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    Originally posted by Lucian Poll View Post
    Thanks! I'll look towards plugging some more gaps while luxuriating in this little number...

    I loved this book!!

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      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
      Last edited by Lucian Poll; 05-22-2014, 11:38 PM. Reason: Enlarged image
      The home of your least humble servant, Mr Poll: http://lucianpoll.com
      Then, of course, there's the Twitter thing: @LucianPoll
      ...oh, and the Facebook thing too: https://www.facebook.com/lucian.poll

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        That is one amazing collection. Me want those.

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          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
          The home of your least humble servant, Mr Poll: http://lucianpoll.com
          Then, of course, there's the Twitter thing: @LucianPoll
          ...oh, and the Facebook thing too: https://www.facebook.com/lucian.poll

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

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              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
              The home of your least humble servant, Mr Poll: http://lucianpoll.com
              Then, of course, there's the Twitter thing: @LucianPoll
              ...oh, and the Facebook thing too: https://www.facebook.com/lucian.poll

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

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                  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
                  The home of your least humble servant, Mr Poll: http://lucianpoll.com
                  Then, of course, there's the Twitter thing: @LucianPoll
                  ...oh, and the Facebook thing too: https://www.facebook.com/lucian.poll

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                    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
                    The home of your least humble servant, Mr Poll: http://lucianpoll.com
                    Then, of course, there's the Twitter thing: @LucianPoll
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                      The UK covers for 20 and 22 are so much better than the US covers.

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

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                              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!
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