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Tales of Terror from Blackwood’s Magazine ed. Robert Morrison & Chris Baldick (Oxford University Press 0-19-282366-3, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Antoine Wiertz); Anthology of 17 gothic horror tales from Blackwell’s Edinburgh Magazine.

Boy in Darkness Mervyn Peake (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68323-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99, 115pp, hc, cover by P. J. Lynch) [Gormenghast]; Fantasy novella about Titus Groan, originally published in the anthology Sometime, Never in 1956. This is its first separate publication. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.

The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press 0-19-278146-4, Sep ’96 [Dec ’96], £12.99, viii+216pp, hc); Young-adult dark fantasy anthology of 24 stories, 6 original.

Aliens: Omnibus Edition: The Female War/Genocide Steve Perry (Millennium 1-85798-454-4, Jan ’96, £5.99, 585pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) [Aliens]; Omnibus of Books 3 and 4 in the series. The cover title is Aliens: Omnibus Volume 2.

Karaoke and Cold Lazarus Dennis Potter (Faber and Faber 0-571-17478-7, Apr ’96, £9.99, xvi+392pp, tp); Collection of 2 teleplays, a contempoary thriller, and its SF sequel set in the year 2368. There is an introduction by the late author. Respecting his final requests, these films are being broadcast respectively on BBC and Channel 4 from 28 April 1996, then repeated on the other channel.

The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy ed. Wiesiek Powaga (Dedalus 1-873982-90-9, Mar ’96, £9.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Jaceck Malczewski); Literary fantasy anthology of 19 stories and excerpts from novels, written between the 18th century, and today. All have been newly translated by the editor, Wiesiek Powaga.

The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon (Vintage UK 0-09-953261-1, Jun ’96, £5.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Paul Burgess); Reprint (Lippincott 1966) literary fantasy novella.

Forgotten Ghosts: The Supernatural Anthologies of Hugh Lamb ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-14-1, Apr ’96 [Jul ’96], £8.00, 68pp, ph, cover by Pat Walsh); Anthology of 5 stories, with a Foreword by the editors, and a long introductory essay by Mike Ashley. Limited to 350 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $16.00.

Sleep No More L. T. C. Rolt (Alan Sutton 0-7509-1157-3, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, xi+129pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw); Reprint (Constable 1948) collection of 14 ghost stories, with a new introduction by Susan Hill.

Sleep No More: Twelve Stories of the Supernatural L. T. C. Rolt (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-09-5, Jan ’96 [Jul ’96], £19.00, xx+168pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe); Reprint (Constable 1948) fantasy/ghost collection. Expanded by the addition of an article and an essay on Rolt. There is a new Introduction by Christopher Roden. Illustrated by Paul Lowe. Limited to 400 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $32.00.

The Executor and Other Ghost Stories David G. Rowlands (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-11-7, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xiv+285pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters); Collection of 40 stories, 3 original, including the complete contents of The Living and the Dead (1991). There is a new Introduction by Rowlands. Limited to 400 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00.

Randalls Round Eleanor Scott (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-08-7, Feb ’96 [Jul ’96], £19.00, xvi+139pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters); Reprint (Ernest Benn 1929) collection of supernatural stories, with a new Introduction by Richard Dalby. Illustrated with photographs of the author (whose real name was Helen Leys). Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $32.00.

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 4: The Road to Nightfall Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21372-4, Jul ’96, £6.99, 347pp, tp); SF collection of 21 stories, all from the 1950s, including his first published story, “Gorgon Planet”. Silverberg’s own selection of the most worthy items from his incredibly prolific first decade, they are all dark, chilly and bitter, more representative of the artist Silverberg would become than examples of the slam-bang adventures that made him so popular at the time.

The Pavilion of Frozen Women S. P. Somtow (Gollancz 0-575-06120-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 272pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler); Collection of 8 SF, fantasy, and mainstream stories.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories R. L. Stevenson (Everyman 0-460-87792-5, Jul ’96 [Oct ’96], £1.99, xx+252pp, pb, cover by S. G. Hulme Beaman); Reissue (Everyman 1992) thrift edition of a collection of 8 stories. Edited and with an Introduction by Claire Harman.

Point Horror 1: The R.L. Stine Special Edition R. L. Stine (Scholastic UK 0-590-54286-9, Oct ’96, £6.99, 378pp, hc); Young-adult horror omnibus of Babysitter 1, Babysitter 2, Babysitter 3.

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