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Angela Slatter
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
This annual anthology series collects the finest dark fantasy and horror short fiction. Each volume offers a curated selection of stories, showcasing the breadth and innovation within these genres. It's an excellent way to discover new authors and experience the best of the year's darker tales.
Each volume in this series functions as a standalone anthology, collecting short stories from various authors. While they are part of a continuous series, you can pick up any volume without needing to have read previous ones.
The series has been edited by Paula Guran for many years, consistently curating a selection of notable short fiction in the dark fantasy and horror genres.