'Redwater' to be reprinted in Best Horror of the Year #14

I'm delighted to announce that my story 'Redwater,' which appeared in The Alchemy Press Book Of Horrors 3: A Miscellany Of Monsters last year, is to be reprinted in the 14th volume of Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year. It leads off a line-up of brilliant authors, including some of my favourite contemporary horror writers. Volume 14 promises to be a dark and scary treat.

That table of contents in full:

Redwater -- Simon Bestwick

Caker’s Man -- Matthew Holness

Black Leg -- Glen Hirshberg

The Offering -- Michael Marshall Smith

Fox Girl -- Lee Murray

Shuck -- G. V. Anderson

The Hunt at Rotherdam -- A. C. Wise

Dancing Sober in the Dust -- Steve Toase

The God Bag -- Christopher Golden

The Strathantine Imps -- Steve Duffy

The Quizmasters -- Gerard McKeown

All Those Lost Days -- Brian Evenson

“Elephant Subjected to the Predations of a Mentalist” – Dir. B.S. Stockton, 1921

And “Ol’ Will’s Birthday Bash and Dither Family Reunion” – Dir. Various, 1952.

-- Jonathan Raab

Three Sisters Bog -- Eóin Murphy

The Steering Wheel Club -- Kaaron Warren

The King of Stones -- Simon Strantzas

Stolen Property -- Sarah Lamparelli

Shards -- Ian Rogers

Chit Chit -- Steve Toase

Poor Butcher-Bird -- Gemma Files

Trap -- Carly Holmes

I’ll Be Gone By Then -- Eric LaRocca

Jack-in-the-Box -- Robin Furth

Tiptoe -- Laird Barron

With 'Below' appearing in Volume 12 and 'A Treat For Your Last Day' in Volume #13, 'Redwater' marks three consecutive appearances for yours truly in Best Horror of the Year - a hat trick! I am, as I said above, absolutely delighted.

A lot of alterations were made to the original MS of 'Redwater', not all of which I was able to correct in time for publication; Ellen has very kindly allowed me to rectify them all for the reprint, and so Best Horror of the Year will be publishing my preferred version of the text.