anthology is the "yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured"—featuring Tanith Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, and others ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Award-winning anthologist Ellen Datlow—praised by William Gibson as "the genre's sharpest assembler of strange, dark fictions"—is determined to prove that ghost stories still possess the power to chill modern readers to the marrow. So she reached out to a list of varied...

This "wondrous" collection of fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, and others "is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).For this enchanting anthology—a World Fantasy Award finalist—editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling "asked their contributors to reimagine Fäerie" in the present day, or "search its more dimly lit pathways," and the authors have responded with bountiful imagination. The titl...

Shapeshifting stories by Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, and others: "Rich reading that meets the editors' high standards." — Kirkus ReviewsIn world mythology, transformation legends are attached to almost every type of animal: a variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and even insects. In this book, you'll find stories inspired by such myths from around the world, retold and reimagined by some of the very best writers in the realm of fant...