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The Giant Book of Best New Horror ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell (Magpie 1-85487-193-5, 1993 [May ’93], £10.95, xv+619pp, tp); Horror anthology. A “distillation” of the best of the first three volumes of Best New Horror.


A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories ed. Marvin & Saralee Kaye (Little Brown UK 0-316-90565-8, Oct ’93, £15.99, 381pp, hc); Reprint (Doubleday 1981 as Ghosts) anthology of ghost stories. This edition omits 12 stories, two poems and all four appendices. [First U.K. edition]


Sugar Sleep ed. Chris Kenworthy (Barrington 1-897729-01-4, Apr ’93, £4.50, 125pp, pb); Original anthology of 13 “slipstream” stories.


The Sun Rises Red ed. Chris Kenworthy (Barrington 1-897729-00-6, Oct ’92 [Jan ’93], £3.95, 117pp, tp); Original anthology of seven “left-wing” sf stories.


In the Country of Tattooed Men Garry Kilworth (Grafton 0-586-21498-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell); Collection of 20 sf/fantasy/horror stories, two of which appear to be original. Recommended (PSP).


Dean Koontz Omnibus Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0805-0, Jul ’93, £7.99, 792pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts); Horror omnibus of Cold Fire, The Face of Fear, and The Mask.


Out Are the Lights and Other Tales Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3581-3, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor); Collection of the title novel (NEL 1982) and five short stories, previously uncollected.


The Earthsea Quartet Ursula K. Le Guin (Puffin 0-14-034803-4, Jun ’93, £6.99, 691pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea]; Young-adult fantasy omnibus. The first appearance of all four novels in a single volume.


Nightshades - Thirteen Journeys into Shadow Tanith Lee (Headline 0-7472-0877-8, Nov ’93, £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski); Collection of an original short novel, Nightshade, and 12 short stories, most previously uncollected.


Cold Cuts ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley (Alun Books 0-907117-63-5, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], £5.99, 147pp, tp); Original anthology featuring 17 Welsh-based horror stories.


Death on Dorado John Light (Overspace Books, 1992 [Feb ’93], £1.50, 94pp, ph, cover by Sean R. Friend); Sf novella.


Evolution Annie and Other Stories Rosaleen Love (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4343-6, Apr ’93, £6.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Bee Willey); Collection of 11 literary sf and fantasy stories, two original.


Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920 - 1935 H. P. Lovecraft (Creation Press 1-871592-18-6, Feb ’93, £9.95, 355pp, tp, cover by Robert Taylor); Collection of 21 of Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu Mythos” stories, plus one poem and a Mythos story by Hazel Heald, edited by James Havoc and introduced by Colin Wilson.


Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi Brian Lumley (Roc UK 0-14-017302-1, Jan ’93, £4.99, 278pp, pb); Collection of 13 horror stories, with introductions by the author. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.


The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales ed. Alison Lurie (Oxford University Press 0-19-214218-6, May ’93 [Jun ’93], £17.95, xviii+455pp, hc, cover by Maxfield Parrish); Massive anthology of “fairy tales” by authors ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Philip K. Dick. Recommended (PSP). Simultaneous with the US (Oxford) edition.


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