This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightmare necrology of those who kicked off this mortal coil during that period.

So get ready to spread your wings and take a bite out of this latest anthology of agony. And don’t forget to tell your fellow fiends about our new series of Best New Horror reprints. Just let them know who sent you . . .

Introduction: Horror in 1989 — The Editors

Apostate in Denim — Roberta Lannes
A Short Guide to the City — Peter Straub
Stephen —  Elizabeth Massie
The First Time — K.W. Jetter
The Dead Love You — Jonathan Carroll
Jane Doe #112 — Harlan Ellison
Shock Radio — Ray Garton
The Man Who Drew Cats — Michael Marshall Smith
The Co-Op — Melanie Tem
Negatives — Nicholas Royle
The Last Feast of Harlequin — Thomas Ligotti
1/72nd Scale — Ian R. MacLeod
Cedar Lane — Karl Edward Wagner
At a Window Facing West — Kim Antieau
Inside the Walled City — Garry Kilworth
On the Wing — Jean-Daniel BrÈque
Firebird — J.L. Comeau
Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills — David J. Schow
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood — Poppy Z. Brite
The Original Dr. Shade — Kim Newman
Madge — D.F. Lewis
Alive in Venice — Cherry Wilder
Divertimento — Gregory Frost
Pelts — F. Paul Wilson
Those of Rhenea — David A. Sutton
Lord of the Land — Gene Wolfe
Aquarium — Steve Rasnic Tem
Mister Ice Cold — Gahan Wilson
On the Town Route — Elizabeth Hand