BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME 8 – EDITED BY ELLEN DATLOW

Honoured to have my curious, characterless story, HIPPOCAMPUS, included in Ellen Datlow’s BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME 8. The story first appeared in TERROR TALES OF THE OCEAN (Ed Paul Finch). A thrill to fall-in with this unwholesome regiment from the modern horror scene too.

It’s an additional delight to have a story shift uneasily in such fine wrappings. To my taste, this highly collectible Datlow series has consistently produced the best cover artwork in contemporary horror anthologies. There’s always a little bit of Francis Bacon in the designs, and that’s no bad thing.

I also feel like that figure on the cover, for about three days each week.

Here’s the full track listing:

We Are All Monsters Here by Kelley Armstrong

Universal Horror by Stephen Graham Jones

Slaughtered Lamb by Tom Johnstone

In a Cavern, In a Canyon by Laird Barron

Between the Pilings by Steve Rasnic Tem

Snow by Dale Bailey

Indian Giver by Ray Cluley

My Boy Builds Coffins by Gary McMahon

The Woman in the Hill by Tamsyn Muir

Underground Economy by John Langan

The Rooms Are High by Reggie Oliver

All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck by Kate Jonez

Lord of the Sand by Stephen Bacon

Wilderness by Letitia Trent

Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma

Descent by Carmen Maria Machado

Hippocampus by Adam Nevill

Black Dog by Neil Gaiman

The 21st Century Shadow by Stephanie M. Wytovich

This Stagnant Breath of Change by Brian Hodge

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