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Out There Perry Brass (Belhue Press 0-9627123-4-5, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], $10.95, 184pp, tp); Gay dark fantasy/occult collection of seven stories.

Otherness David Brin (Bantam Spectra -0553-29528-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Donato); Collection of 13 stories, one apparently original, plus four non-fiction pieces and story notes by Brin. First American edition (Orbit 1994).

Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg (HarperPrism 0-06-105312-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $11.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Mel Odom); Original anthology of 20 tales of vampiric erotica.

Teller of Tales William J. Brooke (HarperCollins 0-06-023399-0, Sep ’94, $15.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Eric Beddows); Young-adult collection of six perversely retold fairy tales.

Double Feature Emma Bull & Will Shetterly (NESFA Press 0-915368-99-4, Feb ’94 [Apr ’94], $17.95, 264pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg); Collection of ten stories by Bull and Shetterly (one a collaboration), plus two essays by Bull and an introduction by Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden. This is a 815-copy limited edition. A 175-copy signed numbered slipcased edition (-54-4, $30.00) and a ten-copy lettered edition were announced but not seen. Available from NESFA, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203. Please add $2 shipping US, $4 international shipping.

Bunch! David R. Bunch (Broken Mirrors Press 1-880910-00-4, Apr ’93 [Jan ’94], $8.95, 158pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller); Collection of 32 stories, one original, with an introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Appeared earlier in 1993, but we missed listing it. Available from Broken Mirrors Press, PO Box 380473, Cambridge MA 02238.

Four Shadowings Donald R. Burleson (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-59-3, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.95, 43pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox); Collection of four macabre tales, with illustrations by Robert H. Knox. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.

Genuinely Inspired Primitive Cliff Burns (Cliff Burns, 1993 [May ’94], $4.95, 49pp, tp, cover by Sharon Harmon Burns); Collection of macabre and fantastic vignettes and prose poems. Available from the author, Box 478, Iqaluit, NWT X0A 0H0, Canada.

Tainted Treats R. Payne Cabeen (Streamline Pictures 1-57300-052-3, Dec ’94, $12.95, 190pp, tp, cover by R. Payne Cabeen); Collection of three short stories, one novella, and five poems of horror and macabre humor, with illustrations by divers artists including the author. A limited edition (-051-5, $22.95) was also announced but has not been seen. Available from Streamline Enterprises, 2908 Nebraska Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90404.

The Guide Ramsey Campbell (Edition Phantasia 3-924959-26-9, 1994 [Sep ’94], 50/58pp, hc); Horror short story that originally appeared in the anthology Post Mortem (and in the collection Waking Nightmares), with an introduction by the author. This is a bilingual German/English edition designed a la the Ace Doubles, English on one side and German on the other. With new illustrations by J.K. Potter and German artist Herbert Brandmeier. Translated into German by Joachim Korber. Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Available in the US from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.

Scream for Jeeves: A Parody P. H. Cannon (Wodecraft Press 0-940-88460-7, Jun ’94, $7.50, 86pp, tp, cover by J. C. Eckhardt); Collection of three parodies that place P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Bertie Wooster squarely in the middle of Lovecraft stories, such as “The Rats in the Walls.” There is also a long essay on Wodehouse, Lovecraft, and Arthur Conan Doyle, with illustrations by J.C. Eckhardt. A hardcover edition (-88461-5, $20.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.

Homecoming: Harmony Orson Scott Card (SFBC #02627, Mar ’94, $14.98, 819pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) [Homecoming]; Sf omnibus of the first three books in the “Homecoming” series, The Memory of Earth (Tor 1992), The Call of Earth (Tor 1993), and The Ships of Earth (Tor 1994). This lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Don’t Open the Door After the Sun Goes Down: Tales of the Real and Unreal Al Carusone (Clarion Books 0-395-65225-1, Aug ’94, $13.95, 83pp, hc, cover by Andrew Glass); Young-adult collection of nine macabre tales, with illustrations by Andrew Glass.

The Watchers at the Well Jack L. Chalker (SFBC #031914, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $14.95, 791pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Well of Souls]; Omnibus of three “Well World” novels: Echoes of the Well of Souls (Del Rey 1994), Shadow of the Well of Souls (Del Rey 1994), and Gods of the Well of Souls (Del Rey 1994).

Hotel Andromeda ed. Jack L. Chalker (Ace 0-441-00010-X, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by John Steven Gurney); Original anthology of 12 stories set in interstellar hotels.

Thrillers ed. Richard T. Chizmar (CD Publications 1-881475-05-0, Jan ’94, $25.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Charles Lang); Original anthology of fiction by Rex Miller (one novella), Nancy A. Collins (four stories), Chet Williamson (a novella and a short story), & Ardath Mayhar (one novella). Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, and afterwords by the authors, plus interior illustrations by Keith Minnion. A 500-copy signed numbered slipcased edition ($60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237.

The Earth Strikes Back ed. Richard Chizmar (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-40-6, Dec ’94, $18.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Arnie Fenner); Original anthology of 20 stories of ecological horror. Authors include Dan Simmons, Poppy Z. Brite, Charles de Lint, Thomas F. Monteleone, and Hugh B. Cave. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.

Nameless Sins Nancy A. Collins (Gauntlet Publications 0-9629659-7-9, Nov ’94 [Dec ’94], $60.00, 430pp, hc, cover by Joe Christ); Collection of 24 stories, three original to this collection. Signed, limited, slipcased edition with an introduction by Joe Lansdale and an afterword by Neil Gaiman.

Metaworlds: Best Australian Science Fiction ed. Paul Collins (Penguin Australia 0-14-023766-6, 1994 [May ’94], A$14.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus); Anthology of 12 Australian SF stories.

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