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Already an established tradition, this is still the only anthology of its kind in America. The Year's Best Horror Stories has come to be the highly regarded annual selection of the masterpieces of terror and weird fiction published during the past year. Specially chosen and edited by a long-time authority, the editor of Witchcraft & Sorcery magazine, Gerald W. Page, this year's edition is scarier than ever. Here you will find Fritz Leiber's award-winning story of the year. Here you will find a chiller-diller by Harlan Ellison. Here is Robert Bloch at his Psycho-spookiest. Here is a grim fantasy by Tanith Lee. Here are equally unforgettable tales by Manly Wade Wellman, H. Warner Munn, Joseph Payne Brennan, and many more. Here's horror! Contents: Sing a Last Song of Valdese by Karl Edward Wagner. Where the Woodbine Twineth by Manly Wade Wellman. Huzdra by Tanith Lee. Long Hollow Swamp by Joseph Payne Brennan. The Service by Jerry Sohl. Harold's Blues by Glen Singer. The Well by H. Warner Munn. A Most Unusual Murder by Robert Bloch. Shatterday by Harlan Ellison. Children of the Forest by David Drake. The Day it Rained Lizards by Arthur Byron Cover. Followers of the Dark Star by Robert Edmond Alter. When All the Children Call My Name by Charles L. Grant. Belson Express by Fritz Leiber.