In 1988, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling collected together what they thought was the best short fantasy and horror from the previous year. They went through as many of the magazines, collections and anthologies published in 1987 that they could find and chose those stories which they decided best represented the fantasy and horror field. Originally conceived by him, Jim Frenkel arranged for its publication by St. Martins's Press and it has been produced every year since then. In 2003, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant took over from Terri Windling as the fantasy editor. The book is produced in two formats: a hard cover edition and a perfect bound paper cover version. Contents: Sorted by Volume | Sorted by Author | Sorted by Title

21 Alexander MacBride The Ape Man 4 Ian R. MacLeod Green 13   The Chop Girl 15 Gregory Maguire Scarecrow 18   The Oakthing 2 Sara Maitland Seal-Self 17   Why I Became a Plumber 2 Barry N. Malzberg No Hearts, No Flowers 16 Corey Marks A Letter of Explanation 1 George R. R. Martin The Pear-Shaped Man 10 Patricia Preciado Martin Plumas 5 Lisa Mason Hummers 4 Elizabeth Massie Stephen 6 Graham Masterton Absence of Beast 7   The Taking of Mr. Bill 10   The Secret Shih Tan 4 Richard Christian Matheson Arousal 2 Richard Matheson Shoo Fly 21 Khaled Mattawa Lovers (Jafaar the Winged) 7 Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Edith Grossman The Saint 10 Gabriel García Márquez Caribe Mágico 14 Janet McAdams The Monster of Childhood 7 Bruce McAllister Cottage 13 Paul McAuley Naming the Dead 14   Bone Orchards 11 Paul McAuley & Kim Newman Residuals 6 D. R. McBride Puja 10 Shara McCallum Persephone Sets the Record Straight 3 Robert R. McCammon Something Passed By 16 Sharon McCartney After the Chuck Jones Tribute on Teletoon 2 Ian McDonald Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh 7   Some Strange Desire 8   Blue Motel 1 Michael McDowell Halley's Passing 5 Patrick McGrath The Smell 17 Maureen F. McHugh Ancestor Money 7 Patricia A. McKillip Lady of the Skulls 7   The Snow Queen 8   Transmutations 9   The Lion and the Lark 10   The Witches of Junket 12   Oak Hill 13   Toad 16 Robin McKinley The Pool in the Desert 6 Reginald McKnight The Homunculus: A Novel in One Chapter 21 Gary McMahon Hum Drum 7 Danith McPherson Roar at the Heart of the World 21 Donald Mead A Thing Forbidden 16 Carlton Mellick, III Porno in August 4 David Memmott Sounding the Praises of Shadow to the Merchants of Light 13 Kent Meyers The Smell of the Deer 16 China Miéville Details 18   Reports of Certain Events in London 19 China Miéville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schafer The Ball Room 15 Lawrence Miles Grass 3 Steven Millhauser The Illusionist 4   Alice, Falling 8   The Sisterhood of Night 11   A Visit 12   Clair de Lune 13   The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman 7 O. V. de L. Milosz; trans. by Edouard Roditi Alvyta (A Lithuanian Fairy Tale) 13 N. Scott Momaday The Transformation 19 Sarah Monette Night Train: Heading West (poem) 20   Drowning Palmer 7 Miriam Grace Monfredo The Apprentice 9 Rick Moody The James Dean Garage Band 9 Susan Moody The Guilty Party 8 Brian Mooney Chandira 3 Michael Moorcock Hanging the Fool 1 Alan Moore A Hypothetical Lizard 19 Ralph Robert Moore The Machine of a Religious Man 11 Pat Mora La Muerte 9   Llantos de La Llorona: Warnings from the Wailer 5 A. R. Morlan The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World 7   Tattoo 8   —And the Horses Hiss at Midnight 8   Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess 10   ...Warmer 5 David Morrell The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves 4 John Morressy Timekeeper 5 Grant Morrison The Braille Encyclopaedia 18 Richard Mueller And the Sear Shall Give Up Its Dead 4 Haruki Murakami; trans. by Alfred Birnbaum TV People 6 Haruki Murakami; trans. by Jay Rubin The Second Bakery Attack 16 Haruki Murakami Thailand 5 Pat Murphy Peter 10 Yxta Maya Murray La Llorona

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