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Vampire: Chilling Tales of the Undead ed. Peter Haining (Target 0-426-20164-7, 1985, £1.60, 240pp, pb); Horror anthology.

Zombie!: Stories of the Walking Dead ed. Peter Haining (Target 0-426-20161-2, 1985, £1.60, 224pp, pb); Anthology of zombie stories.

Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Viking 0-670-80635-8, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $16.95, 386pp, hc); Collection of 11 stories and 3 poems, with an introduction and afterword. There are also afterwords to each story, blending into the introductions of the next one. Recommended. (CNB)

Viriconium Nights M. John Harrison (Gollancz 0-575-03662-1, Nov ’85, £8.95, 158pp, hc) [Viriconium]; Collection of 7 stories. This shares only the title and a couple of stories with Viriconium Nights (Ace 1984). There are original works and rewritten stories in the new version.

Eye Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-08398-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $7.95, 328pp, pb); Collection of stories, excerpts, and articles, with illustrations by Jim Burns.

Sensuous Science Fiction from the Weird and Spicy Pulps ed. Sheldon Jaffery (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-305-X, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $19.95, 164pp, hc); Anthology of reproductions (complete with ads) from the pulps, plus introduction and supplementary material. The editor keeps apologizing about how bad they are.

The Mysterious Cure and Other Stories of Pshrinks Anon. Janet O. Jeppson (Doubleday 0-385-19085-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $11.95, 180pp, hc) [Pshrinks Anonymous]; Collection of 13 stories plus an intro by the author’s husband.

Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow 0-688-04305-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $10.95, 156pp, hc); Reprint (Macmillan U.K. 1984) collection of young-adult fantasy stories.

Fantasycon X Programme Booklet ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher (Fantasycon X, Sep ’85, free with membership, else £2.50/$5.00, 92pp, pb); Program booklet containing stories, articles and artwork for Fantasycon X held in Birmingham, U.K.

Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural ed. Marvin Kaye (SFBC #5144, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $6.98, 623pp, hc); Anthology of 53 stories and poems by writers ranging from Bram Stoker and Poe to Walt Whitman and Tennessee Williams, with more recent authors represented as well.

Freedom Beach James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel (Bluejay 0-312-94167-6, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 259pp, hc); Sf novel rewritten from novelettes.

Urban Fantasies ed. David King & Russell Blackford (Ebony Books 0-9590655-1-2, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], A$4.95, 177pp, pb); Original anthology of 13 stories, both sf and fantasy.

The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels By Stephen King Stephen King (NAL 0-453-00507-1, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $19.95, 692pp, hc); Omnibus edition of the books King published under the pseudonym “Richard Bachman”. There’s a new foreword by King.

Silver Bullet Stephen King (NAL/Signet Special 0-451-82128-9, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $9.95, 255pp, pb); Movie tie-in edition including Cycle of the Werewolf (basis of the film), the Silver Bullet screenplay, an introduction and afterword by King, and 8 pages of movie stills.

Skeleton Crew Stephen King (Putnam 0-399-13039-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $18.95, 512pp, hc); Collection, which includes a reprint of “The Mist” plus a number of fine stories in their first book appearance. Recommended. (FCM)

Skeleton Crew [special edition] Stephen King (Scream/Press 0-910489-12-2, Oct ’85, $75.00, boxed signed & numbered limited edition, 545pp, hc); Reprint (Putnam 1985) collection, with a preface and afterword by the author, and illustrations by J.K. Potter. This special edition has one extra story, “Becka Paulson,” not found in the trade edition. There is also a foldout full-color poster/illustration and a color illo. on the box. Sold out in advance of publication.

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