About the book: 2017 / The name of Stephen Jones is well known to all fans of horror literature. And considerable credit for this belongs to the legendary Best New Horror anthology series, of which he has been the editor-compiler for more than a quarter of a century. The anniversary edition offered to the reader, prepared for the twentieth anniversary of the series, has absorbed all the best that happened in Anglo-American horror during the period from 1989 to 2008. In addition to a collection of works by such outstanding masters as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Peter Straub, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill and others, the anthology is a unique retrospective of the genre and will be of interest not only to horror fans, but also to anyone interested in recent history popular literature.