A collection of the best horror and dark fantasy stories of 1991.

Contents:

* Introduction: Horror in 1991 by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell
* True Love by K. W. Jeter
* The Same in Any Language by Ramsey Campbell
* Impermanent Mercies by Kathe Koja
* Ma Qui by Alan Brennert
* The Miracle Mile by Robert R. McCammon
* Taking Down the Tree by Steve Rasnic Tem
* Where Flies Are Born by Douglas Clegg
* Love, Death and the Maiden [“Mädelein”] by Roger Johnson
* Chui Chai by S. P. Somtow
* The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu by Kim Newman
* Colder Than Hell by Edward Bryant
* Raymond by Nancy A. Collins
* One Life, in an Hourglass by Charles L. Grant
* The Braille Encyclopedia by Grant Morrison
* The Bacchae by Elizabeth Hand
* Busted in Buttown by David J. Schow
* Subway Story by Russell Flinn
* The Medusa by Thomas Ligotti
* Power Cut by Joel Lane
* Moving Out by Nicholas Royle
* Guignoir by Norman Partridge
* Blood Sky by William F. Nolan
* Ready by David Starkey
* The Slug by Karl Edward Wagner
* The Dark Land by Michael Marshall Smith
* When They Gave Us Memory by Dennis Etchison
* Taking Care of Michael by J. L. Comeau
* The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank by Thomas Tessier
* Zits by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
* Necrology: 1991 by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman