2006: Bedlam in Print
Welcome to the first installment of my year-end overview of the year in horror fiction
2005: The Year in Bedlam
The following encompasses my picks for the year’s best and worst horror films released in the US in 2005
TWICE THE TERROR: THE HORROR ZINE VOL. 2
This is the second anthology of stories, poetry and artwork from the Horror Zine (www.thehorrorzine.com), founded and edited by Jeani Rector
TWENTIETH CENTURY GHOSTS
A mighty impressive debut from an assured and wholly individual voice
TWELVE COLLECTIONS AND THE TEASHOP
This 12 story collection, from the incomparable Zoran Zivkovic, explores the vagaries of collecting in fascinating and bizarre fashion
TOYBOX
This was the first short story collection by Al Sarrantonio. Be advised that the book isn’t as great as the overly ejaculatory blurbs by Joe Lansdale and others—“Incomparable horror fiction,” “Each and every one a gem”—might have you believe, but it is a strong collection overall
TOPOR: STORIES AND DRAWINGS
An unheralded but important volume, this, as it was the first-ever English language collection of stories by France’s late Roland Topor, whose brand of macabre satire remains quite distinct
TALLEST STORIES
Rhys Hughes has a voice and whimsically horrific outlook as distinct as that of nearly any other contemporary writer. TALLEST STORIES is an exhaustive—and exhausting—collection of short pieces, each around 3-5 pages in length
THE SILVER WIND
There’s never been a time travel account like THE SILVER WIND. It’s ostensibly a collection of five stories (three of them previously published) that all have definite links
SINS OF THE SIRENS
The third release from Dark Arts Books, a publisher specializing in sampler anthologies of genre fiction. SINS OF THE SIRENS contains stories by four women authors