Best New Horror #26

CONTENTS Introduction: Horror in 2014Secondhand Magic — HELEN MARSHALLThe Culvert — DALE BAILEY The Patter of Tiny Feet —RICHARD GAVINThe Four Strengths of Shadow — RON WEIGHILLThe Night Run — SIMON KURT UNSWORTHHome and Hearth — ANGELA SLATTERDust — REBECCA LLOYDSuffer Little Children — ROBERT SHEARMANThe Night Doctor — STEVE RASNIC TEMThe Desecrator — DEREK JOHNThe Walk — DENNIS ETCHISONDirt on Vicky — CLINT SMITHSkullpocket — NATHAN BALLINGRUDTestimony of Samuel Frobisher Regarding Events Upon His Majesty’s Ship Confidence, 14-22 June 1818, with Diagrams — IAN TREGILLISAt Lorn Hall — RAMSEY CAMPBELLSelfies — LAVIE TIDHARMatilda of the Night — STEPHEN VOLKThe Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero Introduction by Torless Magnussen, Ph.D. — PETER STRAUBBurnt Black Swans — SIMON STRANTZASNecrology: 2014 — STEPHEN JONES & KIM NEWMAN