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Battle of Dorking & When William Came George Tomkyns Chesney & Saki (Oxford University Press 0-19-283285-9, May ’97, £5.99, xxii+182pp, tp, cover by David Axtell); Collection of two famous early stories about Future War between Britain and Germany: an 1871 novella, and a novel from 1913. There is an Introduction by I.F. Clarke.

The Man Who Was Thursday and Related Pieces G. K. Chesterton (Oxford University Press 0-19-282359-0, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, xlvi+194pp, tp); Collection of the classic fantasy novel (Arrowsmith, 1907) and some related works. Edited and with an Introduction by Stephen Medcalf.

Shocks Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (The British Fantasy Society 0-952-41532-1, Dec ’97, £6.00, 59pp, ph); Collection of four dark fantasy stories, with an introduction by David J. Howe. Issued free to BFS Members with the December 1997 mailing.

The Great War with Germany, 1890-1914: Fictions and Fantasies of the War-to-come ed. I. F. Clarke (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-642-9, Oct ’97, £14.99, xvi+440pp, tp, cover by Michael Mattingley); Anthology of SF stories and extracts published in Britain and Germany at the turn of the last century, Second in the five-volume series, “Future-War Fiction, 1763-2001” after The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914.

Aliens to Earth ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-443-X, Mar ’97, £1.00, 71pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore); Young-adult anthology of five original SF stories by authors including Eric Brown and Douglas Hill.

Bad Dreams ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-452-9, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb); Young-adult anthology of six original horror stories by authors including Ann Halam.

Spine Chillers ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-454-5, Mar ’97, £1.00, 73pp, pb); Young-adult anthology of six original ghost stories.

Time-Watch ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-450-2, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb); Young-adult anthology of six original SF stories of ‘The Past and the Future’. Authors include Stephen Bowkett.

Weird and Wonderful ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-446-4, Mar ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb); Young-adult anthology of six original weird stories.

The Shrouded Mirror Louise Cooper (Puffin 0-14-038218-6, Sep ’96 [Jan ’97], £2.99, 91pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Dark Enchantment]; Dark fantasy novel. In the “Dark Enchantment” series.

The Roald Dahl Treasury Roald Dahl (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04691-8, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £19.99, 444pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake); Associational collection of stories, extracts, autobiography and letters, including the complete text (and illustrations) of four of his children’s books and 8 items never previously published. Simultaneous with the US (Viking) edition.

Jonathan’s Ghost Terrance Dicks (Piccadilly 1-85340-462-4, 1997 [Nov ’97], £4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter); Young-adult omnibus of three ghost novellas: Spitfire Summer (1989); The School Spirit (1989), and Jonathan and the Superstar (1991). Illustrated by Adriano Gon. A hardcover edition (-428-4) was announced but not seen.

Running on Ice Berlie Doherty (Mammoth 0-7497-2873-6, Nov ’97, £4.50, 117pp, tp, cover by Emma Cabrera); Young-adult collection of eight genre and mainstream stories.

Monsieur Shoushana’s Lemon Trees Patricia Duncker (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-572-5, Aug ’97, £9.99, x+197pp, tp, cover by Oscar Zarate); Collection of 13 lesbian/feminist stories, including the fantasy novella, “The Arrival Matters” (from Insides Out: A Trio, 1997) and other surreal and related works. Several are original.

Distant Voices Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649613-X, Oct ’97, £5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell); Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) collection of 30 stories, a majority with fantastic elements.

A Night with Mephistopheles: Selected Works Henry Ferris (Tartarus Press 1-872621-26-0, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £20.00, 254pp, hc); Collection of ghost stories and essays, including one originally ascribed to J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA.

Recluse Derek M. Fox (Tanjen 0-9527183-0-8, 1996 [Mar ’97], £3.50, 86pp, tp, cover by Madeleine V. Finnegan); Horror novella. Published in 1996, but not seen until now.

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