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Sisters of the Night ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg (Warner Aspect 0-446-67143-6, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $12.99, 277pp, tp); Original anthology of 14 stories about female vampires. Authors include M. John Harrison, Pat Cadigan, George Alec Effinger, and Larry Niven.

Warriors of the Way Harry Harrison & John Holm (SFBC #07397, Jul ’95 [May ’95], $14.98, 794pp, hc, cover by Ken Kelly) [Hammer and the Cross]; Omnibus of The Hammer and the Cross and One King’s Way. Holm, a pen name for Tom Shippey, is not credited on the jacket, but is listed on the copyright and title pages. This SFBC edition lacks a price and has both an SFBC number on the back jacket and an ISBN (1-56865-146-5) on the copyright page.

The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories ed. David Hartwell (Tor 0-812-55178-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen); Young-adult anthology of 12 classic literary ghost stories. This is copyrighted 1994 but was not previously issued to the trade.

Young Goodman Brown and Other Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne (Penguin 0-14-600094-3, Aug ’95, $.95, 89pp, tp, cover by Michael Sweerts); Collection of four gothic stories, some with supernatural elements. A “Penguin 60s” anniversary edition.

Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson Zenna Henderson (NESFA Press 0-915368-58-7, Apr ’95, $24.95, 577pp, hc, cover by Elizabeth Rhys Finney) [People]; Collection of 17 stories, one never before published, about “the People,” along with the bridging material from the collections Pilgrimage: the Book of the People and The People: No Different Flesh. This expands the earlier omnibus The People Collection (Corgi 1991). Includes a summary of the series by Henderson, a new introduction by Priscilla Olson, and a chronology of the stories by the editors. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; add $2.00 shipping.

Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37400-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $14.95, 486pp, tp, cover by Michael Parkes); Original anthology of 28 stories by authors including Michael Bishop, Patricia A. McKillip, Karen Joy Fowler, and Gene Wolfe.

The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse (Bantam 0-553-37776-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $12.95, 266pp, tp, cover by David Frampton); Collection of 22 fairy tales, most for the first time in English, translated and with an biographical introduction and notes by Jack Zipes. Also available in hardcover (-10023-8; $24.95).

The Other Door Karen Heuler (University of Missouri Press 0-8262-1041-4, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $16.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Stephanie Foley); Collection of 14 literary stories, eight original, described as “contemporary fables, at times venturing into fantasy” — and at times, not. Available from the University of Missouri Press, 2910 LeMone Blvd, Columbia MO 65201; 800-828-1894.

Common Threads Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Hypatia Press, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], $35.00, 443pp, hc); Collection of the dark fantasy novel The Thread That Binds the Bones (AvoNova 1993) with 14 short stories listed as another book, A Handful of Twist-Ties, which as far as we know, never appeared. There is an introduction by P.C. Hodgell, and illustrations by Alan M. Clark.

Virtual Girls: the Erotic Gems of Evan Hollander Evan Hollander (Circlet Press 1-885865-04-X, Aug ’95, $6.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Lee Seed); Collection of five erotic SF stories, one original. There is an introduction by Steve Dorfman, editor of Gent, in which most of these stories originally appeared. Hollander is a pen name of Edo van Belkom.

Bran Mak Morn Robert E. Howard (Baen 0-671-87705-4, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Bran Mak Morn]; Reprint (Dell 1969) collection of eight sword-and-sorcery stories about a Pict hero, with a new introduction by David Weber. This edition adds “The Gods of Bal-Sagoth”, which is not a Bran Mak Morn story.

Kull Robert E. Howard (Baen 0-671-87673-2, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 209pp, pb, cover by C. W. Kelly) [Kull]; Reprint (Bantam 1978) collection of 16 sword & sorcery stories (three as fragments) featuring Howard’s other barbarian hero. This is volume 2 in “The Robert E. Howard Library”. There is an introduction by David Drake, replacing the Offut introduction in the Bantam edition. This is slightly revised from the earlier King Kull (Lancer 1967) and drops the stories finished by Lin Carter.

Solomon Kane Robert E. Howard (Baen 0-671-87695-3, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by C. W. Kelly) [Solomon Kane]; Reprint (Grant 1968 as Red Shadows) collection of 13 stories and three poems about the 16th century adventurer. Third in Baen’s “Robert E. Howard Library” series. There is a new introduction by Ramsey Campbell discussing his completion of three of the stories in 1976. There is also a two-page fragment not in the original edition. The completed stories first appeared in the two-volume reprint of the original: Skulls in the Stars (1978) and The Hills of the Dead (1979).

Cormac Mac Art Robert E. Howard & David Drake (Baen 0-671-87651-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.99, 209pp, pb, cover by C. W. Kelly); Collection of sword and sorcery stories about Howard’s character Cormac Mac Art. There are two stories by Howard, a new novelette by Drake, and three stories finished from Howard’s fragments by Drake. Volume 1 in “The Robert E. Howard Library” of newly re-edited stories.

Northern Frights 3 ed. Don Hutchison (Mosaic Press 0-88962-589-1, Sep ’95 [Oct ’95], C$16.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Henry Van Der Linde); Anthology of 16 original and two reprint horror/dark fantasy stories, either set in Canada or written by Canadians. Order from Mosaic Press, PO Box 1032, Oakville ONT L6J 5E9 Canada. US price of $16.95 includes shipping; order from Mosaic Press, 85 River Rock Dr., Suite 202, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone/fax: 1-800-387-8992.

Magic: The Gathering: Distant Planes ed. Kathy Ice (HarperPrism 0-06-105313-9, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $12.00, 291pp, tp) [Magic: The Gathering]; Anthology of 15 stories based on the fantasy card game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

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