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Xizquil [#16, 1996] ed. Uncle River (Blue, AZ, $4.00, 64pp+, octavo, cover by Margaret B. Simon)

Zest [Issue 1, Winter 1997] ed. Ian Redman (Ian Redman, £2.00, 40pp, A5); Small press SF magazine. Available from Ian Redman, 61 Chilton Grove, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 4AW.

The Zone and Premonitions [No. 5, Spring 1997] ed. Tony Lee (Pigasus Press, £2.95, 68pp, A4, cover by Roddy Williams); Small press SF fiction magazine. Available from S.A. Publishing, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight, PO30 3AJ.

_SF in Non-Genre Publications [1997]

The Amber Flute of Oz Donald Abbott (Books of Wonder 0-929605-88-8, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], $9.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz]; Children’s fantasy novel set in L. Frank Baum’s “Oz”. Illustrated by Abbott. A hardcover limited edition (-89-6) with additional illustrations was announced but not seen.

Terminal Frights ed. Kenneth E. Abner, Jr. (Terminal Fright 0-9658135-2-5, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], $30.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Wayne Miller); Original anthology of 22 horror stories, each with a brief introduction about the author. Authors include Tom Piccirilli, Peter Crowther, and Yvonne Navarro. Order from Terminal Fright, PO Box 100, Black River NY 13612.

The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1998 ed. Jack Adrian (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-62-1, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], C$40.00, xv+82pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs); Anthology of 6 spooky stories by authors not usually associated with the genre, including W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Ransom, Ford Madox Ford, and Hilaire Belloc. This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $31.00 and in the UK for £19.00.

Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: The Fall of the Diversity Alliance Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (SFBC #02196, Apr ’98, $14.98, 598pp, hc, cover by Dave Dorman) [Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights]; Omnibus of five young-adult Star Wars novelizations: Shards of Alderaan (1997), Diversity Alliance (1997), Delusions of Grandeur (1997), Jedi Bounty (1997), and The Emperor’s Plague (1998). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-651-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (Baen 0-671-57774-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $5.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Hokas]; Reprint (Gnome Press 1957 as Earthman’s Burden) collection of eight stories in the humorous SF series about literal-minded alien teddy bears. This adds two stories previously collected in Hoka! (Wallaby 1983), but skips two others.

The Book of Irish Weirdness ed. Anon. (Sterling 0-8069-9936-5, Sep ’97 [Feb ’98], $12.95, 484pp, tp, cover by Philippe Lechien); Reprint (Quality Paperback Book Club 1995, not previously listed) anthology of 35 stories, some traditional, the majority by noted authors including Bram Stoker, Francis Marion Crawford, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, and Oscar Wilde.

The Crow: A Murder of Crows ed. Anon. (SFBC #18887, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $14.98, 679pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Crow]; Omnibus of three novelizations based on the comic book and movie: Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff, The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite, and Clash by Night by Chet Williamson (all HarperPrism 1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-830-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.

The Darkest Thirst ed. Anon. (Design Image Group 1-891946-00-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $15.95, tp); Original anthology of 16 vampire stories, one a reprint. Authors include Edo van Belkom, Robert Devereaux, and Barb Hendee. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; credit card orders 800-563-5455.

Don’t Read This! and Other Tales of the Unnatural ed. Anon. (Front Street 1-886910-22-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $15.95, 213pp, hc, cover by The Tjong Khing); Young-adult anthology of 11 horror stories by authors from around the world, including Margaret Mahy (Australia), Susan Cooper (UK), Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) and Uri Orlev (Israel). Illustrations by The Tjong Khing. Created in cooperation with the International Board of Books for Youth; originally published in Dutch as Lees dit niet en andere griezelverhalen (Lemniscaat 1997); translations from Dutch to English by Elisabeth Koolschijn. Order from Front Street Books, 20 Battery Park Ave. #403, Asheville NC 28801.

The Kiss of Death ed. Anon. (Design Image Group 1-891946-05-6, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], $15.95, 283pp, tp); Original anthology of 16 vampire stories, three reprint. Authors include Don D’Ammassa, Kyle Marffin, and Lynda Licina.

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