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Tales from the End of Time Michael Moorcock (SFBC #15128, Aug ’89 [Oct ’89], $6.98, 311pp, hc) [Dancers at the End of Time]; Omnibus of Legends from the End of Time (Harper & Row 1976) and A Messiah at the End of Time (W.H. Allen 1977 as The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming).

Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan (Legend 0-7126-3446-0, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £5.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Caspar David Friedrich); Original anthology of psychological and supernatural horror stories. The stories are of a consistently high quality, and include a couple of gems. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-2413-9, £11.95).

Prophets in Hell ed. Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-69822-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Heroes in Hell]; Original shared-world anthology of 10 stories in the “Hell” saga.

Conjunctions 14 ed. Bradford Morrow (Macmillan Collier 0-02-035290-5, Dec ’89, $9.95, 285pp, tp); Original anthology/literary magazine published bi-annually. This edition features a large fiction section “The New Gothic”, guest edited by Patrick McGrath. There are 17 stories, including work by Peter Straub, Robert Coover, Kathy Acker, Gary Indiana, William T. Vollmann, and Paul West. There are also non-fiction pieces, poems, and a pre-controversy interview with Salman Rushdie.

Glove of Passion, Voice of Blood Jean Muno (Owl Creek, 1986 [May ’89], $8.00, 126pp, tp); Collection of nine fantasy stories by a Belgian writer, translated by Kim Connell. This has a 1986 copyright date but was not seen until now.

Narcopolis & Other Poems ed. Peggy Nadramia (Hell’s Kitchen Productions 0-962328-61-8, Nov ’89, $4.00, 63pp, tp, cover by Harry O. Morris); Anthology of macabre poetry with illustrations by several artists.

Doctor Departure and Others Alan Nelson (Gryphon Books 0-936071-10-9, Mar ’89, $5.00, 53pp, ph); Collection of short whimsical fantasy originally published in Weird Tales and F&SF between 1944 and 1955. This is published in a 500-copy edition.

Melisande E. Nesbit (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-253164-5, Oct ’89, $13.95, unpaginated, hc); Children’s humorous fairy tale, with full-color illustrations by P.J. Lynch and an introduction by Naomi Lewis. First American edition (Walker UK 1989).

Walking Water/After All This Thom Nickels (Banned Books 0-934411-22-0, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], $8.95, 168pp, tp); Collection of two novellas, one sf and one fantasy, both with gay protagonists. Order from Eward-William Publishing Co., Number 292, Box 33280, Austin TX 78764.

Man-Kzin Wars II ed. Larry Niven (Baen 0-671-69833-8, Aug ’89, $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars]; Original shared-world anthology of two long novellas by Dean Ing and Pournelle & Stirling, set in Niven’s “Known Space”.

Wizards’ Worlds Andre Norton (Tor 0-312-93191-3, Sep ’89, $17.95, 500pp, hc); Collection of 13 stories.

Four from the Witch World ed. Andre Norton (Tor 0-312-93153-0, Mar ’89, $16.95, 275pp, hc) [Witch World]; Original shared-world anthology of four stories set in the “Witch World”.

Catfantastic ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-355-5, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 320pp, pb); Original anthology of 15 stories about cats with an introduction by Andre Norton.

Grand Master’s Choice ed. Andre Norton & Ingrid Zierhut (NESFA Press 0-915368-42-0, Aug ’89, $10.00, 221pp, hc); Anthology of eight stories by the Grand Masters of the field. This is the Noreascon III convention book, a limited edition of 1025 copies, including 275 slipcased copies signed by Norton (-94-3, $35.00) which went out of print at the convention.

Rescue Stephen O’Connor (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57203-6, May ’89, $17.95, 180pp, hc); Literary collection of 12 stories, many with sf or fantasy elements.

Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva (St. Martin’s 0-312-02631-5, Mar ’89, $16.95, 287pp, hc); Original horror anthology of 17 ghost stories, with an afterword by Dean R. Koontz.

The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Clarence Paget (Pan 0-330-31099-2, Sep ’89, £2.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant); Original horror anthology.

The Sugar Festival Paul Park (SFBC #14899, Jun ’89, $9.98, 568pp, hc) [Starbridge Chronicles]; Omnibus of Soldiers of Paradise (Arbor House 1987) and Sugar Rain (Morrow 1989).

Axolotl Special 1 ed. John C. Pelan (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press, Feb ’89, $10.00, 167pp, tp); Anthology of stories by Lucius Shepard, Michael Shea, and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, plus introductions by Kessel, Ligotti, and Sterling. Autographed by all contributors.

Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural ed. Robert Phillips (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-517-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $18.95, 373pp, hc); Anthology of 27 ghost and horror stories by writers best known for more “literary” works.

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