Though ibooks’ bankruptcy has likely dashed all hopes for it to appear, John Gregory Betancourt’s HORROR: THE BEST OF 2005 would have contained the following stories, according to VanderWorld:

• Joe Lansdale, “Shadows, Kith and Kin” (OUTSIDERS)
• Jack Cady, “The Souls of Drowning Mountain” (TAVERNS OF THE DEAD)
• Holly Phillips, “The Other Grace” (IN THE PALACE OF REPOSE)
• Nicholas Royle, “Sitting Tennant” (POE’S PROGENY)
• Joe Hill, “The Cape” (20th CENTURY GHOSTS)
• Caitlin Kiernan, “La Peau Verte,” (TO CHARLES FORT, WITH LOVE)
• M. Rickert, “A Little Madness Goes a Long Way” (F&SF)
• Richard Bowes, “There’s a Hole in the City” (SCIFICTION)
• Barbara Roden, “Northwest Passage” (ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT)
• Clive Barker, “Haeckel’s Tale” (DARK DELICACIES)
• Laird Barron, “Proboscis” (F&SF)
• Jeff VanderMeer, “Lost” (TEL)
• Ramsey Campbell, “Unblinking” (LOST ON THE DARKSIDE)
• Nick Mamatas, “Real People Slash” (SON AND FOE)
• Michael Marshall Smith, “Fair Exchange” (WEIRD SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH)
• Simon Owens, “This Hand, Waving” (CHIZINE)
• David Niall Wilson, “The Call of Farther Shores” (LOST ON THE DARKSIDE)

Damn. I would’ve loved to have read that. Just as I also was looking forward to two other Betancourt anthologies ibooks was slated to release: THE ULTIMATE UNDEAD and HORRORSCAPE 2: NEW MASTERPIECES OF HORROR.