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Drive-By Andrew Vachss & Joe R. Lansdale (Crossroads Press, Dec ’93, $13.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Mark Nelson); Associational collection of a crime story by Vachss, with a comic adaptation script by Joe R. Lansdale, and the actual comic with art by Gary Gianni. With an introduction by Neal Barrett, Jr. This is a 300-copy numbered limited edition signed by Vachss, Lansdale, and Barrett. Available for $13.00 postpaid from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033. Make checks payable to Thomas Crouss.

Adventures of the Rat Family Jules Verne (Oxford University Press 0-19-508114-5, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $14.95, 70pp, hc, cover by Felician Myrbach-Rheinfeld); Fairy tale novella by Verne. Translated from the French by Evelyn Copeland, with an introduction by Iona Opie and a long afterword by Brian Taves. This is the first English translation.

The Works of Jules Verne Jules Verne (Longmeadow 0-681-45245-5, 1993 [Oct ’93], $18.95, 934pp, hc); Omnibus of three novels, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. This is a leatherbound gilt-edge edition.

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XXI ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-572-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.50, 352pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards); Best-of-the-year anthology of 26 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor on the state of the horror field.

Hieroglyphic Tales Horace Walpole (Mercury House 1-56279-049-8, Oct ’93, $12.95, 89pp, tp, cover by Jill McElmurry); Collection of seven fantasy stories. Six were originally published in a seven-copy private edition in 1785, with the preface and postscript by Walpole included here. “A Bird’s Nest” originally appeared in Horace Walpole: Writer, Politician, Connoisseur (Yale University Press 1967). With new illustrations by Jill McElmurry and an editor’s note by Thomas Christensen.

The Bestseller & Other Tales Don Webb (Chris Drumm Books 0-936055-61-8, 1990 [Oct ’93], $3.00, 44pp, ph, cover by Don Webb); Collection of seven stories, three apparently original. A signed edition (-60-X, $5.00) was announced but not seen. This has a 1990 copyright, but was not seen until now. Available from Chris Drumm, PO Box 445, Polk City IA 50226. Drumm Booklet #46.

The Seventh Day and After Don Webb (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-05-8, Oct ’93, $7.95, 78pp, tp, cover by Roman Scott); Collection of seven literary fantasy stories, a short play, and a poem, with illustrations by Roman Scott. Available from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850.

Phobias ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg (Pocket 0-671-79237-7, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.50, 360pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert); Original anthology of 24 horror stories about phobias, with an introduction by Robert Bloch.

The Mists from Beyond ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45239-9, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $20.00, 350pp, hc); Anthology of 20 ghost stories with an introduction by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz. Recommended (SW).

Demons and Shadows: The Ghostly Best of Robert Westall Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31768-2, Oct ’93, $16.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Michael Chesworth); Collection of 11 ghost stories for young-adults, one original. A couple of the stories originally appeared in Westall’s adult ghost story collection Antique Dust. This is the first of two projected volumes.

The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-37263-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $11.00, 97pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey); Horror novella published for young adults about an ancient evil built into the very stones of an English cathedral. This originally appeared in a British collection with the same title (Viking UK 1991). Recommended (SW).

After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-28-6, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $50.00, 239pp, hc); Original anthology of 17 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor. This is a signed slipcased 750-copy limited edition. Available from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (Holt 0-8050-1009-2, Mar ’93 [May ’93], $19.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Michael Hague); Collection of nine Wilde fairy tales, with full-color illustrations by Michael Hague.

The Loch Moose Monster: More Stories from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine ed. Sheila Williams (Delacorte 0-385-30600-8, Mar ’93, $16.00, 285pp, hc, cover by Joel Iskowitz); Anthology of 14 stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s, with a foreword by Joan D. Vinge and an afterword by the editor.

Wall, Stone, Craft Walter Jon Williams (Pulphouse/Axolotl, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $10.00, 122pp, tp, cover by Harry O. Morris); Alternate-history fantasy novella about Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein. This edition is limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. A 75-copy deluxe edition ($65.00) and a 300-copy hardcover edition ($35.00) are also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Impossible Things Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56436-6, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar); Collection of 11 stories, with an introduction by Gardner Dozois. Recommended (SW).

Young Wolfe Gene Wolfe (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-32-1, Dec ’92 [Jan ’93], $15.95, 69pp, hc); Collection of nine early stories, two apparently not previously published. A 100-copy signed limited edition (-33-X, $40.00) was announced but not seen — this includes a 32-page pamphlet, Orbital Thoughts, a collection of quotations from Wolfe’s stories that originally appeared in the Orbit series, selected by Rosemary Wolfe. Available from United Mythologies Press, Box 390 Sta. A, Weston ONT M9N 3N1, Canada. Add $3.00 for postage.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume IX ed. Dave Wolverton (Bridge 0-88404-823-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 413pp, pb); Original anthology of 17 stories from the 1991-1992 Writers of the Future contest, illustrated by the winners of the 1991-1992 Illustrators of the Future contest, with non-fiction pieces by well known authors. Earlier volumes in the series were edited by Algis Budrys.

Gemtrapp Ian Yngveson (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3308-5, Apr ’93, $8.95, 74pp, tp, cover by Troy Smith); Sf novella of clairvoyant star travellers. Order from Dorrance Publishing Co., 643 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222.

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