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Hawkmoon Michael Moorcock (Millennium 1-85798-437-4, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, v+646pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Runestaff]; Reprint (Millennium 1992) fantasy omnibus of the Dorian Hawkmoon quartet. Volume 3 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. These are the 1977 DAW revisions, further (slightly) revised for this new paperback edition.

Von Bek Michael Moorcock (Millennium 1-85798-436-6, Jun ’95, £5.99, 646pp, pb) [Von Bek]; Reprint (Millennium 1992) omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars and the revised “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”. Volume 1 in ‘The Tale of the Eternal Champion’. This edition has been slightly revised again from the Millennium original.

Close to the Bone Mark Morris (Piatkus 0-7499-0277-9, Feb ’95, £15.99, 255pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder); Collection of 11 horror stories with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell.

The Alabaster Hand And Other Ghost Stories A. N. L. Munby (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-03-6, Jun ’95, £16.00, xxi+132pp, hc, cover by Rachel A. Crittenden); Reprint (Dobson 1949) ghost collection. Limited to 250 copies. This edition has a Foreword by Barbara & Christopher Roden, and an Introduction by Michael Cox. A world-wide edition available in the US for $25.50.

Famous Monsters Kim Newman (Pocket UK 0-671-85300-7, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, xv+448pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie); Collection of 15 horror, fantasy and SF short stories.

Shadows of the Future: H G Wells, Science Fiction and Prophecy Patrick Parrinder (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-449-3, Jul ’95 [Aug ’95], £15.00, xii+170pp, tp); Non-fiction, criticism. This views Wells’ early and seminal SF works in the context of his whole career. Most of the book was previously published as essays, all being revised for this edition. A hardcover edition (-439-6, £27.50) was announced but not seen. [H. G. Wells]

The Gormenghast Trilogy Mervyn Peake (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Mar ’95 [May ’95], £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast]; Reissue (Viking Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus of the three classic novels.

Dread and Delight: A Century of Children’s Ghost Stories ed. Philippa Pearce (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield); Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors.

The Oxford Book of Scary Tales ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press 0-19-278110-3, Sep ’95 [Dec ’95], £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley); Reprint (Oxford University Press 1992) anthology of more than three dozen horror, ghost and fantasy stories aimed at pre-teenagers, but including work for older readers and adults.

Aliens Omnibus Edition Steve Perry (Millennium 1-85798-413-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 555pp, pb, cover by Denis Beauvais & Dave Dorman) [Aliens]; SF omnibus of the first two novelisations in the Dark Horse Comics ’Aliens’ series: Aliens: Earth Hive and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum. The books are separately paginated, and the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One.

Aliens vs. Predator: Prey/Hunter’s Planet Steve & Stephani Perry & David Bischoff (Millennium 1-85798-419-6, Aug ’95, £5.99, viii+526pp, pb, cover by Nelson DeCastro & John Bolton) [Aliens vs. Predator]; Omnibus of the first two novelisations in this series. The books are separately paginated.

Monster and Die Softly Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61685-7, Mar ’95, £3.99, 362pp, pb); Omnibus of the two novels - one SF/horror, and a thriller of associational interest. The books are separately paginated.

Horror Stories ed. Susan Price (Kingfisher 1-85697-187-2, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor); Young-adult horror anthology of 24 stories, ranging from Poe, Dickens, and Blackwood to Philip K. Dick, T.H. White, and Stephen King. Illustrated by Harry Horse. A hardcover edition (-321-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.

Lady Stanhope’s Manuscript and Other Supernatural Tales ed. Barbara Roden (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-01-X, Dec ’94 [Apr ’95], £5.00, 55pp, ph, cover by Pat Walsh); Anthology of 5 original ghost/supernatural tales, with an Introduction by the editor, and illustrations by Walsh, Goffin, Maloret and Hunter. Issued as a booklet in card covers.

Two Ghost Stories L. T. C. Rolt (BC Enterprises 1-899562-00-1, Nov ’94 [Apr ’95], £5.50, iv+16pp, tp); Collection of two stories, plus an Introduction by Christopher Roden. Edited by Christopher and Barbara Roden, it was produced for The Ghost Story Society Convention in 1994. A card-covered booklet, with illustrations by Dallas Goffin.

Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and its Precursors ed. David Seed (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-418-3, Mar ’95 [Aug ’95], £12.25, xvi+225pp, tp, cover by Grandville); Non-fiction, criticism. Eleven essays, most original, on fantastic fiction between the 17th and early-20th centuries. A hardcover edition (-348-9, £27.50) was announced but not seen.

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