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Best British horror 2015

Johnny Mains

Nominated for a British Fantasy Award 2016: Best Anthology The Home of Horror British Fantasy Award winning editor Johnny Mains ferries Salt's Best series into the dankest recesses of horror with tales written by the UK's top ghouls. 'His own face, reflected in the smoked glass of the kitchen cabinet, looked about a hundred years old ...' - The Third Time, Helen Grant '...used his straw to drink up the rest of the redness, which he found more delicious than milkshake ...' - Alistair, Mark Samuels 'It was maybe a little strange to cast an English actor as a serial killer from the backwoods of Kentucky, but everyone knew the Brits were good at playing evil ...' - Something Sinister In Sunlight, Lisa Tuttle 'Other methods included cutting all the legs off first, then finally the head. This could only be attempted with the more ratty dogs ...' - Dog, Reece Shearsmith With stories from: Steven J. Dines, Helen Grant, Christopher Harman, Andrew Hook, Jane Jakeman, Graham Joyce, Stephen Laws, Alison Littlewood, Rebecca Lloyd, Helen Marshall, Gary McMahon, Alison Moore, Rosalie Parker, Sara Pascoe, John Llewellyn Probert, R.B. Russell, Mark Samuels, Priya Sharma, Reece Shearsmith, Lisa Tuttle, Simon Kurt Unsworth and Conrad Williams 'Johnny Mains is an admirable figure, the Herbert van Thal of our age' - The Independent 'Mains' knowledge of fantastical fiction is enormous' - Robin Ince 'Mains is the Minister For Horror' - Charlie Higson

GenresHorror tales, EnglishShort stories, English

335 pages

English edition · First published 2015 by Salt · ISBN 9781784630287

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