The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Sixth Annual Collection

Jessica Amanda Salmonson lives in Seattle, Washington. She has published five fantasy novels and numerous short stories and poems. Her most recent novel, Anthony Shriek, is her first horror novel. She is well regarded as an editor for her work on the magazines Fantasy Macabre, Fantasy and Terror, and the award-winning anthologies What Did Miss Darrington See? and Amazons! “In the Looking Glass, Life Is Death” shows off Salmonson’s baroque style with grace. It is from the magazine Deathrealm.

—E.D.