SYNOPSIS Heh, Heh, Kiddies! They say that you can always tell a GOOD BOOK by its COVER! Well, after you BONE UP on the front of this first BEST OF volume of THE WORLD S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY by legendary artist NORMAN SAUNDERS, you ll be left SPELLBOUND by some of the most SIZZLING fiction ever published in this AWARD-WINNING series Between these covers are DEVILISHLY GOOD STORIES by RAMSEY CAMPBELL, HARLAN ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER, NEIL GAIMAN, CAITLIN R. KIERNAN, TERRY LAMSLEY, BRIAN LUMLEY, PAUL J. McAULEY, MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH and PETER STRAUB. So, what are you WAITING for? Open up this HELLISH TOME and START READING! Because a cover NEVER lies, and neither does . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor s Forword Introduction: Bettering the Best RAMSEY CAMPBELL No Sharks in the Med [1989] BRIAN LUMLEY The Man Who Drew Cats [1990] MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH The Same in any Language 1991] RAMSEY CAMPBELL Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death [1992] CHRISTOPHER FOWLER Mefisto in Onyx [1993] HARLAN ELLISON® The Temptation of Dr. Stein [1994] PAUL J. McAULEY Queen of Knives [1995] NEIL GAIMAN The Break [1996] TERRY LAMSLEY Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [1997] CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff [1998] PETER STRAUB Index to the First Ten Years of Best New Horror I: Index by Contributor II: Index by Title III: Contents of Previous Omnibus Editions