The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 10 - Stephen Jones

This volume is disappoining, only a 3.19, and the novellas are rather dull.

Of course you still have the usual good overview of the year that is always worth reading, and a necrology.

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

Storytelling schmozzle.

2 out of 5


Gift too personal.

3 out of 5


Pen-etration transformation dislocation.

3.5 out of 5


Headgeargames sex.

3.5 out of 5


Master of the house not alone.

4 out of 5


Oil Panic.

3.5 out of 5


Foglost London haunting oaken defence.

3.5 out of 5


Floaty, saves milk.

3 out of 5


Likes the little girls too much, so time for some murder.

3 out of 5


Likes the little girls too much, so time for some murder.

3.5 out of 5


Jack's not bloody back.

3.5 out of 5


Scary sea sideshow (with a decent goth soundtrack).

3.5 out of 5


Not anywhere interesting.

2.5 out of 5


Demon photography.

3.5 out of 5


Scary remodelling.

3 out of 5


Tv usually horrible.

3 out of 5


Noisy munching millinery.

3.5 out of 5


Paper-Man rat tails.

2.5 out of 5


102-year old pregnant machete cop kid cull.

3.5 out of 5


Double act torture sequence.

3 out of 5




3.5 out of 5