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

602 Pages·1992·43.59 MB·English

by  Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

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ALSO EDITED BY ELLEN DATLOW AND TERRI WINDLING
The Year'sB estF antasy:F irst AnnualC ollection
The Year'sB estF antasyS: econdA nnualC ollection
TheYealsB estF antasya nd Horror:T hird Annual Collection
The Yeais Bssf Fantasya nd Honor: Fourth Annual Collection
SnowW hite, RoseR ed( forthcoming)
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FIFTHA NNUALC OLLECTION
Editedb y Ellen Datlow
and Terri Windling
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS NEW YORK
The editors would like to dedicate this book to
Jim Frenkel,t he man whosei deat his seriesw as,
the personw ho doesm uch of the di.ty work, the
guy who nudzhesu s to death. Thanks, fim.
THEY ERR'BSE STF ANTASAYN DH ORROFRr:F THA NNUACLO LLECTIOcNo.p yright @ 1992b y famesF renkel
andA ssociates.
Summationl 99l: Fantasyc opyrighOt 1992b y Terri Windling-The EndicottS tudio.
Summationl 99l: Horrorc opyrightO l99Z by Ellen Datlow.
Horror and Fantasyin the Media:l 99l copyrightO 1992b y EdwardB ryant.
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"The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves" by David Morrell. Copyright @ l99l by David Morrell. First
published in Final Shadows, edited by Charles L. Grant; Doubleday Foundation. Reprinted by
permission of the author.
"In Carnation" by Nancy Springer. Copyright O l99l by Nancy Springer. Copyright O l99l by
Nancy Springer. First publishedinCatFantasticll, editedb y Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg;
DAW Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, fean Naggar Literary
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"The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell. Copyright @ l99l by Fred Chappell. First published in
More Shapest han One; St. Martin's Press.R eprinted by permission of St. Martin's Press,I nc.
"Poe at the End" by R. H. W. Dillard. Copyright @ l99l by R. H. W. Dillard. First published in
Chronicles:A Magazine of American Culture, March issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Angels in Love" by Kathe Koja. Copyright @ l99l by Mercury Press,I nc. First published in The
Magazine of Fantasy and ScienceF iction, )uly l99l issue. Reprinted by permission of the author's
agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
"Vivian" by Midori Snyder. Copyright O l99l by Midori Snyder. First published in The Fantastic
Adventureso f Robin Hood, edited by Martin H. Greenberg;D AW Books. Reprinted by permission of
the author.
"True Love" by K. W. feter. Copyright @ l99l by K. W. feter. First published in A Whispero f Bknd,
edited by Ellen Datlow; William Morrow and Co. Reprinted by permission of the author's agents,
Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
"The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World" by A. R. Morlan. Copyright @ l99l by A. R.
Morlan. First published in Obsessionse, ditedb y Gary L. Raisor;D ark Harvest.R eprintedb y permission
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"The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death" by Ellen Kushner. Copyright @ l99l by Ellen
Kushner. First published inThe Magazine of Fantasy and ScienceF iction, September l99l issue.
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"The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth. Copyright CI l99l by Robert Holdstock
and Garry Kilworth. First published in A Whisper of Blufl, edited by Ellen Datlow; William Morrow
and Co. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
"The Smell" by Patrick McGrath. Copyright @ l99l by Bradford Morrow and Patrick McGrath. First
published in The New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Cothic Fiction, edited by Bradford
Morrow and Patrick McGrath; Random House. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"The Tenth Scholar" by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem. Copyright @ l99l by Steve Rasnic
Tem and Melanie Tem. First published inThe Ultimate Dracula, edited by Byron Preiss;D ell Books.
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"Fisher Death" by |essicaA manda Salmonson. Copyright O l99l by fessicaA manda Salmonson.
First published in Weird Tales, Summer l99l issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Walk in Sable" by |essicaA manda Salmonson. Copyright O l99l by )essicaA manda Salmonson.
First published in Haunfs, issue 22. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"The Cut Man" by NormanP artridgeC. opyrightO l99l by NormanP artridgeF. irstp ublishedin
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"The Kind Men Like" by Karl Edward Wagner. Copyright @ l99l by Karl Edward Wagner. First
published in Hotter Blui, edited by feff Gelb and Michael Garrett; Pocket Books. Reprinted by
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"The Coon Suit" by Terry Bisson.C opyright O l99l by Terry Bisson.F irst published in The Magazine
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"Queen Christina and the Windsurfer" by Alison Fell. Copyright @ l99l by Alison Fell. First
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"ChuiChai" by S. P. Somtow. Copyright O l99l by S. P. Somtow. First publishedinTheUltimate
Frankenstein,e dited by Byron Preiss;D ell Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Mama Gone" by fane Yolen. Copyright O l99l by fane Yolen. First publishedi nVampires, edited
by fane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg;H arperCollins Junior Books. Reprinted by permissiono f the
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"Peter" by Pat Murphy. Copyright O l99l by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published
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"Our Lady of the Harbour" by Charles de Lint. Copyright O l99l by Charles de Lint. First published
in Our L"adyo f the Harbour; Axolotl Press.R eprinted by permission of the author.
"The Visitors'Book" by Stephen Gallagher. Copyright O l99l by StephenG allagher. First published
in Darklands, edited by Nicholas Royle; Egerton Press.R eprinted by permission of the author.
"At the End of the Day" by SteveR asnicT em. Copyright O l99l by SteveR asnicT em. First published
in Dead End: City Limits, edited by Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva; St. Martin's Press.R eprinted
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"The Monster" by Nina Katerli. English translation copyright O 1990 by Abbeville Press,l nc. First
published in Sovief Women Writing, edited by Elena f . Kalina, Abbeville Press,I nc. Reprinted by
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"Hummers" by Lisa Mason. Copyright O l99l by Davis Publications,I nc. First publishedi n Isaac
Asimov'sS cienceF iction Magazine, February l99l issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Santa's Way" by fames Powell. Copyright O l99l by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in
Ellery Queen's MysteryM agazine, mid-December l99l issue.R eprinted by perrnissiono f the author.
"Call Home" by Dennis Etchison. Copyright O l99l by Dennis Etchison. First published in Psycfto-
Paths, edited by Robert Bloch; Tor Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's
agent, The Pimlico Agency.
"The Braille Encyclopaedia"b y Grant Morrison. Copyright O l99l by Grant Morrison. First published
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"The Poi.sonedS tory" by Rosario Ferr6. First published in The Youngest Dotl by Rosario Ferr6.
Reprinted from The Youngest Doll, by Rosario Ferr6, by permission of the Univeisity of Nebraska
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"Blood" by fanice Galloway. Copyright @ by fanice Calloway. First published in B/ood by fanice
Galloway; Random House, Inc. New York. Reprinted by permissiono f Martin Seckera nd Waiburg,
Limited.
"Dogstar Man" by Nancy Willard. Copyright O l99l by Nancy Willard. First published in Full
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"You'll Never Eat Lunch on This Continent Again" by Adam Gopnik. Copyright gl l99l by Adam
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"Moon Songs" by Carol Emshwiller. Copyright O l99l by Carol Emshwiller. First publishedinThe
Start of the End of It AII; Mercury House. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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New Yorfter, August 19, l99l issue. All rights reserved.R eprinted by permission of the author.
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"A Story Must Be Held" by |ane Yolen. Copyright O t99l by fane Yolen. First published in Colors
of a New Day: Writing for South Africa, edited by Sarah leFanu and Stephen Hayward; Pantheon.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Summation l99l: Fantasy Terri Windling xiii
Summation l99l: Horror Ellen Datlow xxix
Horror and Fantasyin the Media:l 99l EdwardBryant lxviii
Obituaries lxxvi
THE BEAUTIFULU NCUTH AIRO F GRAVESDavid Morrell
IN CARNATION NancyS pringer2 7
THE SOMEWHERE DOORS FredC happell l8
POE AT THE END (poem) R. H. W. Dillard 55
ANGELS IN LOVE KatheK oia 58
VIVIAN Midori Snyder 64
TRUE LOVE K. W. feter 8l
THE SECONDM OST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD
A. R. Morlan 92
THE SWORDSMANW HOSE NAME WAS NOT DEATH
Ellen Kushner l0l
THE RAGTHORN RobertH oldstocka nd Garry Kilworth I I i
THE SMELL PatrickM cGrath I 19
THE TENTH SCHOLAR SteveR asnicT em and MelanieT em 144
FISHERD EATH (poem) fessicaA mandaS almonson lr4
WALK IN SABLE( poem) fessicaA mandaS almonson 155
THE CUT MAN NormanP artridge 156
THE KIND MEN LIKE Karl EdwardW agner 168
THE COON SUIT TerryB isson 178
QUEEN CHRISTINAA ND THE WINDSURFER AlisonF ell l8l
CHUI CHAI S. P. Somtow 190
MAMA GONE faneY olen 201
PETER PatM urphy 206
OUR LADY OF THE HARBOUR Charlesd e Lint 210
THE VISITORS'B OOK StephenG allagher 279
AT THE END OF THE DAY SteveR asnicT em 2+9
THE MONSTER Nina Katerli 255
HUMMERS LisaM ason 261
SANTA'SW AY famesP owell 276
CALL HOME DennisE tchison 283
THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPAEDIA Grant Morrison 290
THE POISONEDS TORY RosarioF errd 300
BLOOD faniceG alloway 308
DOGSTARM AN NancyW illard )13
PERSISTENCEO F MEMORY foanneG reenberg 323
YOU'LL NEVER EAT LUNCH ON THIS CONTINENT AGAIN
AdamG opnik 336