“BLOODCURDLING ENJOYMENT”—WestworldExcellent reviews, such as that above, greeted Gerald Page’s previous selections of the best weird and horror stories of the year . . . and similar acclaim is sure to greet this latest volume. For undoubtedly this one is the best thus far, with thirteen tales that range the scale of terror from tingles in the spine to hair-raising nightmare-makers.Among the authors represented here are bestsellers like Stephen King of Salem’s Lot and The Shining, prize-winners like Charles L. Grant of Nebula honor, new masters like Michael Bishop of Beneath the Shattered Moons, and Tanith Lee of The Birthgrave and The Storm Lord. There are the old masters such as Manly Wade Wellman, Russell Kirk, and Ramsey Campbell. Add the skills of Lisa Tuttle, Janet Fox, David Drake and others, and you can be sure that once again THE YEARS BEST HORROR STORIES will gain the sort of praise it has had before:“This is the best ‘Best’ anthology of the lot.”—Yandro“Especially haunting”—Wilson Library Bulletin“Entertaining and very readable”—Kliatt“A fine selection.”—Bestsellers