Lucian Poll's Collection

[rusty23]

Thanks! I'll look towards plugging some more gaps while luxuriating in this little number...

I loved this book!!

[Lucian Poll]

Christ, another two months slip away! I'll be drawing my pension next week at this rate.

Anyhoo, I've recently opened a Flickr account to house my book porn. Let's see if I can link to the photos on there, or whether I make a right Henry Halls of it.

If I've gotten this right, and to celebrate Stephen Jones' lifetime achievement award at WHC2014 this weekend, below there should be a panoramic family photo of all 24 volumes of Best New Horror:


Best New Horror: a family photo of volumes 1-24 by lucian.poll, on Flickr

[bookworm 1]

That is one amazing collection. Me want those.

[Lucian Poll]

In time-honoured fashion, here are the covers for the first six volumes of Best New Horror and a run-down of the stories you'll find in each one.

Any favourites stand out for you?


Best New Horror: Volumes 1-6 covers. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

Best New Horror Volume 1(1990)
Pin by Robert R. McCammon
The House on Cemetery Street by Cherry Wilder
The Horn by Stephen Gallagher
Breaking Up by Alex Quiroba
If It Helps You Sing by Ramsey Campbell
Closed Circuit by Laurence Staig
Carnal House by Steve Rasnic Tem
Twitch Technicolor by Kim Newman
Lizaveta by Gregory Frost
Snow Cancellations by Donald R. Burleson
Archway by Nicholas Royle
The Strange Design of Master Rignolo by Thomas Ligotti
...To Feel Another's Woe by Chet Williamson
The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneaux by Robert Westall
No Sharks In The Med by Brian Lumley
Mort au Monde by D. F. Lewis
Blanca by Thomas Tessier
The Eye of the Ayatollah by Ian Watson
At First Just Ghostly by Karl Edward Wagner
Bad News by Richard Laymon

Best New Horror Volume 2 (1991)
The First Time by K. W. Jeter
A Short Guide to the City by Peter Straub
Stephen by Elizabeth Massie
The Dead Love You by Jonathan Carroll
Jane Doe #112 by Harlan Ellison
Shock Radio by Ray Garton
The Man Who Drew Cats by Michael Marshall Smith
The Co-Op by Melanie Tem
Negatives by Nicholas Royle
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti
1/72nd Sale by Ian R. MacLeod
Cedar Lane by Karl Edward Wagner
At a Window Facing East by Kim Antieau
Inside the Walled City by Garry Kilworth
On The Wing by Jean-Daniel Breque
Firebird by J. L. Comeau
Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills by David J. Schow
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite
The Original Dr Shade by Kim Newman
Madge by D. F. Lewis
Alive in Venice by Cherry Wilder
Divertimento by Gregory Frost
Pelts by F. Paul Wilson
Those of Rhenea by David Sutton
Lord of the Land by Gene Wolfe
Aquarium by Steve Rasnic Tem
Mister Ice Cold by Gahan Wilson
On The Town Route by Elizabeth Hand

Best New Horror Volume 3 (1992)
True Love by K. W. Jeter
The Same in Any Language by Ramsey Campbell
Impermanent Mercies by Kathe Koja
Ma Qui by Alan Brennert
The Miracle Mile by Robert R. McCammon
Taking Down the Tree by Steve Rasnic Tem
Where Flies Are Born by Douglas Clegg
Love, Death and the Maiden by Roger Johnson
Chui Chai by S. P. Somtow
The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu by Kim Newman
Colder Than Hell by Edward Bryant
Raymond by Nancy A. Collins
One Life, in an Hourglass by Charles L. Grant
The Braille Encyclopaedia by Grant Morrison
The Bacchae by Elizabeth Hand
Busted in Buttown by David J. Schow
Subway Story by Russell Flinn
The Medusa by Thomas Ligotti
Power Cut by Joel Lane
Moving Out by Nicholas Royle
Guignoir by Norman Partridge
Blood Sky by William F. Nolan
Ready by David Starkey
The Slug by Karl Edward Wagner
The Dark Land by Michael Marshall Smith
When They Gave Us Memory by Dennis Etchinson
Taking Care Of Michael by J. L. Comeau
The Dreams of Dr Ladybank by Thomas Tessier
Zits by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Best New Horror Volume 4 (1993)
The Suicide Artist by Scott Edelman
Dancing on a Blade of Dreams by Roberta Lannes
The Departed by Clive Barker
How to Get Ahead in New York by Poppy Z. Brite
They Take by John Brunner
Replacements by Lisa Tuttle
Under the Pylon by Graham Joyce
The Glamour by Thomas Ligotti
Under the Ice by John Gordon
And Some Are Missing by Joel Lane
The Little Green Ones by Les Daniels
Mirror Man by Steve Rasnic Tem
Moth Music by Sarah Ash
Did They Get You to Trade? by Karl Edward Wagner
Night Shift Sister by Nicholas Royle
The Dead by Simon Ings & M. John Harrison
Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death by Christopher Fowler
Red Reign by Kim Newman
Aviatrix by Peter Atkins
Snodgrass by Ian R. MacLeod
The Day of the Sharks by Kate Wilhelm
Anima by M. John Harrison
Bright Lights, Big Zombie by Douglas E. Winter
The Ghost Village by Peter Straub

Best New Horror Volume 5 (1994)
Later by Michael Marshall Smith
When the Red Storm Comes by Sarah Smith
The Exhibit by Martin Plumbridge
Leavings by Kathe Koja
Human Remains by Edward Bryant
Flying into Naples by Nicholas Royle
The Sixth Sentinel by Poppy Z. Brite
The Brothers by Rick Cadger
The Owen Street Monster by J. L. Comeau
One Size Eats All by T. E. D. Klein
Mulligan's Fence by Donald R. Burleson
How She Dances by Daniel Fox
Passages by Karl Edward Wagner
Easing The Spring by Sally Roberts Jones
Safe at Home by Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem
Mother of the City by Christopher Fowler
Justice by Elizabeth Hand
The Big Fish by Kim Newman
In the Desert of Deserts by Thomas Tessier
Two Returns by Terry Lamsley
The Moment the Face Falls by Chet Williamson
Darker Angels by S. P. Somtow
The Timbrel Sound of Darkness by Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg
The Tsalal by Thomas Ligotti
In the Still, Small Hours by Charles Grant
Ice House Pond by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Dog Park by Dennis Etchinson
The Marble Boy by Gahan Wilson
Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison

Best New Horror Volume 6 (1995)
Dead Babies by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Sensible City by Harlan Ellison
Blade and Bone by Terry Lamsley
Harvest by Norman Partridge
Sometimes, in the Rain by Charles Grant
Menage a Trois by Richard Christian Matheson
Like Shattered Stone by Joel Lane
Black Sun by Douglas E. Winter
Isabel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring by M. John Harrison
The Dead Orchards by Ian MacLeod
What Happened When Mosby Paulson Had Her Painting Reproduced on the Cover of the Phone Book by Elizabeth Massie
The Alternative by Ramsey Campbell
In The Middle of a Snow Dream by Karl Edward Wagner
The Temptation of Dr Stein by Paul J. McAuley
Wayang Kulit by Garry Kilworth
The Scent of Vinegar by Robert Bloch
The Homecoming by Nicholas Royle
The Singular Habits of Wasps by Geoffrey A. Landis
To Receive is Better by Michael Marshall Smith
The Alchemy of the Throat by Brian Hodge
Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright... by Kim Newman
Lovers by Esther M. Friesner

[slayn666]

I'm working on building up my collection for that series.

[Lucian Poll]

Thanks, Tom!

Good luck, slayn. I hope you get them all. I scoured World of Books, Amazon's second-hand market and eBay for most of my copies. AbeBooks seems to have a few too. It took a while (and there are a few damaged/ex-library copies in amongst them - the perils of buying sight-unseen) but it's good to have a full set to dip into.

To continue, here are the covers from volumes 7-12 along with the stories you can find inside:


Best New Horror: Volumes 7-12 covers. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

Best New Horror Volume 7 (1996)
Tirkiluk by Ian R. MacLeod
The Most Boring Woman in the World by Christopher Fowler
Extinctions in Paradise by Brian Hodge
Food Man by Lisa Tuttle
More Tomorrow by Michael Marshall Smith
Going Under by Ramsey Campbell
Survivor by Dave Smeds
The Stones by Patrick Thompson
Back of Beyond by Cherry Wilder
A Hundred Wicked Little Witches by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Finger of Falugra by Manly Wade Wellman
The Toddler by Terry Lamsley
Not Here, Not Now by Stephen Gallagher
The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti
Cradle by Alan Brennert
The Sixth Dog by Jane Rice
Scaring The Train by Terry Dowling
La Serenissima by David Sutton
The Bars on Satan's Jailhouse by Norman Partridge
The Bone-Carver's Tale by Jeff VanderMeer
Queen of Knives by Neil Gaiman
The True History of Doctor Pretorius by Paul J. McAuley
The Grey Madonna by Graham Masterton
Loop by Douglas E. Winter
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires by Brian Stableford
Lacuna by Nicholas Royle

Best New Horror Volume 8 (1997)
Walking the Dog by Terry Lamsley
Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz by Poppy Z. Brite
An Eye For An Eye by Norman Partridge
Underworld by Douglas Clegg
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
Unforgotten by Christopher Fowler
A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman
Final Cut by Karl Edward Wagner
The Break by Terry Lamsley

Best New Horror Volume 9 (1998)
Dying Words by David J. Schow
The Windmill by Conrad Williams
The Right Ending by John Burke
Swallowing a Dirty Seed by Simon Clark
This is Your Life (Repressed Memory Remix) by Pat Cadigan
Christmas Forever by Christopher Fowler
Four Famines Ago by Yvonne Navarro
The Crawl by Stephen Laws
Serpent Eggs by David Langford
No One You Know by Dennis Etchinson
The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins by Brian Hodge
The Bells Will Sound Forever by Thomas Ligotti
The Word by Ramsey Campbell
The Map to the Homes of the Stars by Andy Duncan
Emptiness Spoke Eloquent by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Save As... by Michael Marshall Smith
Coppola's Dracula by Kim Newman
Grazing the Long Acre by Gwyneth Jones
The Zombies of Madison County by Douglas E. Winter

Best New Horror Volume 10 (1999)
Learning to Let Go by Christopher Fowler
The Wedding Present by Neil Gaiman
Adventures in Further Education by Peter Atkins
Bondage by Kathe Koja
The Keys to D'Esperance by Chaz Brenchley
The Song My Sister Sang by Stephen Laws
A Victorian Ghost Story by Kim Newman
The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers
Ra*e by Ramsey Campbell
Upstairs by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Postcards from the King of Tides by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Everybody Goes by Michael Marshall Smith
Yellow and Red by Tanith Lee
What Slips Away by Steve Rasnic Tem
Inside the Cackle Factory by Dennis Etchinson
The Specialist's Hat by Kelly Link
The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil by Avram Davidson & Grania Davis
Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by Harlan Ellison
Mr Clubb and Mr Cuff by Peter Straub

Best New Horror Volume 11 (2000)
Halloween Street by Steve Rasnic Tem
Others by James Herbert
Growing Things by T. E. D. Klein
Unhasped by David J. Schow
The Emperor's Old Bones by Gemma Files
The Entertainment by Ramsey Campbell
Harlequin Valentine by Neil Gaiman
The Stunted House by Terry Lamsley
Just Like Eddy by Kim Newman
The Long Hall on the Top Floor by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Lulu by Thomas Tessier
The Ballyhooly Boy by Graham Masterton
Welcome by Michael Marshall Smith
Burden by Michael Marano
Naming the Dead by Paul J. McAuley
Aftershock by F. Paul Wilson
A Fish Story by Gene Wolfe
Jimmy by David Case
White by Tim Lebbon
Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub
Tricks & Treats One Night on Halloween Street by Steve Rasnic Tem

Best New Horror Volume 12 (2001)
Castle in the Desert by Kim Newman
The Keeper of the Rothenstein Tomb by Iain Sinclair
Forever Gramma by Mick Garris
At Home in the Pubs of Old London by Christopher Fowler
In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Bone Orchards by Paul J. McAuley
No Strings by Ramsey Campbell
The Grotto by Kathryn Ptacek
Merry Roderick by Geoffrey Warburton
Climbing Down From Heaven by Terry Lamsley
Empty Stations by Nicholas Royle
Flesh of Leaves, Bones of Desire by Charlee Jacob
The Repulsion by Tim Lebbon
The Detailer by Dennis Etchinson
Coming Home by Mark Morris
The Hunger of the Leaves by Joel Lane
Xenos Beach by Graham Joyce
At Eventide by Kathe Koja
Pareidolia by Steve Rasnic Tem
I Have a Special Plan For This World by Thomas Ligotti
The Handover by Michael Marshall Smith
The Other Side of Midnight by Kim Newman

[bookworm 1]

Some great stories in those collections. Quite a few I recognize. A super part of horrors modern history. Thanks for sharing these.

[Lucian Poll]

No worries, Tom. I'm glad you like them. Here's another batch of covers, this time for volumes 13-18:


Best New Horror: Volumes 13-18 covers. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

And herewith the stories you can find in each one:

Best New Horror Volume 13 (2002)
Mark of the Beast by Chico Kidd
Crocodile Lady by Christopher Fowler
All For Sale by Ramsey Campbell
The Two Dicks by Paul McAuley
By Her Hand, She Draws You Down by Douglas Smith
O Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? by Poppy Z. Brite
Got To Kill Them All by Dennis Etchinson
No More A-Roving by Lynda E. Rucker
First, Catch Your Demon by Graham Joyce
Pump Jack by Donald R. Burleson
Outfangthief by Gala Blau
The Lost District by Joel Lane
Simeon Dimsby's Workshop by Richard A. Lupoff
Our Temporary Supervisor by Thomas Ligotti
Whose Ghosts These Are by Charles L. Grant
Shite Hawks by Muriel Gray
Off The Map by Michael Chislett
Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water by Kelly Link
City in Aspic by Conrad Williams
Where All Things Perish by Tanith Lee
Struwwelpeter by Glen Hirshberg
Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand
Cats and Architecture by Chico Kidd

Best New Horror Volume 14 (2003)
October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman
Details by China Mieville
The Wretched Thicket of Thorn by Don Tumasonis
The Absolute Last of the Ultra-Spooky, Super-Scary Hallowe'en Horror Nights by David J. Schow
Standard Gauge by Nicholas Royle
Little Dead Girl Singing by Stephen Gallagher
Nesting Instincts by Brian Hodge
The Two Sams by Glen Hirshberg
Hides by Jay Russell
The Unbeheld by Ramsey Campbell
Ill Met by Daylight by Basil Copper
Catskin by Kelly Link
20th Century Ghost by Joe Hill
Egyptian Avenue by Kim Newman
The Boy Behind the Gate by James van Pelt
Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan
The Coventry Boy by Graham Joyce
The Prospect Cards by Don Tumasonis
The Cage by Jeff VanderMeer
Dr Pretorius and the Lost Temple by Paul McAuley

Best New Horror Volume 15 (2004)
Fear The Dead by Ramsey Campbell
The Hanged Man of Oz by Steve Nagy
Mara by Michael Chislett
Cell Call by Marc Laidlaw
In The Tunnels by Pauline E. Dungate
Hunger: A Confession by Dale Bailey
Seven Feet by Christopher Fowler
The Centipede by Susan Davis
The Goat Cutter by Jay Lake
Maybe Next Time by Michael Marshall Smith
Story Time With the Bluefield Strangler by John Farris
Hunter Lake by Gene Wolfe
Mr Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe by Scott Emerson Bull
The Bereavement Photographer by Steve Rasnic Tem
Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files
The White Hands by Mark Samuels
Waycross by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Lucy, In Her Slendour by Charles Colman Finlay
Dead Boy Found by Christopher Barzak
The Haunting by Joyce Carol Oates
Dancing Men by Glen Hirshberg
Bitter Grounds by Neil Gaiman
Child of the Stones by Paul McAuley
The Silence of Falling Stars by Mike O'Driscoll
Exorcising Angels by Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon

Best New Horror Volume 16 (2005)
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman
Lilies by Iain Rowan
Breaking Up by Ramsey Campbell
"The King", in: Yellow by Brian Keene
A Trick of the Dark by Tina Rath
The Mutable Borders of Love by Leslie What
Flour White and Spindle Thin by L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims
Tighter by Christa Faust
Restraint by Stephen Gallagher
Israbel by Tanith Lee
The Growlimb by Michael Shea
This is Now by Michael Marshall Smith
Remnants by Tim Lebbon
Safety Clowns by Glen Hirshberg
The Devil of Delery Street by Poppy Z. Brite
Apocalypse Now, Voyager by Jay Russell
Stone Animals by Kelly Link
Soho Golem by Kim Newman
Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic by Dale Bailey
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman

Best New Horror Volume 17 (2006)
The Decorations by Ramsey Campbell
Black and Green and Gold by David Herter
I Live With You and You Don't Know It by Carol Emshwiller
The Cubist's Attorney by Peter Atkins
All Fish and Dracula by Liz Williams
The Ball Room by China Mieville, Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer
Gulls by Tim Pratt
Pinkie by Elizabeth Massie
Glyphotech by Mark Samuels
One of the Hungry Ones by Holly Phillips
If I Should Wake Before I Die by Brian Hodge
The Other Family by Roberta Lannes
The Outermost Borough by Gahan Wilson
American Morons by Glen Hirshberg
Where Angels Come In by Adam L. G. Nevill
Sickhouse Hospitality by Terry Lamsley
Best New Horror by Joe Hill
La Peau Verte by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Time Was by David Morrell
Haeckel's Tale by Clive Barker
The Taint by Brian Lumley
The Winner by Ramsey Campbell

Best New Horror Volume 18 (2007)
Summer by Al Sarrantonio
Digging Deep by Ramsey Campbell
The Night Watch by John Gordon
The Luxury of Harm by Christopher Fowler
Sentinels by Mark Samuels
The Saffron Gatherers by Elizabeth Hand
What Nature Abhors by Mark Morris
The Last Reel by Lynda E. Rucker
The American Dead by Jay Lake
Between the Cold Moon and the Earth by Peter Atkins
Sob in the Silence by Gene Wolfe
Continuity Error by Nicholas Royle
Dr Prida's Dream-Plagued Patient by Michael Bishop
The Ones We Leave Behind by Mark Chadbourn
Mine by Joel Lane
Obsequy by David J. Schow
Thrown by Don Tumasonis
Houses Under The Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan
They by David Morrell
The Clockwork Horror by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
Making Cabinets by Richard Christian Matheson
Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) by Geoff Ryman
Devil's Smile by Glen Hirshberg
The Man Who Got Off The Ghost Train by Kim Newman

[Lucian Poll]

And finally the covers and stories from volumes 19-24 of Best New Horror:


Best New Horror: Volumes 19-24 covers. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

Best New Horror Volume 19 (2008)
The Things He Said by Michael Marshall Smith
The Church on the Island by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Twilight Express by Christopher Fowler
Peep by Ramsey Campbell
From Around Here by Tim Pratt
Pumpkin Night by Gary McMahon
The Other Village by Simon Strantzas
13 O'Clock by Mike O'Driscoll
Still Water by Joel Lane
Lancashire by Nicholas Royle
The Admiral's House by Marc Lecard
Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards
The Fisherman by David A. Sutton
The Children of Monte Rosa by Reggie Oliver
The Witch's Headstone by Neil Gaiman
Calico Black, Calico Blue by Joel Knight
This Rich Evil Sound by Steven Erikson
Miss Ill-Kept Runt by Glen Hirshberg
Deadman's Road by Joe R. Lansdale
A Gentleman from Mexico by Mark Samuels
Loss by Tom Piccirilli
Behind the Clouds: In Front of the Sun by Christopher Harman
The Ape's Wife by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Tight Wrappers by Conrad Williams
Cold Snap by Kim Newman

Best New Horror Volume 20 (2009)
Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told by Peter Crowther
It Runs Beneath The Surface by Simon Strantzas
These Things We Have Always Known by Lynda E. Rucker
Feminine Endings by Neil Gaiman
Through The Cracks by Gary McMahon
Falling Off The World by Tim Lebbon
The Old Traditions Are Best by Paul Finch
The Long Way by Ramsey Campbell
The Pile by Michael Bishop
Under Fog by Tanith Lee
Arkangel by Christopher Fowler
The Camping Wainwrights by Ian R. MacLeod
A Donkey at the Mysteries by Reggie Oliver
The Oram County Whoosit by Steve Duffy
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates by Stephen King
Our Man in the Sudan by Sarah Pinborough
"Destination Nihil" by Edmund Bertrand by Mark Samuels
The Overseer by Albert E. Cowdrey
The Beginnings of Sorrow by Pinckney Benedict
The Place of Waiting by Brian Lumley
2.00pm: The Real Estate Agent Arrives by Steve Rasnic Tem

Best New Horror Volume 21 (2010)
The Woods by Michael Kelly
Throttle by Joe Hill & Stephen King
Out and Back by Barbara Roden
Respects by Ramsey Campbell
Cold to the Touch by Simon Strantzas
The Game of Bear by M. R. James & Reggie Oliver
Shem-el-Nessim An Inspiration in Perfume by Chris Bell
What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night by Michael Marshall Smith
The Reunion by Nicholas Royle
Mami Wata by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Venturi by Richard Christian Matheson
Party Talk by John Gaskin
Two Steps Along the Road by Terry Dowling
The Axholme Toll by Mark Valentine
Granny's Grinning by Robert Shearman
In the Garden by Rosalie Parker
After the Ape by Stephen Volk
The Nonesuch by Brian Lumley
Princess of the Night by Michael Kelly

Best New Horror Volume 22 (2011)
What Will Come After by Scott Edelman
Substitutions by Michael Marshall Smith
A Revelation of Cormorants by Mark Valentine
Out Back by Garry Kilworth
Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History by Albert E. Cowdrey
Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls by Brian Hodge
Fallen Boys by Mark Morris
The Lemon in the Pool by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Pier by Thana Niveau
Featherweight by Robert Shearman
Black Country by Joel Lane
Lavender and Lychgates by Angela Slatter
Christmas with the Dead by Joe R. Lansdale
We All Fall Down by Kirstyn McDermott
Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside by Christopher Fowler
Losenef Express by Mark Samuels
Lesser Demons by Norman Partridge
Telling by Steve Rasnic Tem
As Red as Red by Caitlin R. Kiernan
With the Angels by Ramsey Campbell
Autumn Chill by Richard L. Tierney
City of the Dog by John Langan
When the Zombies Win by Karina Sumner-Smith

Best New Horror Volume 23 (2012)
Holding the Light by Ramsey Campbell
Lantern Jack by Christopher Fowler
Rag and Bone by Paul Kane
Some Kind of Light Shines from Your Face by Gemma Files
Midnight Flight by Joel Lane
Trick of the Light by Tim Lebbon
But None Shall Sing For Me by Gregory Nicoll
About the Dark by Alison Littlewood
The Photographer's Tale by Daniel Mills
The Tower by Mark Samuels
Dancing Like We're Dumb by Peter Atkins
An Indelible Stain Upon the Sky by Simon Strantzas
Hair by Joan Aitken
Miri by Steve Rasnic Tem
Corbeaux Bay by Geeta Roopnarine
Sad, Dark Thing by Michael Marshall Smith
Smithers and the Ghosts of the Thar by Robert Silverberg
Quieta Non Movere by Reggie Oliver
The Crawling Sky by Joe R. Lansdale
Wait by Conrad Williams
The Ocean Grand, North West Coast by Simon Kurt Unsworth
They That Have Wings by Evangeline Walton
White Roses, Bloody Silk by Thana Niveau
The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Passing Through Peacehaven by Ramsey Campbell
Holiday Home by David Buchan

Best New Horror Volume 24 (2013)
Witch Work by Neil Gaiman
The Discord of Being by Alison Littlewood
Necrosis by Dale Bailey
The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath by Joe R. Lansdale
The Cotswald Olimpicks by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Where the Summer Dwells by Lynda E. Rucker
The Callers by Ramsey Campbell
The Curtain by Thana Niveau
The Fall of the King of Babylon by Mark Valentine
Nightside Eye by Terry Dowling
The Old and the New by Helen Marshall
Waiting at the Crossroads Motel by Steve Rasnic Tem
His Own Audience by Glen Hirshberg
Marionettes by Claire Massey
Between Four Years by Reggie Oliver
Slick Black Stones and Soft Black Stars by Gemma Files
The Other One by Evangeline Walton
Slow Burn by Joel Lane
Celebrity Frankenstein by Stephen Volk
Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon by Robert Shearman
October Dreams by Michael Kelly
The Eyes of Water by Alison Littlewood

[slayn666]

The UK covers for 20 and 22 are so much better than the US covers.

[Lucian Poll]

Best New Horror Volume 24 was launched at the World Fantasy Convention last year, and so I had the chance to have my book signed by many of the authors featured within, which was mighty cool:


Best New Horror: Volume 24 title page signed by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell at the World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr


Best New Horror: Volume 24 contents page, signed by Alison Littlewood, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Lynda E. Rucker and one more (probably Dale Bailey... sorry!) at the World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr


Best New Horror 24: Contents page signed by Thana Niveau, Helen Marshall, Steve Rasnic Tem, Reggie Oliver, Stephen Volk, Robert Shearman, Michael Kelly and Kim Newman at the World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

[Lucian Poll]

They are rather eyecatching. The last five covers have been done by Vincent Chong. I rather like his work, particularly the illustrations I've seen from Doctor Sleep and The Shining.

[Lucian Poll]

The launch for Best New Horror Volume 24 coincided with the launch of Psychomania:


Psychomania: cover. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

And so I managed to get a few signatures there too!


Psychomania: title page signed by Stephen Jones, Les Edwards, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Christian Matheson and one more (sorry!) at World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr


Psychomania: contents page signed by John Llewellyn Probert, Reggie Oliver, Steve Rasnic Tem and Scott Edelman at the World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr


Psychomania: contents pages signed by Paul McAuley, Mike Carey, John Llewellyn Probert, Robert Shearman, Michael Carey, Conrad Williams, Rio Youers, Peter Crowther, Michael Marshall Smith and Kim Newman at the World Fantasy Convention 2013. by lucian.poll, on Flickr

[Theli]

Very nice additions! Absolutely love the Best New Horror collection. Are any of the other volumes signed?

[Lucian Poll]

Thanks, Theli. None of the other volumes are signed, I'm afraid. That said, I'll be attending a convention later in the year so maybe I can collect a few autographs while I'm there. If Ramsey Campbell's there he might want to invest in a rubber stamp as he's in nearly every volume!