Black Spot Books’ annual reprint series groups three forms of horror writing within the same calendar-year selection.
Fiction is only one part of The Year’s Best from Women in Horror. Black Spot Books defines the annual anthology’s scope to include nonfiction and poetry, placing writing about horror alongside narrative and poetic work within the genre. Black Spot Books’ description of the anthology’s scope and schedule.
Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovich are editing the series. Its first volume is planned for spring 2028 and will select material originally published during 2026, with an introduction by Lisa Morton. The publication year of the source material, rather than the anthology’s release year, defines that first selection.
The reprint format addresses a practical feature of literary publishing: individual pieces can be scattered across magazines, small presses, digital publications, and limited-run anthologies. Black Spot identifies preservation of that work as part of the project’s purpose.
The collection’s title describes its editors’ selection. As of the publisher’s October 28 outline, the contributor list has not been supplied. What is established is the structure: an annual volume bringing several forms of previously published writing by women into one place. Black Spot Books’ description of the anthology’s scope and schedule.