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The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales Richard Cowper (Kerosina, Nov ’86, included with limited edition novel, pb); Booklet containing three original ghost stories included with the signed, limited, numbered edition of Shades of Darkness.

The Road to Corlay Richard Cowper (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8195-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.25, 202pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship]; Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel, Vol. 1 of “The White Bird of Kinship”. This edition adds the story “Piper at the Gates of Dawn”, not in the Gollancz or Pan editions.

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5, Oct ’86, £12.95, 504pp, hc); Anthology.

Continent Jim Crace (Heinemann 0-434-14824-5, Sep ’86 [1986], £4.95, 144pp, hc); Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition.

What Niall Saw Brian Cullen (St. Martin’s 0-312-86613-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $11.95, 89pp, hc); Novella in diary form of a young Irish schoolboy and nuclear holocaust, framed with archeological notes on the finding of the diary. First American edition (Sphere 1985).

Roald Dahl’s Completely Unexpected Tales Roald Dahl (Penguin 0-14-009820-8, Sep ’86, £2.95, 405pp, pb); Omnibus collecting Dahl’s bizarre short stories. Highly recommended. (SJ)

65 Great Spine Chillers ed. Mary Danby (Octopus 0-7064-1848-4, 1985 [May ’86], $8.95, 670pp, hc); Reissue (Octopus 1982) horror anthology from a British-based “instant remainder” publisher; 2nd printing. This edition appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.

Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby (Octopus 0-86273-244-1, 1985 [May ’86], $8.95, 796pp, hc); This horror anthology from a British-based “instant remainder” publisher appeared in 1985, but we missed it.

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