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My Spellbound Heart ed. Anon. (Zebra 0-8217-4731-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 381pp, pb); Original anthology of four fantasy romance novellas.

Tales from the Great Turtle ed. Piers Anthony & Richard Gilliam (Tor 0-312-85628-8, Nov ’94, $22.95, 396pp, hc); Original anthology of 29 fantasy stories in the Native American tradition, with an introduction by Piers Anthony and an afterword by Richard Gilliam. Authors include Piers Anthony, Jane Yolen, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Pamela Sargent.

Good Bones and Small Murders Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese 0-385-47110-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $20.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Amy C. King); Collection of 35 short pieces, mostly fiction and many SF or fantasy. Most of the pieces were previously published in two small-press collections in Canada.

Young Blood Mike Baker (Zebra 0-8217-4498-4, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 349pp, pb); Anthology of 29 horror stories, 24 original, all written by writers who were (at the time) no more than 30 years old.

"The Hoard of the Wizard Beast" and One Other Robert H. Barlow & H. P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-67-4, Nov ’94, $3.95, 29pp, ph); Chapbook collection of two stories written by Robert H. Barlow and considerably revised by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Hoard of the Beast” and the short-short story, “The Slaying of the Monster”. The stories themselves are minor, but the collection includes a detailed introduction by S.T. Joshi, and fascinating facsimile reproductions of the original manuscripts showing Lovecraft’s actual editing. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893; 401-828-7161.

Washed by a Wave of Wind ed. M. Shayne Bell (Signature Books 1-56085-038-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $18.95, 378pp, tp); Anthology of 20 fantasy and sf stories by writers from the “Corridor” (the area of original Mormon settlement around Utah), 17 apparently original. Available from Signature Books, 564 West 400 North, Salt Lake City UT 84116-3411.

Matter’s End Gregory Benford (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56898-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee); Collection of 21 stories, plus an afterword describing why he wrote them.

Doughnuts James P. Blaylock (A.S.A.P., Mar ’94, $50.00, 57pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks); Original fantasy short story, with an introduction by Lewis Shiner, an appreciation by Lucius Shepard, and an afterword by Tim Powers. There are interior photographic illustrations by Viki Blaylock, actual photographic prints glued onto the pages. This is a signed (by all authors, artist, and photographer) numbered 224-copy limited edition. A 26-copy lettered slipcased collectors edition ($200), to include a signed author photo and a handwritten original short-short by Blaylock, was announced but not seen. Available from A.S.A.P., 23852 Via Navarra, Mission Viejo CA 92691.

The Early Fears Robert Bloch (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-12-7, Mar ’94, $29.00, 514pp, hc, cover by Jon Arfstrom); Collection of 39 stories, an omnibus of Bloch’s first two collections, The Opener of the Way (Arkham House 1945) and Pleasant Dreams (Arkham House 1960) plus three stories that originally appeared in a 1991 issue of Weird Tales and a new introduction by the author. This edition is limited to 2,300 copies. A 100-copy signed slipcased limited edition (-13-5, $60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 700 Washington Ave., S.E., Suite 50, Minneapolis MN 55414.

The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells Ben Bova (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-600-8, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $16.95, 218pp, hc); Non-fiction, a guide to writing salable sf, including the complete text of four Bova short stories as examples.

The Watchmen Ben Bova (Baen 0-671-87598-1, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Star Watch]; Omnibus of two young-adult sf novels about the Star Watch, Star Watchman (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1964) and The Dueling Machine (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1969). With a new introduction by the author.

Queer Destinies: Erotic Science Fiction Stories Gary Bowen (Circlet Press 0-9633970-7-9, Jul ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.95, 56pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander); Pamphlet collection of four original gay male erotic SF & Fantasy stories. Available from Circlet Press, PO Box 15143, Boston MA 02215.

The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley (Warner Aspect 0-446-60140-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds); Anthology of 18 stories originally printed in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, plus an introduction and notes on each story/author by the editor.

Snows of Darkover ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley (DAW 0-88677-601-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Darkover]; Original anthology of 23 stories set in Bradley’s Darkover.

Sword & Sorceress XI ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley (DAW 0-88677-614-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 304pp, pb, cover by David Cherry); Original anthology of 33 fantasy stories.

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