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227
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date pub Jun 18, 2010
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isbn13 9781931561488
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220
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avg rating 4.03
num ratings 3,787
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date pub edition Sep 24, 2003
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isbn13 9781848876873
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avg rating 4.36
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date pub Nov 01, 2010
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isbn13 9781566892988
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avg rating 3.97
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date pub May 18, 2012
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isbn13 9781568581163
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232
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avg rating 3.56
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date pub Sep 1998
date pub edition Oct 01, 1998
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cover title author isbn 1597801437
isbn13 9781597801430
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avg rating 3.81
num ratings 4,561
date pub 2008
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cover title author isbn 0971248524
isbn13 9780971248526
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avg rating 4.12
num ratings 114
date pub Nov 05, 2002
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cover title author isbn 0980226007
isbn13 9780980226003
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avg rating 3.96
num ratings 314
date pub Feb 01, 2009
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isbn13 9781564781963
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160
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avg rating 3.81
num ratings 789
date pub 1995
date pub edition Sep 01, 1998
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cover title author isbn 1907681051
isbn13 9781907681059
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num pages
178
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avg rating 4.10
num ratings 72
date pub May 2010
date pub edition Mar 16, 2011
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cover title author isbn 0061999717
isbn13 9780061999710
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avg rating 3.30
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date pub Sep 06, 2011
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cover title author isbn 1926851455
isbn13 9781926851457
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num pages
407
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avg rating 3.99
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date pub Sep 30, 2011
date pub edition Nov 08, 2011
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cover title author isbn 0804834148
isbn13 9780804834148
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num pages
160
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 93
date pub 2001
date pub edition Sep 01, 2001
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cover title author isbn 0981297838
isbn13 9780981297835
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num pages
292
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avg rating 3.74
num ratings 92
date pub Oct 15, 2009
date pub edition Oct 01, 2009
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cover title author isbn 1933618973
isbn13 9781933618975
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num pages
359
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avg rating 4.30
num ratings 23
date pub 1991
date pub edition May 08, 2012
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cover title author isbn 1907681140
isbn13 9781907681141
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num pages
336
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avg rating 4.44
num ratings 9
date pub May 16, 2012
date pub edition May 16, 2012
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avg rating 4.15
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date pub Sep 2011
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cover title author isbn 1933618981
isbn13 9781933618982
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360
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avg rating 3.81
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date pub Mar 13, 2012
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avg rating 4.67
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cover title author isbn 0983137307
isbn13 9780983137306
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num pages
344
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avg rating 3.27
num ratings 361
date pub Dec 15, 2010
date pub edition Dec 21, 2010
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cover title author isbn 0143034901
isbn13 9780143034902
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487
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avg rating 4.19
num ratings 136,106
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date pub edition Jan 25, 2005
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isbn13 9780143039976
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146
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avg rating 4.08
num ratings 12,442
date pub 1962
date pub edition Oct 31, 2006
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isbn13 9781471762741
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236
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avg rating 4.38
num ratings 8
date pub Jul 01, 2012
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cover title author isbn 1596064706
isbn13 9781596064706
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num pages
207
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avg rating 4.24
num ratings 318
date pub 1994
date pub edition Jun 30, 2012
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cover title author isbn 1596064080
isbn13 9781596064089
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num pages
232
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avg rating 4.31
num ratings 16
date pub Oct 28, 2011
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isbn13 9781597803991
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num pages
400
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avg rating 3.80
num ratings 91
date pub May 01, 2012
date pub edition May 08, 2012
M's rating my rating review This is Ellen Datlow's fourth time editing Best Horror of the Year for Night Shade Books. This edition is the best so far, combining potent, ambitious...more
This is Ellen Datlow's fourth time editing Best Horror of the Year for Night Shade Books. This edition is the best so far, combining potent, ambitious longer works by genre stars with a varied sampler of up and coming names. Eighteen stories (including several novellas) follow Datlow's lengthy introduction, a wide-ranging summary of the genre year touching on noteworthy novels, anthologies, collections, periodicals, awards and events. If the tasting menu of the year's finest short fiction weren't enough to make the volume an essential overview of all things noteworthy in the horror genre, this overview tips the balance. This makes an excellent introduction to talented new writers, as well as others more established who may yet be unfamiliar to a given reader. For example, I knew David Nickel and Brian Hodge by name, but hadn't read their works, which turned out to constitute pleasant revelations. In Nickle's "Looker," a drunk man at a party finds a woman whose qualities go beyond the merely eye-pleasing. In "Roots and All," Hodge's character revisits a town where important childhood events occurred, some of which still echo in the present. Both stories exemplify Datlow's preference for character-driven horror, more haunting mood and troubling memory than blood and shrieking monsters. There are several more standouts: "Blackwood's Baby," like many Laird Barron stories, takes place in rural Washington state, and expands upon Barron's personal, regional mythos. This novella tracks a 1930s expedition of diverse hunters seeking a beast of legend more dangerous than any of them anticipate. It's as powerful as any previous work by Barron, who lately can be counted upon to contribute at least one rich and potent tale to each year's best. In Livia Llewellyn's "Omphalos," a girl caught in terrible surroundings must fight complex factors keeping her in place. Llewellyn specializes in the dark, raw-edge and harrowing. Her writing pulses with blood and seethes with emotion. Her "Engines of Desire" is among the best weird/dark collections of recent years, certainly one of the top debuts. In John Langan's "In Paris, in the Mouth of Kronos," two fallen former agents try to claw their way back to gainful employment. They're hired to grab a "Mr. White," who may be a very different order of being from what they expect. Dark yet breezily entertaining, merging the grittiness of noir and spy thriller intrigue with a Lovecraftian hint of ancient forces lurking beneath the everyday world's seeming normalcy. Langan's a skilled writer, whose work Datlow often features. At times I've thought his work needed more of an edge. This has it. "The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine" by Peter Straub is a tour-de-force of tender yet bitter codependent romance conveyed in a disorienting balance of straight realism and twisted surrealism. In a series of encounters separated by wide gaps of time, the title characters (the much older Ballard is a mysterious "fixer" type employed by Sandrine's father) journey down the Amazon River on boats with ever-changing names. The couple, caught up in unfathomable events, exhibit a muted curiosity about their circumstances. At times they make experimental gestures seeking to understand the odd nature of the boat or its invisible crew. What knowledge they gain always seems to be lost, forgotten or clouded by the next interlude. The effect is weirdly disorienting, yet familiar. Don't we all forget lessons we've learned, ignore warning signs, and often repeat our mistakes? The growing surreality of Ballard and Sandrine's circumstances finally unfolds at least partially. Horrific and seemingly occult aspects are revealed, yet mystery remains. Straub may be the most cerebral of horror writers, and this is one of his best, boldest works.(less)
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cover title author isbn 1597804355
isbn13 9781597804356
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num pages
426
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avg rating 4.34
num ratings 44
date pub Oct 02, 2012
date pub edition Sep 25, 2012
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cover title author isbn 1905784325
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197
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avg rating 4.70
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date pub Jun 1964
date pub edition Mar 01, 2011
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cover title author isbn 1618730584
isbn13 9781618730589
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num pages
256
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avg rating 3.52
num ratings 29
date pub Jan 01, 2012
date pub edition Oct 30, 2012
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