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Ellen Datlow

    Ellen Datlow is a celebrated editor with a distinguished career spanning over twenty-five years in short science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her work is characterized by a profound understanding of the darker facets of human imagination, adept at unearthing nuances within horror and speculative fiction that deeply resonate with readers. Datlow is renowned for her meticulous curation of anthologies that showcase the pinnacle of genre literature, with her editorial eye consistently shaping the landscape of modern horror and fantasy.

    Ellen Datlow
    Fantasy and Horror
    The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Seventeenth Annual Collection
    The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
    When Things Get Dark
    The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection
    Black Thorn, White Rose
    • Black Thorn, White Rose

      • 248 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The award-winning editors of Snow White, Blood Red return us to distinctly adult realms of myth and the fantastic -- with 18 wondrous works that cloak the magical fictions we heard at grandma's knee in mantles of darkness and dread. From Roger Zelansky's delightful tale of Death's disobedient godson to Peter Straub's blood-chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted "art," here are stories strange and miraculous -- remarkable modern storytelling that remold our most cherished childhood fables into things sexier, more sinister... and more appealing to grown-up tastes and sensibilities. The "Snow White, Blood Red" Collection #1. Snow White, Blood Red #2. Black Thorn, White Rose #3. Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears #4. Black Swan, White Raven #5. Silver Birch, Blood Moon #6. Black Heart, Ivory Bones

      Black Thorn, White Rose
    • Over 250,000 words of the finest fantasy and horrorA. S. ByattCharles de LintKaren Joy FowlerNeil GaimanLisa GoldsteinStephen KingEllen KushnerPatricia A. McKillipSteven MillhauserMichael Marshall SmithPeter StraubJane YolenFor more than a decade, readers have looked to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to showcase the highest achievements of fantastic fiction. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this volume a valubale reference source as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror

      The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection
    • When Things Get Dark

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.0(277)Add rating

      Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more. A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today’s leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.Table of Contents“Introduction” Ellen Datlow“Funeral Birds” M. Rickert “For Sale By Owner” Elizabeth Hand “In the Deep Woods; The Light is Different There” Seanan McGuire “A Hundred Miles and a Mile” Carmen Maria Machado “Quiet Dead Things” Cassandra Khaw “Something Like Living Creatures” John Langan “Money of the Dead” Karen Heuler “Hag” Benjamin Percy “Take Me, I Am Free” Joyce Carol Oates “A Trip to Paris” Richard Kadrey “The Party” Paul Tremblay “Refinery Road” Stephen Graham Jones “The Door in the Fence” Jeffrey Ford “Pear of Anguish” Gemma Files “Special Meal” Josh Malerman “Sooner or Later, Your Wife Will Drive Home” Genevieve Valentine “Tiptoe” Laird Barron “Skinder's Veil” Kelly Link

      When Things Get Dark
    • The Best Fantasy and Horror 1

      • 482 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.9(30)Add rating

      First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Includes 'Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight' by Ursula K. Le Guin. Jacket is lightly scuffed and scored. Boardsa re clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

      The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
    • For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field—nearly four dozen stories, ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol-style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror and Year's Best sections—on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge and on film and television by Edward Bryant. This is an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.*Terry Bisson *Kevin Brockmeier *Dan Chaon *Peter Crowther *Theodora Goss *Daphne Gottlieb *Glen Hirshberg *Brian Hodge *Nina Kiriki Hoffman *Kij Johnson *Paul LaFarge *Thomas Ligotti *Sara Maitland *Maureen F. McHugh *Steve Rasnic Tem *Benjamin Rosenbaum *Michael Marshall Smith *Michael Swanwick *Karen Traviss *Megan Whalen Turner

      The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Seventeenth Annual Collection
    • Fantasy and Horror

      • 672 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, a new Year's Best section, on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

      Fantasy and Horror
    • Snow White, Blood Red

      • 436 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.8(6374)Add rating

      Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children... But no longer. You hold in your hands a volume of wonders -- magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into a realm of dreams. These are stories that bite -- lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities... where there is no such thing as "happily ever after."

      Snow White, Blood Red
    • Enter a world of brilliant imagination—where anything can happen and all is possible. A world of spacestations, computers and highly sophisticated medical technology. A world of the future—straight from the minds of fourteen of today's most promising science fiction writers. Here from the pages of OMNI Magazine you'll be treated to short stories from Robert Silverberg and Nebula and Hugo Award winner William Gibson, as well as work from Howard Waldrop, Norman Spinrad, Orson Scott Card, Pat Cadigan and others!Welcome to the future!Contents:Multiples / Robert Silverberg --Man-Mountain Gentian / Howard Waldrop --Returning home / Ian Watson --Triceratops / Kono Tensei --New Rose Hotel / William Gibson --Adagio / Barry B. Longyear --Track of a legend / Cynthia Felice --Prime time / Norman Spinrad --Edges / Gregg Keizer --The songbirds of pain / Garry Kilworth --The changed man and the king of words / Orson Scott Card --400 boys / Marc Laidlaw --Seventh sense / Robert Haisty --Lunatic bridge / Pat Cadigan.

      The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction
    • A chilling anthology featuring all-original tales of monsters from bestselling and award-winning authors, edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the top editors in the field.

      Screams from the Dark
    • Twists of the Tale

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.4(70)Add rating

      In ancient Egypt they were worshiped. In the Middle Ages they were crucified. From a gentle purr to a sudden scratch, enter the dark, secret world of the creature who is definitely not man's best friend - and who likes it just fine that way. In this extraordinary collection, twenty-four master storytellers look into the inscrutable eyes of felis catus, and see a reflection of the frightening, the fantastic, and the bizarre. From birds' feet left at your door to a howl in the night, from a preen to a pounce, find out who they really are... if you dare.

      Twists of the Tale