A collection of the best horror and dark fantasy stories published in 1990.

Contents:

• Introduction: Horror in 1990 by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell
• The First Time by K. W. Jeter
• A Short Guide to the City by Peter Straub
• Stephen by Elizabeth Massie
• The Dead Love You by Jonathan Carroll
• Jane Doe #112 by Harlan Ellison
• Shock Radio by Ray Garton
• The Man Who Drew Catsby Michael Marshall Smith
• The Co-op by Melanie Tem
• Negatives by Nicholas Royle
• The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti
• 1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
• Cedar Lane by Karl Edward Wagner
• At a Window Facing West by Kim Antieau
• Inside the Walled City by Garry Kilworth
• On the Wing by Jean-Daniel Brèque (translated by Nicholas Royle)
• Firebird by J. L. Comeau
• Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills by David J. Schow
• His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Original Dr. Shade by Kim Newman
• Madge by D. F. Lewis
• Alive in Venice by Cherry Wilder
• Divertimento by Gregory Frost
• Pelts by F. Paul Wilson
• Those of Rhenea by David Sutton
• Lord of the Land by Gene Wolfe
• Aquarium by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Mister Ice Cold by Gahan Wilson
• On the Town Route by Elizabeth Hand
• Necrology: 1990 by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman