The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection Paperback - 2000

From the publisher

For more than a decade, readers have turned to "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror "to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Contents
Summation 1999: FantasyTerri WindlingSummation 1999: HorrorEllen Datlow
Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1999Edward BryantComics: 1999, Seth Johnson
Obituaries: 1999, James Frenkel Darkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeodThe Girl Detective, Kelly Link
The Transformation, N. Scott MomadayCarabosse, Delia Sherman
Harlequin Valentine, Neil GaimanToad, Patricia A. McKillip
The Dinner Party, Robert GirardiHeat, Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wedding at EsperanzaLinnet TaylorRedescending, Ursula K. Le Guin
You Don't Have to be Mad . . .Kim NewmanThe Paper-Thin Garden, Thomas Wharton
The Anatomy of a MermaidMary SharrattThe Grammarian's Five DaughtersEleanor Arnason
The Tree Is My Hat, Gene WolfeWelcome, Michael Marshall Smith
The Pathos of Genre, Douglas E. WinterShatsi, Peter Crowther
Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love StoryNeil GaimanWhat You Make It, Michael Marshall Smith
The Parwat Ruby, Delia ShermanOdysseus Old, Geoffrey Brock
The Smell of the Deer, Kent MeyersChorion and the PleiadesSarah Van Arsdale
Crosley, Elizabeth Engstromn0 Naming the Dead, Paul J. McAuley
The Stork-Men, Juan GoytisoloThe Disappearance of Elaine ColemanSteven Millhauser
White, Tim LebbonDear Floods of Her Hair, James Sallis
Mrs. Santa Decides to Move to FloridaApril SelleyTanuki, Jan Hodgman
At Reparata, Jeffrey FordSkin So Green and Fine, Wendy Wheeler
Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of TimeJane YolenSailing the Painted OceanDenise Lee
Grandmother, Laurence SnydalSmall Song, Gary A. Braunbeck
The Emperor's Old BonesGemma FilesThe Duke of Wellington Misplaces His HorseSusanna Clarke
Halloween Street, Steve Rasnic TemThe Kiss, Tia V. Travis
The Beast/The Hedge, Bill LewisPixel Pixies, Charles de Lint
Falling Away, Elizabeth Birmingham Honorable Mentions: 1999

About the author