The Best Horror of the Year Quotes

“I should know better than to try and measure the breadth and depth of love by its noise and dramas but there are times that I crave it, as if it’s proof that love is alive.”
― Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8

“Her skin was so tan that it reminded Krista of a stain. Coffee on blonde wood.”
― Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8

“Wilderness remained a place of evil and spiritual catharsis. Any place in which a person feels stripped, lost, or perplexed, might be called a wilderness.”
― Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8

“It’s one of those stories that needs tellin’ because it’s heavy,” Tom said. “Tellin’ it makes it easier to carry.”
― Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8

“children often didn’t notice the things adults classified as disastrous. The opposite, Whitcomb thought, was also true.”
― Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8