The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVIII

The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVIII

Kaddish by Jack Dann. Copyright © 1989 by Davis Publications, Inc. for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Gravedigger's Tale by Simon Clark. Copyright © 1988 by Newsfield Limited and John Gilbert for Fear, January/February 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Meeting the Author by Ramsey Campbell. Copyright © 1989 by Ramsey Campbell for Interzone 28. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Buckets by F. Paul Wilson. Copyright © 1989 by F. Paul Wilson for Soft & Others. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Pit-Yakker by Brian Lumley. Copyright © 1989 by the Terminus Publishing Company, Inc. for Weird Tales, Fall 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, the Dorian Literary Agency.

Mr. Sandman by Scott D. Yost. Copyright © 1989 by Scott D. Yost for October Dreams. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Renaissance by A. F. Kidd. Copyright © 1989 by A. F. Kidd for Bell Music. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Lord of Infinite Diversions by t. Winter-Damon. Copyright © 1989 by t. Winter-Damon for Semiotext (e) SF. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Rail Rider (originally published as Third Rail) by Wayne Alien Sallee. Copyright © 1989 by Wayne Alien Sallee for Masques HI. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Archway by Nicholas Royle. Copyright © 1989 by Nicholas Royle for Dark Fantasies. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Confessional by Patrick McLeod. Copyright © 1989 by Gretta M. Anderson for 2AM, Winter 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Deliverer by Simon MacCulloch. Copyright © 1989 by Simon MacCulloch for Chillers for Christmas. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Reflections by Jeffrey Goddin. Copyright © 1989 by Jeffrey Goddin for Deathrealm #10. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Zombies for Jesus by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Copyright © 1989 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman for Strained Relations. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Earth Wire by Joel Lane. Copyright © 1989 by Joel Lane for Winter Chills 3. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Sponge and China Tea by D. F. Lewis. Copyright © 1989 by D. F. Lewis for Dagon No. 26. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Boy With the Bloodstained Mouth by W. H. Pugmire. Copyright © 1989 by Nocturne for Nocturne, Secundus. Reprinted by permission of the author.

On the Dark Road by lan McDowell. Copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press, Inc. for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Narcopolis by Wayne Alien Sallee. Copyright © 1989 by Hell's Kitchen Productions, Inc. for Narcopolis & Other Poems. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Nights in the City by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Copyright © 1989 by Jessica Amanda Salmonson for A Silver Thread of Madness. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Return to the Mutant Rain Forest by Brace Boston and Robert Frazier. Copyright © 1989 by Brace Boston and Robert Frazier for Masques III. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

The End of the Hunt by David Drake. Copyright © 1989 by David A. Drake for New Destinies, Fall 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Motivation by David Langford. Copyright © 1989 by David Langford for Arrows of Eros. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Guide by Ramsey Campbell. Copyright © 1989 by Ramsey Campbell for Post Mortem. Reprinted by permission of the author.

The Horse of Iron & How We Can Know It & Be Changed by It Forever by M. John Harrison. Copyright © 1989 by M. John Harrison for Tarot Tales. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy by David J. Schow. Copyright © David J. Schow, 1988, for Book of the Dead. Reprinted by permission of the author.