The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #8

The internationally acclaimed annual collection of the bloodcurdling best in horror and dark fantasy, showcasing the very best writers working in the genre today. Contents: Introduction: Horror in 1996 by Stephen Jones Walking the Dog by Terry Lamsley Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz by Poppy Z. Brite An Eye for an Eye by Norman Partridge Unforgotten by Christopher Fowler The Curse of Kali by Cherry Wilder The Film by Richard Christian Matheson Of a Cat, But Her Skin by Storm Constantine Hopscotch by Donald R. Burleson Ghost in the Machine by Steve Rasnic Tem The Moon Never Changes by Joel Lane Butcher's Logic by Roberta Lannes Kites and Kisses by D. F. Lewis Last Train to Arnos Grove by Marni Griffin The King of Rain by Mark Chadbourn Hardball by Iain Sinclair Gas Station Carnivals by Thomas Ligotti Ghost Music: A Memoir by George Beaune by Thomas Tessier That Blissful Height by Gregory Frost Skin Deep by Nicholas Royle Hell Hath Enlarged Herself by Michael Marshall Smith Underworld by Douglas Clegg A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman Final Cut by Karl Edward Wagner The Break by Terry Lamsley Necrology: 1996 (essay) by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones Useful Addresses (essay)