The Best British Fantasy 2013

Edited by Steve Haynes.

From the post-apocalyptic American West to the rural terror in New Zealand, this major anthology has evil spirits, bin-Laden style assassinations, steampunk, sexual dysfunction, a twisted version of Peter Pan, the folklore of standing stones, mermaids, alien tour guides, zombies, gruesome beasts, voice-controlled police states, environmental disasters and off world penal colonies. Unmissable.

Featuring (among others) Simon Bestwick, Joseph D’Lacey, Cate Gardner, Carole Johnstone, Tyler Keevil, Kim Lakin-Smith, Alison Littlewood, Cheryl Moore, Mark Morris, Adam Neville, Lavie Tidhar, Sam Stone, Steph Swainston, E.J. Swift, Lisa Tuttle, Simon Unsworth, Jon Wallace.

Contents:

• Introduction by Steve Haynes
• Lips and Teeth by Jon Wallace
• The Last Osama by Lavie Tidhar
• Armageddon Fish Pie by Joseph D’Lacey
• The Complex by E. J. Swift
• God of the Gaps by Carole Johnstone
• Corset Wings by Cheryl Moore
• The Wheel of Fortune by Steph Swainston
• The Island of Peter Pandora by Kim Lakin-Smith
• Too Delicate for Human Form by Cate Gardner
• Imogen by Sam Stone
• In the Quiet and in the Dark by Alison Littlewood
• The Scariest Place in the World by Mark Morris
• Qiqirn by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• The Third Person by Lisa Tuttle
• Dermot by Simon Bestwick
• Fearful Symmetry by Tyler Keevil
• Pig Thing by Adam L. G. Nevill