“Better You Believe” by Carole Johnstone. Copyright © 2017. First published in Horror Library Volume 6, edited by Eric G. Guignard, Cutting Block Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Liquid Air” by Inna Effress. Copyright © 2017. First published in Nightscript III edited by C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Holiday Romance” by Mark Morris. Copyright © 2017. First published in Black Static #58 May/June. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Furtherest” by Kaaron Warren. Copyright © 2017. First published in Dark Screams Volume Seven, edited by Brian James Freeman, Cemetery Dance/Hydra). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Where’s the Harm?” by Rebecca Lloyd. Copyright © 2017. First published in Seven Strange Stories, Tartarus Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Whatever Comes After Calcutta” by David Erik Nelson. Copyright © 2017. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Human Stain” by Kelly Robson. Copyright © 2017. First published on Tor.com, January 4, 2017. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Stories We Tell about Ghosts” by A. C. Wise. Copyright © 2017. First published in Looming Low Volume 1 edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan, Dim Shores. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Endoskeletal” by Sarah Read. Copyright © 2017. First published in Black Static #59, July/August. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“West of Matamoros, North of Hell” by Brian Hodge. Copyright © 2017. First published in Dark Screams Volume Seven, edited by Brian James Freeman, Cemetery Dance/Hydra). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Alligator Point” by S. P. Miskowski. Copyright © 2017. First published in Looming Low Volume 1 edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan, Dim Shores. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Dark Warm Heart” by Rich Larson. Copyright © 2017. First published on Tor.com April 12, 2017. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“There and Back Again” by Carmen Maria Machado. Copyright © 2017. First published in Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) For the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) edited by Nick Mamatas and Molly Tanzer, Skyhorse Publishing. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Shepherds’ Business” by Stephen Gallagher. Copyright © 2017. First published in New Fears, edited by Mark Morris, Titan Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“You Can Stay All Day” by Seanan McGuire (as by Mira Grant). Copyright © 2017. First published in Nights of the Living Dead edited by Jonathan Maberry and George A. Romero (St. Martin’s Griffin). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Harvest Song, Gathering Song” by A. C. Wise. Copyright © 2017. First published in For Mortal Things Unsung edited by Alex Hofelich, Escape Artists, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Granfalloon” by Orrin Grey. Copyright © 2017. First published in Darker Companions: Celebrating 50 Years of Ramsey Campbell selected and edited by Scott David Aniolowski and Joseph S. Pulver Sr., PS Publishing. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Fail-Safe” by Philip Fracassi. Copyright © 2017. First published in Behold the Void, JournalStone. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Starry Crown” by Marc E. Fitch. Copyright © 2017. First published in Horror Library Volume 6 edited by Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Eqalussuaq” by Tim Major. Copyright © 2017. First published in Not One of Us #58 October. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Lost in the Dark” by John Langan. Copyright © 2017. First published in Haunted Nights, edited by Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton, A Blumhouse Book/ Anchor Books Original. Reprinted by permission of the author.