Another edition of the well known survey of the year's best short fantasy and horror fiction. This one covers works published in 1991.

Contents:

• Summation 1991: Fantasy by Terry Windling
• Summation 1991: Horror by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1991 by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries
• The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves by David Morrell
• In Carnation by Nancy Springer
• The Somewhere Doors by Fred Chappell
• Poe at the End (poem) by R.H.W. Dillard
• Angels in Love by Kathe Koja
• Vivian by Midori Snyder
• True Love by K.W. Jeter
• The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World by A.R. Morlan
• The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death by Ellen Kushner
• The Ragthorn by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth
• The Smell by Patrick McGrath
• The Tenth Scholar by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
• Fisher Death (poem) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Walk in Sable (poem) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• The Cut Man by Norman Partridge
• The Kind Men Like by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Coon Suit by Terry Bisson
• Queen Christina and the Windsurfer by Alison Fell
• Chui Chai by S.P. Somtow
• Mama Gone by Jane Yolen
• Peter by Pat Murphy
• Our Lady of the Harbour by Charles de Lint
• The Visitors' Book by Stephen Gallagher
• At the End of the Day by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Monster by Nina Katerli
• Hummers by Lisa Mason
• Santa's Way by James Powell
• Call Home by Dennis Etchison
• The Braille Encyclopaedia by Grant Morrison
• The Poisoned Story by Rosario Ferre
• Blood by Janice Galloway
• Dogstar Man by Nancy Willard
• Persistence of Memory by Joanne Greenberg
• You'll Never Eat Lunch on this Continent Again by Adam Gopnik
• The Glamour by Thomas Ligotti
• The Peony Lantern by Kara Dalkey
• To Be a Hero (poem) by Nancy Springer
• The Same in Any Language by Ramsey Campbell
• Teratisms by Kathe Koja
• The Life of a Poet by Kobo Abe
• The Witch of Wilton Falls by Gloria Ericson
• Home by the Sea by Pat Cadigan
• Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch (poem) by Nancy Willard
• The Ask of Memory, the Dust of Desire by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Pavilion of Frozen Women by S.P. Somtow
• Moon Songs by Carol Emshwiller
• The Afternoon of June 8, 1991 by Ian Frazier
• Gwydion and the Dragon by C.J. Cherryh
• A Story Must Be Held (poem) by Jane Yolen
• The Ogre's Wife by Pierrette Fleutiaux
• Honorable Mentions