ellen_datlow

I'm afraid the first thing that came to mind was "Republicans".

LOL--thank you for the laugh but that is NOT helpful ;-)

Sounds like a terrific anthology.

here's a couple ideas:

Dark Dreaming: Two Decades of Modern Horror
The Blackened Bough: Two Decades of Modern Horror

Dark Dreaming feels too light to me..
Blackened ...something...is not bad--but what does "the blackened bough" mean?

Revenants

Revenants means ghosts--too specific. They're not only ghost stories.

Harbingers:

I swear, I read that as "Hat-bringers." I am very very tired....

My .02 is that you'll need a more evocative/ominous word, if you're going for a single word title.

I agree --not with Hat Bringers :-)

Beyond Terror: Two Decades of Modern Horror.
Distortions of Reality: Two Decades of Modern Horror.
Treacherous Dreams: Two Decades of Modern Horror.
Anguished Cries: Two Decades of Modern Horror.
Lurking Fears: Two Decades of Modern Horror.
Expectations: Two Decades of Modern Horror.

Dark Things

Dark Reflections

(From) Memory's Abyss

Unforgettable (tee hee!)

An Ominous Score (get it? score? I'm so needlessly witty today)



...I'll keep brainstorming for you :)

Actually, I kind of like using "score" -- "A Dark Score", maybe.

Oh! "Tainted Recall" maybe? Hmmmm...

Tissue Ablation: Two Decades...

Unfortunately, that story was published in 1984 and I'm taking Ed Bryant's "Dancing Chickens" from that year. I can't take anything else that early.
But it would have been a catchy title.

FIENDS - Two Decades of Horror

How about:

The Slightly Newish Weird?

;

JV

Weird and Wacky: two decades of modern horror :-)

Vestiges and Omens?

Machinations and Exhumations?

On a side note, I opened a database of all the black Magic: The Gathering cards and while it's like going through a slush pile, there are some evocative names such as:

Delirium Skeins

Too many syllables (The Machinations and Exhumations one).

Sounds cool. I'll check it out

How about No Safe Place: Twenty Years of Horror?

Unhallowed Ground?

Hmmm...

Resurrections: Twenty Years of Horrors Reborn

Maybe use 'score'?

An Unsettled Score: Two Decades of Modern Horror
A Vicious Score: Two Decades of Modern Horror
A _______ Score, etc.

Here are a few to play off of:

In Darkness
Harbingers
Beneath the Mask
Under the Skin
The Darkest Hour
In the Dark

Whispers Within the Dark
Flayed
Serrated Flesh
Darkest Hour, Darkest Desires
He Hides the Skin as a Still Moist Mask: A Hannibal Lector Tribute

Some ideas off the top of my head. :)

Dread Bequeathal: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Dark Harvests: 20 Years of Modern Horror
Horrific Heirlooms: 20 Years of Modern Horror
Horror's Heritage: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Fiendish Forebears: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Fell Forebears: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Sinister Progenitors: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Sinister Sires: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Morbid Laureates: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Warnings: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Watershed: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Cornerstones: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Meat: 2 Decades of Modern Horror
Milestones: 2 Decades of Modern Horror

Blah. I could go on forever. Hehe. I'll stop there though. Good luck with your title search. If you need more brainstorming, let me know. I do this sort of thing for a living. :)

Emergence
Disturbance
Menace
Crawl
Disquietude
Spasms
Tempests
Nefarious

"Revenants" would be better.

"Screams"!

Or if you want to be a tad poetic, "Silent Screams".

Harbingers of Darkness. Twenty Tales. Twenty Years of Terror.

Doubly Decadent: 20 years of horror fiction

(alternatively: Doubly Decayed)

The subtitle is set as Two Decades of Modern Horror.

The Unnatural
Abominations
Fear Itself
Unending Terror
Unceasing Fear
Silent Terror

-pmwolohan@gmail.com

New Weird: Two Decades of Modern Horror

Fresh Blood: Two Decades of Modern Horror

Shards: Two Decades of Modern Horror

The New Weird is the title of Jeff VanderMeer's recent anthology and this antho is NOT "weird" it's horror.