The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (No. 9)

625 Pages·1996·35.75 MB·English

by  Ellen Datlow

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ALSOE DITEDB YE LLEND ATLOWA NDT ERRWI NDLING
The Year'sB estF antasy:F irst Annual Collection
The Year'sB estF antasy:S econdA nnual Collection
The Year'sB estF antasya nd Honor: Third Annual Collection
The Yeay'sB estF antasya nd Honor: Fourth Annual Collection
The Year'sB estF antasya nd Honor: Fifth Annual Collection
The Year'sB est Fantasya nd Honor: Sixth Annual Collection
The Year'sB estF antasya nd Honor: SeventhA nnual Collection
The Year'sB estF antasya nd Honor: Eighth Annual Collection
SnowW hite, Bld Red
Black Thom, White Rose
Ruby Slipperc,C olden Tears
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NINTH ANNUALC OLLECTION
Editedb y Ellen Datlow
and Terri Windling
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goodb ooksf or all.
THE YEAR S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR:N TNTH ANNUAL COLLECTION.
Copyright@ 199'6b y JamesF renkel& Associates.
summation 1995:F antasyc opyrighto 1996b y Terri windling-The EndicottS tudio.
Summation1 995:H onor copyright@ 1996b y Ellen Datlow.
Honor and Fantasyi n the Media: 1995c opyrightO 1996b y EdwardB ryant.
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CONTENTS
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Acknowledgmentsx i
Summation1 995:F antasy Terri Windling xiii
Summation1 995:H orror Ellen Datlow xxix
Horrora nd Fantasyin the Media:1 995 EdwardB ryant lxxi
Obituaries famesF renkel lxxxiii
HoMe ron CHnrsrues Nina Kiriki Hoffman I
Hsenrrnss Charlesd e Lint 2l
ScnrnNs Terry Lamsley 3l
, KlNc or Cnows Midori Snyder 19
\,zl+-Pnoprsson
Y GotrsslreN ANDT HEI NonN RHrNocsnos PeterS . Beagle Sg
t lffine Hurur or rns Ur.nconN Ellen Kushner 74
t ,!,/-$MonE ToMoRRow Michael MarshallS mith 86
a) i PnncurNrso n Luxcs ScottB radfield 108
Qb 3 Enrsn OR UrsulaK . Le Guin 12,
3\ :3 PepenL eNrenN StuartD ybek 142
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Ol-l Ar rHE Corneu Cer'6 StephenK ing l5l
fu -lgureN or KNrves(p oem) Neil Gaiman 115
? lO Dnecon-ReIruE ileenK ernaghan 183
rt 3 Lunros on Le LlononA: WARNTNGFRSo MT HEW nmn (poem)
J PatM ora 198
i't q f* Snonr e Dsers PeterC rowther 201gsrlr-{* f r::{
THr Jerr,rnDsn eNG nnecs BaNn Rick Moody 218
Bscauseo p Dusr ChristopherK enworthy 2)]
[,oop DouglasE . Winter 2+3
2 2 LA [.ovl, Le LuNe Sue KeprosH artman 256
5 5 Wonlsn's Sronrcs( poem) |ane Yolen 270
k t+ SweN/PnrNce(spso em) fane Yolen 272
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, 3 7 Swncu Lucy Taylor 273 Gr,! >brrl.' t". r{t, v.-
.3 3 Scenrncr ur Tnetx Terry Dowling 285
, -rt - I Br,oopK Nor SteveR asnicT em 308 \r ^ '
) il ,-.t Tlre GInI, Wuo MennlEDT HER eNoren (poem)
EildanN i Chuilleandin 717
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.'Tnn Orren Wouex (poem) Mary O'Malley 315
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2 0'0 Rnsolvr eNoR ssrsreNcr S. N. Dver 317 A1"'
Le Deve Tanith lee 3)z
Cnce's Powen( poem) LouiseG ltick 341
Dnecon'sF rNS oup S. P. Somtow ?43
Tur GneNooAUGHTEVRi vian VandeV elde 362
Dpsnr lNo Llune ANDS o Fonru (poe-) MargaretA twood 367
A l,err,rnr N rHE CfvsNNss A. S. Byaft 369
TtrE Guu-TyP enry SusanM oody i80
SHs'sN or THsnn PatC adigan 387