The Year's Best Horror 22

Wagner has compiled another really good collection of some really good stories. There are plenty here that I considered to slowly sneak up and scare me. Then to top it off, Wagner, while providing a biography for each author, comes up with a theory involving cats and coffee that is as fun to read. I found myself looking forward to the biographies as much as I was looking forward to the stories. Consider this collection recommended. Some of my favorites are below. "The Ripper's Tune" by Gregory Nicoll - Jack the Ripper lays claim to a rock song. "One Size Eats All" by T.E.D. Klein - A typo? Or not? "Resurrection" by Adam Meyer - A scary tale of life after death, after death... "David" by Sean Doolittle - A stranger has a request which he insists gets done. "Ridi Bobo" by Robert Devereaux - It's a clown's world after all. "Momento Mori" by Scott Thomas - The dead speak through tombstones. "Ice Cream and Tombstones" by Nira Kiriki - A story most people can probably relate to.