The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition

No matter your expectations, the dark is full of the unknown: grim futures, distorted pasts, invasions of the uncanny, paranormal fancies, weird dreams, unnerving nightmares, baffling enigmas, revelatory excursions, desperate adventures, spectral journeys, mundane terrors, and supernatural visions. You may stumble into obsession - or find redemption. Often disturbing, occasionally delightful, let The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror be your annual guide through the mysteries and wonders of dark fiction. Introduction by Paula Guran Wheatfield with Crows by Steve Rasnic Tem Blue Amber by David J. Schow The Legend of Troop 13 by Kit Reed The Good Husband by Nathan Ballingrud The Soul in the Bell Jar by KJ Kabza The Creature Recants by Dale Bailey Termination Dust by Laird Barron Postcards from Abroad by Peter Atkins Phosphorus by Veronica Schanoes A Lunar Labyrinth by Neil Gaiman The Prayer of Ninety Cats by Caitlín R. Kiernan Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson The Plague by Ken Liu The Gruesome Affair of the Electric Blue Lightning by Joe R. Lansdale Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella by Brian Hodge Air, Water, and the Grove by Kaaron Warren A Little of the Night by Tanith Lee A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson Pride: A Collector’s Tale by Glen Hirshberg Our Lady of Ruins by Sarah Singleton The Marginals by Steve Duffy Dark Gardens by Greg Kurzawa Rag and Bone by Priya Sharma The Slipway Gray by Helen Marshall To Die for Moonlight by Sarah Monette Cuckoo by Angela Slatter Fishwife by Carrie Vaughn The Dream Detective by Lisa Tuttle Event Horizon by Sunny Moraine Moonstruck by Karin Tidbeck The Ghost Makers by Elizabeth Bear Iseul’s Lexicon by Yoon Ha Lee