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The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XX ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-526-4, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.50, 349pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren); Best-of-the-year horror anthology of 22 stories, with an introduction by the editor on the state of the horror field.

Talking to the Dead Sylvia Watanabe (Doubleday 0-385-41887-6, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $20.00, 127pp, hc, cover by Steven Rydberg); Collection of ten connected stories about the life of a young Hawaiian woman, some of which are fantasy.

Crosstime Traffic Lawrence Watt-Evans (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37395-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 247pp, pb); Collection of 19 stories plus an autobiographical introduction.

The Rebirth of Wonder Lawrence Watt-Evans (Tor 0-812-51406-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey); Collection of two stories; the title story appeared as a separate limited edition with the same name from Wildside Press (1992).

Bootcamp 3000 ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace 0-441-53168-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton); Anthology of seven military sf stories, with an introduction by Gordon R. Dickson.

Weird Vampire Tales ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Gramercy 0-517-06018-3, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $9.95, 442pp, hc, cover by Harold de Lay); Anthology of 30 vampire stories that originally appeared in the pulps, with an introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.

Shadowrun: Into the Shadows ed. Jordan K. Weisman (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45189-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun]; Reprint (FASA 1990) original anthology of nine stories based on the “Shadowrun” game. This edition replaces “Into the Shadows” by Robert Charrette with “A Plague of Demons” by Tom Dowd and adds a slang glossary.

The Invisible Man H. G. Wells (Dover 0-486-27071-8, Feb ’92, $1.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Paul E. Kennedy); Reprint (Pearson 1897 as The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance) classic sf novella. A Dover Thrift edition.

Whistling Past the Churchyard: Strange Tales from a Superstitious Welshman Jon Manchip White (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-487-X, Oct ’92, $21.00, 227pp, hc, cover by Max Klinger); Original collection of 17 ghost stories set in Wales.

Moon of the Wolf/Progeny of the Adder Les Whitten (Leisure 0-8439-3295-3, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 188/189pp, pb); Omnibus of two horror novels, Moon of the Wolf (Doubleday 1967) and Progeny of the Adder (Doubleday 1965).

And the Angels Sing Kate Wilhelm (St. Martin’s 0-312-06898-0, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $19.95, 260pp, hc, cover by Morgan Pickard); Collection of 12 stories, one original. Most are sf or fantasy. Recommended (SW).

Naming the Flowers Kate Wilhelm (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-122-9, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $10.00, 86pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon); Fantasy novella of a publisher who becomes embroiled in the search for a missing little girl that takes some very strange twists. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy deluxe leatherbound limited edition ($60.00) are also available. All states are signed. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Beauty and the Beast Nancy Willard (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-206052-9, Oct ’92, $19.95, 69pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) [Beauty and the Beast]; A retelling of the classic fairy tale set in New York City during the Victorian era, with illustrations by Barry Moser.

Child of an Ancient City Tad Williams & Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31577-5, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $14.95, 137pp, hc, cover by Greg Hildebrandt); Young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Greg Hildebrandt. An Arabian Nights-style story of a merchant’s son traveling with a caravan whose members fall victim to a vampire. This is part of the “Dragonflight” series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

Distress Call Connie Willis (Roadkill Press, Dec ’91 [May ’92], $5.00, 30pp, ph, cover by Timothy Standish); Fantasy short story plus an essay, “On Ghost Stories”. This is a signed 300-copy edition. This is a 1991 pamphlet not seen until now. Available from Roadkill Press, Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Rd., Arvada CO 80004. Include $1.00 for postage.

The Barrens F. Paul Wilson (Wildside Press, Jan ’92, $35.00, 102pp, hc); Lovecraftian horror novella that originally appeared in Lovecraft’s Legacy, with an introduction by the author. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition, bound in white. There is also a 26-copy lettered edition bound in red ($75.00). Available from The Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.

The LaNague Chronicles F. Paul Wilson (Baen 0-671-72139-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 649pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [LaNague]; Omnibus collection of three “LaNague” books, An Enemy of the State (Doubleday 1980), Healer (Doubleday 1976), and Wheels Within Wheels (Doubleday 1976), with Healer broken up to fit chronologically in order. There is a new introduction plus a LaNague chronology.

Freak Show ed. F. Paul Wilson (Pocket 0-671-69574-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $5.50, 367pp, pb, cover by Jeff K. Potter); Original shared-world anthology of 19 horror stories featuring a travelling circus. The stories build on each other and are supposed to be read sequentially.

Castle of Days Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-312-85209-6, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $22.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober); Collection/omnibus, including the fiction collection Gene Wolfe’s Book of Days (Doubleday 1981), the non-fiction collection The Castle of the Otter (Ziesing 1982), and “Castle of Days”, a new non-fiction collection of articles on writing, writers, and books.

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