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Shivers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-919-3, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £13.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey); Anthology of 16 stories, including six originals by authors such as Stephen Gallagher & Richard Adams; plus a rare reprint of a Terry Pratchett story.

Year of the Cat: The Trilogy Zoe Daniels (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675122-9, Oct ’95, £5.99, vi+714pp, pb) [Year of the Cat]; Young-adult horror omnibus of Year of the Cat Book One: The Dream, Book Two: The Hunt, and Book Three: The Amulet, each original in Berkley, 1995.

The Dreaming Child and other stories Isak Dinesen (Penguin 0-14-600033-1, Jul ’95, 60p, 87pp, pb); Collection of three weird stories, all from Winter’s Tales, 1942. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.

Utopian and Science Fiction By Women: Worlds of Difference ed. Jane L. Donawerth & Carol A. Kolmerten (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-279-2, Oct ’94 [Aug ’95], £15.00, xxi+260pp, tp); Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1994) non-fiction, criticism. Collection of 12 essays on SF by female authors. Published in 1994, but not seen until now. A hardcover edition (-269-5, £27.50) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

The Lost World and The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0822-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, vii+291pp, tp, cover by John Martin) [Prof. Challenger]; Reprint (Eyre 1950) omnibus of the two classic Professor Challenger novels.

Axiomatic Greg Egan (Millennium 1-85798-416-1, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £8.99, 289pp, tp); Collection of 18 SF stories, including two originals. A hardcover edition (-281-9, £15.99) is also available.

13 Again ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic UK 0-590-55914-1, Jul ’95, £4.99, 361pp, pb); Original anthology of 13 horror stories by Masterton, Greenland, Kilworth, Gross, Tuttle, and others.

Star Trek: Log Seven / Log Eight / Log Nine / Log Ten Alan Dean Foster (Pocket UK 0-671-85405-4, Jun ’95, £5.99, 782pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Star Trek Log]; Omnibus of four novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series: Star Trek Log Seven (Ballantine 1976), Star Trek Log Eight (Ballantine 1976), Star Trek Log Nine (Ballantine 1977) and Star Trek Log Ten (Del Rey 1978). The last novelisation (of a Larry Niven story) is paginated separately and was not included in the US omnibus (Ballantine Del Rey 1993) of Star Trek Logs 7-9.

Flesh Wounds Christopher Fowler (Warner UK 0-7515-1431-4, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 275pp, pb); Dark fantasy collection of 14 stories, mostly original.

Spirite and the Coffee Pot Théophile Gautier (Dedalus 1-873982-96-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £6.99, 181pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber); Reprint (Appleton 1877) literary fantasy novel Spirite (1866) plus short story ‘The Coffee Pot’ (1831). All newly translated by Patrick Jenkins.

The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame (Methuen 0-416-19235-1, Mar ’95 [May ’95], £8.99, 61pp, hc, cover by C. H. Shepard); Reprint (Holiday House 1938) juvenile fantasy novella, illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Originally published in Dream Days, 1898.

Five Letters from an Unknown Empire Alasdair Gray (Penguin 0-146-00044-7, Jul ’95, 60p, 54pp, pb, cover by Alasdair Gray); Fantasy novella, originally in Words magazine, 1979. Subtitled: ‘describing Etiquette, Government, Irrigation, Education, Clogs, Kites, Rumour, Poetry, Justice, Massage, Town-Planning, Sex and Ventriloquism in an Obsolete Nation’. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.

Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films ed. Peter Haining (Severn House 0-7278-4853-4, Nov ’95, £15.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Anthology of 12 stories and an excerpt. Several are the basis of films.

Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films ed. Peter Haining (Severn House 0-7278-4790-2, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], £15.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Anthology of ten stories and novel excerpts which lie behind many well-known movies: Heinlein, Bradbury, Von Braun, Moore, Clarke, Dick, King, Barker (not SF), Nolan (a piece taken from the sequel to the filmed book) and a Blish adaptation which has no connection to any of the films. Each piece has a background introduction by Haining.

The Vampire Omnibus ed. Peter Haining (Orion 1-85797-684-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £8.99, 497pp, tp, cover by Button Design Co.); Anthology of more than 30 pieces — stories, excerpts and dramatisations — published between 1828 and the present day, including several originals. Peter Haining prefaces each piece with its publishing history and a biography of each author. A hardcover edition (-694-0, £15.99) is also available.

Vampire Twins: A Trilogy Janice Harrell (Lions 0-00-675111-3, Jul ’95, £5.99, 905pp, pb) [Vampire Twins]; Young-adult horror omnibus of the first three books about teenage vampire twins: Bloodline, Bloodlust, and Bloodchoice (all HarperPaperbacks, 1994). The novels are separately paginated.

Northern Chills ed. Graeme Hurry (Kimota 0-9523439-0-8, 1994 [Feb ’95], £4.50, 99pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna); Anthology of 5 ghost stories, illustrated by various artists. A hardcover edition (-1-6) was announced but not seen.

The Haunted Dolls’ House and other stories M. R. James & Robert Louis Stevenson (Penguin 0-14-600018-8, Jul ’95, 60p, 56pp, pb); Anthology of three stories, two by James, one by Stevenson. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.

The Best New Horror: Volume Six ed. Stephen Jones (Raven 1-85487-421-7, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £6.99, 448pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey); Anthology of the best dark fantasy stories of 1994, plus an informative and lengthy Introduction, and a Necrology of authors and artists who died in the year.

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