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Point Horror 2: The Diane Hoh Special Edition Diane Hoh (Scholastic UK 0-590-54287-7, Oct ’96, £6.99, 378pp, hc); Young-adult horror omnibus of The Fever, Funhouse, and The Invitation.

Minor Arcana Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz 0-575-06325-4, Nov ’96, £16.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Splash); Collection of six stories, and the short novel, The True State of Affairs (from Everard’s Ride, NESFA Press, 1995).

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven ed. Stephen Jones (Raven 1-85487-464-0, Sep ’96, £6.99, 592pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey); Dark fantasy anthology of 25 stories and 1 poem.

Dark Terrors 2: The Gollancz Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz 0-575-06326-2, Oct ’96, £16.99, 379pp, hc); Dark fantasy anthology of 18 stories; 15 are original, while those by Barker, Ellison, and Straub are reprints.

Wraiths & Ringers A. F. Kidd (A. F. Kidd, 1995 [Mar ’96], no price, 52pp, ph); Collection of 10 ghost stories, most original.

Conference with the Dead: Tales of Supernatural Terror Terry Lamsley (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-10-9, Mar ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xii+231pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters); Dark fantasy collection of 10 stories, six being original. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00.

Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences ed. Andy Lane & Justin Richards (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20478-6, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who]; Collection of ten original stories based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

Cold Cuts II ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley (Alun Books 0-907117-68-6, 1994 [Nov ’96], £6.99, 168pp, tp); Original anthology of 19 horror stories. This was published in 1994, but has only just been seen.

Cold Cuts III ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley (Alun Books 0-907117-72-4, 1995 [Nov ’96], £6.99, 160pp, tp); Original anthology of 16 horror stories. This was published in 1995, but has only just been seen.

The Nightmare Factory Thomas Ligotti (Raven 1-85487-436-5, Jul ’96, £8.99, xxii+551pp, tp, cover by Eric Dinyer); Collection of 45 stories of dark fantasy, including the collection Grimscribe (1991), as well as selections from Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1986) and Noctuary (1994); and a sequence of new stories. Includes a foreword by Poppy Z. Brite. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

Nine Ghosts R. H. Malden (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-07-9, Dec ’95 [Jul ’96], £17.50, xiv+120pp, hc, cover by Rachel A. Crittenden); Reprint (Edward Arnold 1943) collection of ghost stories, with a new Introduction by David Rowlands. Limited to 300 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $29.00.

Faces of Fear Graham Masterton (Severn House 0-7278-4854-2, Jan ’96, £16.99, iv+309pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Collection of 8 dark fantasy stories.

The Invisible Country Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-06072-7, Sep ’96, £16.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Paul Young); Collection of nine reprint SF stories, including four set in the world of Fairyland. There is an Introduction by Kim Newman, and each story adds an afterword on its genesis.

Getting it in the Head Mike McCormack (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04087-1, Feb ’96, £9.99, 232pp, tp); Collection including horror and fantasy.

Elric of Melniboné Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75280-632-7, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £6.99, vi+690pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric]; Reprint (Millennium 1993) fantasy omnibus of three novels, Elric of Melniboné (1972), The Fortress of the Pearl (1989), Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976); plus 3 short stories. The works were revised for their 1993 Millennium edition, and are further corrected for this paperback. Volume 8 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.

Sailing to Utopia Michael Moorcock (Millennium 1-85798-306-8, Apr ’96, £6.99, iv+547pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Eternal Champion]; Reprint (Millennium 1993) omnibus of The Ice Schooner (Berkley 1969), The Black Corridor (Mayflower 1969), The Distant Suns (Unicorn Books 1975) and “Flux”. All have been further revised for this paperback edition. Volume 5 in ‘The Tale of the Eternal Champion’.

New Worlds No. 221 ed. Michael Moorcock (Jayde Design 0-9520074-2-8, Nov ’96, £10.00, 64pp, tp); Anthology in large magazine format, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Worlds magazine. Internally dated ‘Winter 1996’. Available from 45 St Marys Mansions, St Marys Terrace, London W2 1SH.

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