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Isaac Asimov’s Camelot ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00527-6, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Edward Burne-Jones); Anthology of ten stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s magazine. Authors include Roger Zelazny, Esther M. Friesner, and Michael Swanwick.

Isaac Asimov’s Detectives ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00545-4, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Andy Lackow); Anthology of six SF detective stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s magazine.

The Butcher’s Bill David Drake (Baen 0-671-57773-5, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Charles Keegan) [Hammer’s Slammers]; Collection/omnibus of eight military SF stories, one original, featuring “Hammer’s Slammers.” Five of the stories appeared in the collection Hammer’s Slammers (1979, 1987), and At Any Price appeared as a separate novel in 1985.

Caught in the Crossfire David Drake (Baen 0-671-87882-4, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Hammer’s Slammers]; Collection/omnibus of two SF novels in the “Hammer’s Slammers” series: Counting the Cost (1987) and The Warrior (1991), plus two short stories, and an original novelette.

Armageddon ed. David Drake, Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg (Baen 0-671-87876-X, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly); Original anthology of 12 stories of end-of-the-world disasters. Authors include Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, and Esther Friesner. Greenberg is credited only on the copyright page.

The Night Comes On Steve Duffy (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-44-3, Mar ’98, C$53.00, xv+278pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters); Collection of 16 horror stories in the style of M.R. James. This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00.

The Complete Pegana Lord Dunsany (Chaosium 1-56882-116-6, Mar ’98, $12.95, 239pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl); Omnibus of three collections: The Gods of Pegana (1905), Time and the Gods (1906), and “Beyond the Fields We Know”, originally part of Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919). Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi.

Between the Darkness and the Fire ed. Jeffry Dwight (Wildside Press/SFF Net 1-880448-56-4, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], $14.95, 276pp, tp, cover by Cody Walker); Original anthology, subtitled “Twenty-Three Tales of Imaginative Fiction from the Internet”, of SF stories solicited and submitted online; nine stories are reprints. Authors include Vonda N. McIntyre, Alan Rodgers, and M. Shayne Bell. Introduction and afterword by the editor. This is a limited edition of 1000. Wildside Press, 522 Park Ave, Berkeley Heights NJ 07922; SFF Net, 3300 Big Horn Trail, Plano TX 75075; www.sff.net

Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Denise Little & Robert Weinberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1002-3, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $9.98, 543pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny); Anthology of 25 horror stories by noted female writers. Authors include Doris Lessing, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shirley Jackson. This is an instant remainder edition. Copyrighted by Dziemianowicz, Weinberg, and Tekno Books.

100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0855-X, Oct ’98, $7.98, 578pp, hc, cover by Lucy Corvino); Anthology of 100 horror stories. Authors include Lucy Taylor, John Galsworthy, Fritz Leiber, and Ramsey Campbell. This is an instant remainder edition.

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