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After Dark: The Half Dead Garry Disher & Shaun Tan (Lothian 0-85901-848-0, 1997 [1998], A$6.95, 48pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan); Young-adult horror story by Garry Disher, with illustrations by Shaun Tan.

Devilish Doings ed. Frank J. Finamore (Random House/Gramercy 0-517-18504-0, 1997, $10.98, 240pp, hc); Anthology of 20 devil stories.

Macabre Delights & Twisted Tales John B. Ford (B.J.M. Press, 1997, £3.00, 80pp, A5, cover by Colin Langeveld); Fantasy/horror collection.

A Feast of Stories by Britain’s Favourite Authors ed. Clare Francis & Ondine Upton (Pan 0-330-34492-7, 1997 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 511pp, pb); Anthology of stories published in aid of ME research. Only genre stories listed.

The Book of Unicorns Jackie French (HarperCollinsAustralia/Angus & Robertson 0-207-19115-8, 1997 [1998], A$10.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Bernard Rosa); Young-adult, original collection of six fantasy stories.

The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories ed. Ken Gelder (Oxford University Press 0-19-553955-9, Jan ’97 [May ’97], £11.99, xviii+294pp, tp); Reprint (Oxford University Press Melbourne 1994) ghost collection. The original Australian edition with a UK sticker. [First U.K. edition]

Softlight Sins Peter Hamilton (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’97, no price, ph, cover by Dave Mooring); Reprint short story issued in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, to coincide with Hamilton’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 27.

The Rose of Death and Other Mysterious Delusions Julian Hawthorne (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-32-X, Jul ’97, C$51.00, xlii+183pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering); Collection of eight of Julian Hawthorne’s best supernatural tales, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, who also contributes an extensive introductory monograph. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50.

Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones (Vista 0-575-60166-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 351pp, pb); Associational anthology of memoirs, subtitled “TRUE encounters with the paranormal by masters of the macabre”.

Endorphins Nancy Kilpatrick (Macabre, Inc., 1997, tp)

The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction ed. Peter Krantz (Picador, 1997 [Nov ’97], tp); Anthology of Scottish writing. Only one item of relevance.

The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent: Early Stories and Commentary Joe R. Lansdale (Subterranean Press 0-9649890-2-6, 1997, 310pp, hc, cover by Mark A. Nelson); Collection of 34 stories, 16 never before published. Limited to 600 numbered copies, signed by Lansdale. Also available in a limited edition of 26 lettered, slipcased, leatherbound copies which include a “vintage” photo of the author recessed in the front, and an original rejection slip received by Lansdale in the late ’70s or early ’80s.

Murmurous Haunts Bentley Little (Dark Regions Press, 1997, $5.95, 81pp, ph)

Something Occurred; Bennie on the Loose Seán Mac Roibin (Albedo One Publications, Sep ’97, 50p, 12pp, ph, cover by John Robbins); Collection of a short story and two comic strips, with art by John Robbins. Included with Albedo One #14, 1997.

Future Histories ed. Stephen McClelland (Horizon House 0-9530648-0-8, Jun ’97, 312pp, tp, cover by Kavita Bowry); Nokia-sponsored original anthology of interviews and short stories, published as a business gift and not on sale to the public.

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