The Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve

Ellen Datlow

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve

The Best Horror of the Year

Ellen Datlow with Sam Hicks

480 pages first pub 2018 (view editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious slow-paced
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A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track...

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Community Reviews

3.7
based on 125 reviews

Moods

dark: 100%

mysterious: 75%

tense: 66%

adventurous: 25%

challenging: 16%

emotional: 8%

funny: 8%

sad: 8%


Pace

33% of readers chose fast
58% of readers chose medium
8% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
77% of readers chose A mix
11% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
N/A

Strong character development?

12% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
37% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
37% of readers chose N/A
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

62% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

25% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

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