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Paula Guran

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The United States

Website

http://paulaguran.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Horror

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Paula Guran is senior editor for Prime Books. She edited the Juno fantasy imprint from its small press inception through its incarnation as an imprint of Pocket Books. She is also senior editor of Prime's soon-to-launch digital imprint Masque Books. Guran edits the annual Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror series as well as a growing number of other anthologies. In an earlier life she produced weekly email newsletter DarkEcho (winning two Stokers, an IHG award, and a World Fantasy Award nomination), edited Horror Garage (earning another IHG and a second World Fantasy nomination), and has contributed reviews, interviews, and articles to numerous professional publications. ...more

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About the Bests

As most of you have surmised by now, there will be no volume four of The Year’s Best Fantasy and no volume six of The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. Nor will there be future volumes. Both series are at an end. I apologize for my silence about this, but I’ve been unable to comment for several reasons including the fluctuating status and future of both series over the last year. As most of you

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Average rating: 3.74 · 15,530 ratings · 2,129 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors

	New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird by Paula Guran (Editor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor), Michael Marshall Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 2,066 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vampires: The Recent Undead by Paula Guran (Editor), Albert E. Cowdrey (Contributor), J.A. Konrath (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zombies: The Recent Dead by Paula Guran (Editor), Steve Duffy (Goodreads Author), Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold 3.83 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations by Paula Guran (Editor), Simon R. Green, Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire by Paula Guran (Editor), Jeanne DuPrau, William Sleator 3.47 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic City: Recent Spells by Paula Guran (Editor), Christopher Barzak (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu 3.51 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 by Paula Guran (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halloween by Paula Guran (Editor), Stewart O'Nan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William F. Nolan (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (15 books)
by

Paula Guran (Editor)

3.79 avg rating — 2,773 ratings

New Cthulhu (2 books)
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Paula Guran (Editor),

Brian Hodge (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Laird Barron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor),

John Langan (Contributor),

John Shirley (Contributor),

Ruthanna Emrys (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Lois H. Gresh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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3.88 avg rating — 2,272 ratings

The Year's Best Fantasy (2 books)
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Paula Guran (Editor),

Eleanor Arnason (Contributor),

Megan Chee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Karyn Díaz (Contributor),

Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

R.S.A. Garcia (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

S.M. Hallow (Contributor),

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3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings

Quotes by Paula Guran (?)

“The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween.

October Dreams: A celebration of
Halloween”
― Paula Curan

70 likes

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. —Oscar Wilde (1891)”
― Paula Guran, Halloween

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“Success always moves on to the next thing,” Milton agreed, as Bloch trailed him up the circular stair. “But failure’s timeless, isn’t it? Failure is forever.”
― Paula Guran, Vampires: The Recent Undead

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Polls

For June, our theme is collections/anthologies of short stories.
Which book should be our main read for June?

This poll opens at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 23,
and will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, May 28.

Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold by Paula Guran

7 votes, 87.5%

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro

1 vote, 12.5%

The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown by Catherine Burns

0 votes, 0.0%

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

0 votes, 0.0%

The Secret Loves of Geek Girls by Hope Nicholson

0 votes, 0.0%

8 total votes

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