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The Best Horror of the Year by Ellen Datlow

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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
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Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction),

Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Gordon B. White (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Gemma Files (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Sarah Langan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Jack Lothian (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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Lisa Frankenstein's review

Nov 28, 2023

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I dragged on this one, as it was the weakest of these BHOTY anthologies I’ve read so far. I was planning on 2 stars until it ended with Nathan Ballingrud’s novella “The Butcher’s Table”, which is a banger—this is also in his collection Wounds. The only other standout story for me was “My Name is Ellie” by Sam Rebelein, an author unknown to me—the format and way that horrific details are casually dropped was well done.

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