The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated and modern authors are carrying on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, the stories for this eighth volume of the series include sinister fairy tales, dreadful new legends, and spooky tales sure to spur the shivers. Encounter the eclectic terrors of today, frightening glimpses of bleak futures, and alarming considerations of the past. Welcome to the best of dark fantasy and horror.
Not Afraid of the Dark by Paula Guran
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
The Future is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente
Grave Goods by Gemma Files
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies by Brooke Bolander
An Ocean the Color of Bruises by Isabel Yap
The Iron Man by Max Gladstone
The Blameless by Jeffrey Ford
Birdfather by Stephen Graham Jones
The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch by Seanan McGuire
The Rime of the Cosmic Mariner by John Shirley
Fairy Tales are for White People by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Lullaby for a Lost World by Aliette de Bodard
The Finest, Fullest Flowering by Marc Laidlaw
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Grave Goods by Priya Sharma
Braid of Days and Wake of Nights by E. Lily Yu
Wish You Were Here by Nadia Bulkin
Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left by Fran Wilde
The Line Between the Devilβs Teeth (Murder Ballad No. 10) by CaitlΓn R. Kiernan
Photograph by Steve Rasnic Tem
Red Dirt Witch by N. K. Jemisin
My Body, Herself by Carmen Maria Machado
The Sound of Salt and Sea by Kat Howard
A Dying of the Light by Rachel Caine
Postcards from Natalie by Carrie Laben
As Cymbals Clash by Cate Gardner
The Games We Play by Cassandra Khaw
Bright Crown of Joy by Livia Llewellyn
Mommyβs Little Man by Brian Hodge
A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong
Surfacing by Lisa L. Hannett
Meet Me at the Frost Fair by Alison Littlewood
Haunt: Under the House by Michael Wehunt
Whose Drowned Face Sleeps by An Owomoyela & Rachel Swirsky
When the Stitches Come Undone by A. C. Wise
The Red Forest by Angela Slatter