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The fourteenth volume in this series is going strong, and with another generous sampling of the past year's best horror fiction, it again earns "merits" from Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hairraising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror's classic tradition. As always, editor Stephen Jones provides an illuminating and engaging overview of the past year in horror fiction, as well as an affecting necrology and a guide to contacts among publishers, organizations, booksellers, and magazines in the eerier fields of fiction. Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Horror in 2001 by Stephen Jones Mark of the Beast by Chico Kidd Crocodile Lady by Christopher Fowler All for Sale by Ramsey Campbell The Two Dicks by Paul J. McAuley (as by Paul McAuley) By Her Hand, She Draws You Down by Douglas Smith O' Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? by Poppy Z. Brite Got to Kill Them All by Dennis Etchison No More A-Roving by Lynda E. Rucker First, Catch Your Demon by Graham Joyce Pump Jack by Donald Burleson Outfangthief by Gala Blau The Lost District by Joel Lane Simeon Dimsby's Workshop by Richard A. Lupoff Our Temporary Supervisor by Thomas Ligotti Whose Ghosts These Are by Charles L. Grant Shite-Hawks by Muriel Gray Off the Map by Michael Chislett Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water by Kelly Link City in Aspic by Conrad Williams Where All Things Perish by Tanith Lee Struwwelpeter by Glen Hirshberg Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand Cats and Architecture by Chico Kidd Necrology: 2001 (essay) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman Useful Addresses (essay)