by Ellen Datlow
First published 2022
Ellen Datlow has spent over forty years identifying what makes readers lose sleep. The New York Times calls her the venerable queen of horror anthologies, and this fourteenth annual collection proves why. Science and technology illuminate dark corners of existence, but they cast new shadows in return. Datlow tracks these shifting fears through stories that reflect modern anxieties. Her previous volumes have featured Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, and Mira Grant. She maintains her position at horror's center by recognizing what frightens contemporary audiences. This catalog of terror captures unpleasantness as expressed by today's most challenging writers. Each story emerges from the specific fears of our current moment, when old terrors seem outdated but fresh nightmares take their place.
Genres: science-fiction, horror, contemporary
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology, horror-anthology
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Paperback · Night Shade Books