Kelley Armstrong
Author Book List

A town is held hostage by an unholy bargain made by some
of the inhabitants; a party game on Halloween brings back
memories better left forgotten; one misstep changes the
balance of survival during the apocalypse; a group of
seemingly typical travelers are stranded in an airport; a
widower’s holiday in a seaside town becomes a nightmare .
. .

The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year’s
best offerings in short fiction horror. This edition
includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors
Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Stephen Graham Jones,
Carmen Maria Machado, and more.

For more than three decades, award-winning editor and
anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse
of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing. Night
Shade Books is proud to present the eighth volume in this
annual series, a new collection of stories to keep you up
at night.

• Summation 2015 - Ellen Datlow
  
• We Are All Monsters Here - Kelley Armstrong
  
• Universal Horror - Stephen Graham Jones
  
• Slaughtered Lamb - Tom Johnstone
  
• In a Cavern, In a Canyon - Laird Barron
  
• Between the Pilings - Steve Rasnic Tem
  
• Snow - Dale Bailey
  
• Indian Giver - Ray Cluley
  
• My Boy Builds Coffins - Gary McMahon
  
• The Woman in the Hill - Tamsyn Muir
  
• Underground Economy - John Langan
  
• The Rooms Are High - Reggie Oliver
  
• All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck - Kate Jonez
  
• Lord of the Sand - Stephen Bacon
  
• Wilderness - Letitia Trent
  
• Fabulous Beasts - Priya Sharma
  
• Descent - Carmen Maria Machado
  
• Hippocampus - Adam Nevill
  
• Black Dog - Neil Gaiman
  
• The 21st Century Shadow - Stephanie M. Wytovich
  
• This Stagnant Breath of Change - Brian Hodge
  
• Honorable Mentions

A collection filled with lots of chills.

Start Reading THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME EIGHT Now

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