The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection

624 Pages·1993·41.69 MB·English

by  Emma Bull

Theh ari Best
Farttasy and
Horior
ALSOE DITEDB Y ELLEND ATLOWA ND TERRIW INDLING
The Yeais Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection
The Yeais Besf Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
The Year'sB esf Fantasy and Honor: Third Annual Collection
The Year'sB esf Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection
The Year'sB esf Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection
Snow White. Blood Red
TheY earSB est
Farttary and
Horu
SIXTHA NNUALC OLLECTION
Editedb y Ellen Datlow
and Terri Windlirg
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS NEW YORK
This year'sv olumei s dedicatedto CordonV an
Celderf or all hisf aith and support.
E.D. andT .W.
THEY EAR'BSE STF ANTASAYN DH oRRoRS: IXTHA NNUACL oLLECTIOCNo. pyright O 1993b y famesF renkel
& Associates.
Summation1 992:F antasyc opyrighOt 1993b y Terri Windling-The EndicottS tudio.
Summation1 992:H orrorc opyrigh@t 1993b y Ellen Datlow.
Horrora nd Fantasyin the Media:1992c opyrighOt 1993b y EdwardB ryant.
All rightsr eservedP. rintedi n the United Stateso f America.N o part of this book may be usedo r
reproduceidn anym annerw hatsoevewri thoutw rittenp ermissioenx cepitn the caseo f briefq uotations
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Contents
Acknowledgments xl
Summation l99Z: Fantasy TerriW indling xiii
Summation 1992:H orror Ellen Datlow xxxi
Horror and Fantasyi n theMedia:I 99Z EdwardB rvant lxxii
Obituaries lxxxvii
Srr-vsRo n Gorn Emma Bull I
TrNxsR fack Cady ZB
Quangunc Craig Curtis 35
+z
ANItue M. fohn Harrison
SxlN (poem) SteveR asnicT em 57
THE,H oN{ur.rcuLUAS :N ove/ in One Chapter ReginaldM cKnight 58
THe ANNuNcrArIoN Cristina Peri Rossi 66
THe BoNs WotrllN Charlesd e Lint 76
Tsr: Srony oF THEE I-nesr PRINcess A. S. Bvatt 84
Celcurre, [,onn or Nsnvns PoppyZ . Brite 95
IN rus l,ooxrNc GLess,L tps Is Deeru (poem) JessicAa manda Salmonson1 04
THr: PenersETA NDr ue Cer ScottB radfield 106
Gronv NicholasR oyle l16
MunnnnM vstEnIns Neil Gaiman t24
HuNcnv SteveR asnicT em 144
PmvtNcW trs M. R. Scofidio t5l
tr6
Huuen RsuelNs EdwardB ryant
Ir CoMsse lio Gons RobertS ilverberg l68
THn BnwtrcHEDB uRR GrozdanaO luiic l8l
Swnr.lutNcL essoN CharlotteW atsonS hermart l84
Msl,{onrsso F rHE FI-vtNcB ell Btxs SHop GarryK ilworth 188
Bers Dianed e Avalle-Arce 202
Onlcevt MouNraIN NancyF armer 208
Rusv LeucHrrn, TeeRso n'P neRr famesP owell z17
I StNco n e MeIonN JudithT arr 22'
Arso SrennINc Cliff Burns 277
ON Eocn ChristopheFr owler B9
Menrvnnou foyceC arolO ates 247
'fHc SucoNnB exnrv Arrecr HarukiM urakami 2r9
A Ltrus NtcHr MusIc LuciusS hepard 768
Tolr eNof ennvV tstr EucI-aNo(p oem) Jo Shapcott 280
782
THs Slutcs StephenG allagher
294
Rersno BrianW . Aldiss
308
THaS nnonW HoS ,q[eoA rren tls SUNGene Wolfe
319
Ou Du,qrsA NDrH ED rucn RickB owes
inu nno*W so RowsoC nntsropsuCn ot-ut'tsuAsssonr:, 328
FlarlanE llison 340
Gnlvu's foe Haldeman