Congratulations and very well done to EVERYBODY who made the ' Honorable Mentions' listing at back of Ellen Datlow's forthcoming The Best Horror of the Year volume 5, and a special bonus dem bloody kiss for Vault Advent Calendar contributors Stephen Bacon, Ramsey Campbell. Paul Finch, Craig Herbertson, Thana Niveau, Lord John Llewellyn Probert, and David A. Riley. Charles Black's The Ninth Black Book of Horror, Paul Finch's Terror Tales Of East Anglia and Terror Tales of The Cotswolds, and John Mains Screaming Book Of The Dead are all very well represented, as are Thana's 'From Hell To Eternity and Mr. Bacon's Peel Back The Sky.
From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. For those who wanted something high-brow there was plenty. - Christine Campbell Thomson
