Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | 2010 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 2 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | 2011 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 3 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | 2012 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 4 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | 2013 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 5 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | 2014 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 6 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | 2015 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 7 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | 2016 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | 2017 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | 2018 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 10 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | 2020 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 11 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | 2020 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 12 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | 2021 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 13 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | 2022 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 14 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | 2023 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | 2024 | Brian B.K. Evenson | Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an annual anthology that selects the strongest stories from across the dark fiction spectrum. Brian Evenson’s stories have appeared in multiple editions, recognizing his standing in both the horror and dark fantasy communities.
His appearances in these “year’s best” compilations, along with his Best Horror of the Year inclusions, demonstrate that Evenson’s work is not only influential but consistently among the best being published in a given year.