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Far Frontiers Vol. VII/Winter 1986 ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & Jim Baen (Baen 0-671-65606-6, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 279pp, pb); Original anthology of 11 stories.

Night Moves Tim Powers (Axolotl Press, Jul ’86, 40pp, pb); Fantasy novelette. Also available in a limited hardcover edition.

Ghosts at Large Susan Price (Puffin 0-14-032021-0, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £1.25, 96pp, pb); Reprint (Faber 1984) juvenile collection of ghost stories.

The Ghost Within Alison Prince (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-52140-1, Mar ’86, £1.50, 128pp, pb); Reprint (Methuen 1984) collection of young-adult ghost stories.

Tales of the Dead ed. Bill Pronzini (Crown/Bonanza 0-517-61818-4, 1986 [Oct ’86], $11.95, 711pp, hc); Slightly altered reprint of The Arbor House Necropolis anthology (Arbor House 1981), which had one more story- “White Rabbit” by Joe R. Lansdale. This has 37 tales of terror.

Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-699-X, 1985 [Jan ’86], $8.98, 597pp, hc); Reprint (Arbor House 1981 as The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural) anthology. Omits one story, “Mass Without Voices” by Arthur L. Samuels, in order to make it an abridgement of the original. This is an instant remainder book.

Tales from the Weird Zone: Book 1 Jim Razzi (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-63240-X, Dec ’86, $2.50, 69pp, pb); Collection of juvenile fantasy stories.

The Revenge of the Senior Citizens**Plus Kit Reed (Doubleday 0-385-19315-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $12.95, 190pp, hc); Collection of 16 short stories and one novella.

Doc Savage Omnibus, Vol. 1 Kenneth Robeson (Bantam 0-553-25947-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 373pp, pb) [Doc Savage]; Omnibus edition of four fantasy adventures from the original Doc Savage magazine.

Kaeti & Company Keith Roberts (Kerosina Books 0-948893-00-1, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £25.00, 224 + 12pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks]; Signed, numbered, limited edition of 200 copies of a time travel short story cycle featuring Kaeti Fredericks. This edition adds a laid in pamphlet containing the story “Kaeti’s Apocalypse”.

The Lordly Ones Keith Roberts (Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Aug ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc); Collection.

The Planet on the Table Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor 0-312-93595-1, Jul ’86 [May ’86], $14.95, 241pp, hc); Collection of 8 stories plus an introduction, by one of the best of the newer writers. Several of these are award nominees.

Callahan’s Secret Spider Robinson (Berkley 0-425-09082-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 172pp, pb) [Callahan’s Place]; Collection of 4 more adventures set in Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, third book in the series.

More Adventures of Samurai Cat Mark E. Rogers (Tor 0-812-55248-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $9.95, 127pp, pb) [Samurai Cat]; Humorous fantasy work with three stories and lots of illustrations by the author in color and b&w, sequel to Samurai Cat.

The Book of the Dead ed. Alan K. Russell (New Orchard 1-85079-035-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 384pp, hc); Anthology of 13 stories of the supernatural by Dickens, Le Fanu, Poe, etc. According to the dustjacket, Alan K. Russell is “the pseudonym of a well-known international publisher.”

The Tale and Its Master Michael Rutherford (Spring Harbor 0-935891-00-5, 1986 [May ’86], $6.50, 64pp, pb); Fantasy novella of an ambitious apprentice storyteller; witty and well told. (FCM)

Quadriphobia Alan Ryan (Doubleday 0-385-19839-6, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $12.95, 184pp, hc); Collection of four fantasy horror stories using different genres as backgrounds — a detective story, a gothic romance, a jungle adventure, and a Western. Three of them seem to be originals.

Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan (Doubleday 0-385-19558-3, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $12.95, 178pp, hc); Original anthology of 13 horror stories.

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 12 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-88677-163-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 226pp, pb); Anthology of 11 stories from 1985 including the Locus Award winner “Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison and the excellent “Flight” by Peter Dickinson. There is also a summation of the year in fantasy.

Dark Imaginings Tedd Salay (Victor Crofansonicus, 1986 [Aug ’86], 42pp, pb); Memorial collection of horror stories and poetry by a Czechoslovakian writer. Translated by Nadia Nesmerakova.

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