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Doc Atlas: The Satan Plague/The Nemesis: Satan Plague II Michael A. Black & Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Books 0-936071-42-7, Oct ’98, $10.00, 64 + 45pp, tp, cover by Tim Faurote); Double-format anthology of two novelettes featuring pulp adventure heroes created (and stories copyrighted) by Michael A. Black. This has the ISBN above on the cover, and ISBN 1-58250-005-3 on both copyright pages. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.

The Complete John Silence Stories Algernon Blackwood (Dover 0-486-29942-2, 1997 [Feb ’98], $9.95, 246pp, tp) [John Silence]; Collection of six supernatural tales. Edited and with an introduction by S. T. Joshi. These stories were previously collected in Silence John: Physician Extraordinary (Nash 1908) and Day and Night Stories (Cassell 1917).

Classic Ghost Stories II ed. Glen & Karen Bledsoe (Lowell House Juvenile 1-56565-893-0, 1998 [Apr ’98], $5.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Barbara Kiwak); Young-adult anthology of eight ghost stories. Authors include Mary Wilkins Freeman, Henry James, M.R. James, and Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Barbara Kiwak. Copyrighted by RGA Publishing Group. Available from Lowell House Juvenile, 2020 Ave of the Stars, Suite 300, Los Angeles CA 90067.

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies Robert Bloch (Arkham House 0-87054-172-2, May ’98, $22.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Tony Patrick); Collection of 20 mostly early stories originally published mainly in Weird Tales and Strange Stories. Introduction by Robert M. Price. Available from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583.

Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books Francesca Lia Block (HarperTrophy 0-06-440697-0, May ’98, $12.00, 478pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) [Weetzie Bat]; Omnibus of the five books in the young-adult quasi-fantasy series: Weetzie Bat (1989), Witch Baby (1991), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Boys (1992), Missing Angel Juan (1993), Baby Be-Bop (1995).

Collected Fictions Jorge Luis Borges (Viking 0-670-84970-7, Sep ’98, $40.00, 565pp, hc); Collection of 101 stories, newly translated from the three-volume Spanish-language collection Obras Completas (Emecé Editores 1989) by Andrew Hurley, who also provides notes on the translations. Stories are kept in the order they appeared in nine earlier (Spanish-language) collections, complete with 10 forewards and afterwords by Borges.

[1998*ColdTom]Cold Tomorrows Bruce Boston (Gothic Press 0-913045-07-1, Aug ’98, $6.00, 34pp, ph); Chapbook collection of 16 poems, five original. Available from Gothic Press, 4998 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge LA 70808-3043; postage included in price.

Dark Tales & Light Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-15-4, May ’98, $6.95, 68pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon); Collection of 10 stories of dark fantasy. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524.

Sam Gunn Forever Ben Bova (Avon Eos 0-380-79726-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Sam Gunn]; Collection of five stories featuring the space-going con man, with new framing material.

Twice Seven Ben Bova (Avon Eos 0-380-79741-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.50, 290pp, pb); Collection of 14 stories. Bova’s introduction discusses writing styles and SF; individual story introductions note their inspirations.

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