The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror is no more. I’m just stunned by this. I knew things were bad in the world of publishing, but YBFH has always felt like an unshakable institution to me. As I’ve mentioned before, the volume has been essential reading every year, for twenty-plus years, and it offered valuable exposure to great work by accomplished and new writers alike. I was thrilled beyond belief when Kaleidotrope merited even a brief mention in the 2007 fantasy summation, and I’m very sorry to see it end. I hope to continuing sending issues to Gavin Grant for reviews in Xerography Debt, and to Ellen Datlow for consideration in her new horror anthology — presuming I can attract more decent horror stories to the zine — but it won’t be quite the same. There are a lot of other great best-of-year series out there, but they’re not quite the same either.
I’m hoping this won’t be the final end for YBFH.