Great British Horror 5 Midsummer Eve

Great British Horror 5 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. Every year, the series features ten British authors, plus one international guest contributor, telling tales of this sceptered isle. The 2020 edition, Midsummer Eve, features another eleven original stories from eleven authors at the very top of their game.

From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the thirteenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.

For the discerning reader of horror fiction, who appreciates a chilling tale above blood and gore, here are five very British horror stories to make the blood run cold. Around the villages, towns and cities of Britain, some very disturbing things are happening. Disfigurements made with love, families full of cruelty, murderous call centre workers, haunted mansions and strange happenings in the woods. You will never see Britain in the same way again. This collection includes a fascinating author's note on the story 'Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?' which is based on a real life gruesome murder mystery.

Great British Horror 4 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. Every year, the series will feature ten British authors, plus one international guest contributor, telling tales of this sceptered isle. The 2019 edition, Dark and Stormy Nights, features another eleven original stories from eleven authors at the very top of their game.

Great British Horror 3 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. The 2018 edition, For Those in Peril, features eleven previously unpublished stories of maritime and coastal horror.

Great British Horror 6 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. Every year, the series features ten British authors, plus one international guest contributor, telling tales of this sceptered isle. The 2021 edition, Ars Gratia Sanguis, once again features eleven previously unpublished stories from eleven authors at the very top of their game.

Great British Horror 1 is the first in an annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. The 2016 edition, Green and Pleasant Land, features eleven previously unpublished stories of small town, rural and folk horror.

Great British Horror 2 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. The 2017 edition, Dark Satanic Mills, features eleven previously unpublished stories of urban and suburban horror. Nominated at the 2018 British Fantasy Awards in the Best Anthology category.