The first three volumes of The Best Horror of the Year have been widely praised for their quality, variety, and comprehensiveness.

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect—and enjoy.

The Little Green God of Agony - Stephen King
Stay - Leah Bobet
The Moraine - Simon Bestwick
Blackwood's Baby - Laird Barron
Looker - David Nickle
The Show - Priya Sharma
Mulberry Boys - Margo Lanagan
Roots and All - Brian Hodge
Final Girl Theory - A. C. Wise
Omphalos - Livia Llewellyn
Dermot - Simon Bestwick
Black Feathers - Alison J. Littlewood
Final Verse - Chet Williamson
In the Absence of Murdock - Terry Lamsley
You Become the Neighborhood - Glen Hirshberg
In Paris, In the Mouth of Kronos - John Langan
Little Pig - Anna Taborska
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine - Peter Straub