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Night Fears and Other Supernatural Tales L. P. Hartley (Everyman 0-460-87360-1, Dec ’93, £4.99, 217pp, tp, cover by John Piper); Reprint (Arkham House 1948 as The Traveling Grave) collection of ghost/horror stories, with a new introduction by Sir Peter Quennell.

Drabble Who ed. David J. Howe & David B. Wake (Beccon Publications 1-870824-21-0, Sep ’93, £8.99, 123pp, hc); Anthology of 100 original drabbles (100 word vignettes) by people connected with, and fans of, the Doctor Who TV series. All profits go to the RNIB Talking Book Library. Available from Roger Robinson, 75 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex, RM3 0RG.

The Iron Woman Ted Hughes (Faber and Faber 0-571-17003-X, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], £9.99, 87pp, hc, cover by Andrew Davidson) [Iron Man]; Young-adult sf novella. Sequel to The Iron Man.

The Dedalus Book of Dutch Fantasy ed. Richard Huijing (Dedalus 0-946626-69-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £9.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Hieronymus Bosch); Anthology of literary fantasy from Holland, edited and translated by Richard Huijing.

Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye Ingulphus (Ghost Story Press 0-9520492-0-1, Jan ’93 [May ’93], £15.00, 105pp, hc); Facsimile reprint (W. Heffer & Sons 1919) of a rare collection of ghost stories, with a new introduction by Rosemary Pardoe and Mark Valentine. This edition adds a tenth story that was not in the original. Limited to 300 numbered copies.

The New Nature of the Catastrophe ed. Langdon Jones & Michael Moorcock (Millennium 1-85798-039-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £14.99, xii+436pp, hc, cover by Mark Reeve) [Jerry Cornelius]; Anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories, including the entire contents (bar two James Sallis stories) of The Nature of the Catastrophe (Hutchinson 1971), the entire contents of The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition Harrap/Grafton 1987), nine further stories in the canon (three by Moorcock), the complete comic strip from International Times, and an excellent article/bibliography by John Davey putting it all in context. Recommended (PSP). A trade paperback edition (-040-9, £10.99) is also available. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.

The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-85487-228-1, Oct ’93, £5.99, 518pp, tp); Anthology of 26 stories about zombies. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

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