Contents

    7 • The Third Time May Be a Charm, But It's Not Necessarily Definitive • essay by Paula Guran
    11 • Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear • (2011) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
    25 • After the Apocalypse • short story by Maureen F. McHugh [as by Maureen McHugh]
    42 • Sun Falls • (2011) • short story by Angela Slatter
    51 • The Bleeding Shadow • (2011) • novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
    77 • Catastrophic Disruption of the Head • (2011) • novelette by Margo Lanagan
    97 • Tell Me I'll See You Again • (2011) • short story by Dennis Etchison
    105 • The Maltese Unicorn • (2011) • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan?
    133 • King Death • (2011) • short fiction by Paul Finch
    146 • Why Light? • (2011) • novelette by Tanith Lee
    163 • Josh • (2011) • short fiction by Gene Wolfe
    170 • Time and Tide • (2011) • short story by Alan Ryan [as by Alan Peter Ryan]
    182 • Rakshasi • (2011) • short fiction by Kelley Armstrong
    193 • Why Do You Linger? • (2011) • short fiction by Sarah Monette
    198 • Vampire Lake • (2011) • short fiction by Norman Partridge
    227 • Lord Dunsany's Teapot • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • (2011) • short story by Naomi Novik
    233 • The Dune • (2011) • short story by Stephen King
    244 • The Fox Maiden • (2011) • short story by Priya Sharma
    260 • Rocket Man • (2011) • short story by Stephen Graham Jones
    268 • A Journey of Only Two Paces • (2011) • short story by Tim Powers
    279 • Near Zennor • (2011) • novella by Elizabeth Hand
    326 • Conservation of Shadows • (2011) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
    335 • All You Can Do Is Breathe • (2011) • short story by Kaaron Warren
    349 • Mysteries of the Old Quarter • (2011) • novelette by Paul Park
    368 • Still • (2011) • short fiction by Tia V. Travis
    378 • Crossroads • (2011) • short story by Laura Anne Gilman
    384 • The Bread We Eat in Dreams • (2011) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
    399 • Hair • (2011) • short story by Joan Aiken
    405 • The Lake • (2011) • short story by Tananarive Due
    419 • Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin • (2011) • short story by Adam Callaway
    422 • The Last Triangle • (2011) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
    439 • After-Words • [Book Depository • 2] • (2011) • novelette by Glen Hirshberg
    458 • Four Legs in the Morning • (2011) • short story by Norman Prentiss
    472 • A Tangle of Green Men • [Chronicles of the Borderlands] • (2011) • novella by Charles de Lint
    [519] • About the Authors (The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2012 Edition) • essay by uncredited