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Challenging the Wolf Steve Harris (The Squane’s Press 0-9531097-0-4, Nov ’97 [Apr ’98], £5.00, 62pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna); Collection of the original title novelette and the first chapter of the unpublished novel The Switch. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Harris. Available from 35 Duchess of Kent Drive, Lordswood, Chatham, Kent ME5 8DG.

Quirx: The Edge of the World Lesley Howarth (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69832-2, Mar ’98, £3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by George Smith); Young-adult collection of 10 original SF/fantasy stories. Book two in the series.

The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 ed. Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn (SF Foundation 0-7049-1192-2, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £9.00, 177pp, tp) [Babylon 5]; Collection of critical essays on the J. Michael Straczyski TV show, most delivered as papers at the University College of Ripon and York St John on 13/14 December 1997. “Foundation Studies in Science Fiction 1”. Mistaken ISBN as 0-7049-1195-2 on the backcover. Available from The SF Foundation, Professor Edward James, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA for £9/$15 postfree.

A Warning to the Curious and other stories M. R. James (Phoenix 0-75380-446-8, May ’98, £3.99, x+245pp, pb, cover by Anders Lindholm); Collection of 16 stories, selected and with an introduction by Philip Gooden.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Nine ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-85487-554-X, Nov ’98, £6.99, 494pp, tp); Anthology of 19 stories, with a detailed examination of the horror genre in 1997, and a necrology.

Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz 0-575-06581-8, Oct ’98, £16.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards); Original anthology of 19 horror stories.

The Green Mile Stephen King (Orion 0-75282-146-6, Nov ’98, £10.99, xiv+465pp, tp); Reprint (Plume 1997) associational novel previously published as a six-part serial (Signet; Penguin UK 1996). There is a new introduction by King, along with the original ‘Foreword’ and ‘Afterword’. [First U.K. edition]

Faith in the Flesh: The First Law/From Bad Flesh Tim Lebbon (RazorBlade Press 0-9531468-4-7, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £4.99, 142pp, tp, cover by Ros Protheroe); Original dark fantasy/SF collection of two novellas, with an introduction by Peter Crowther. Available from Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis (Collins 0-00-185713-4, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £29.99, 524pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia]; Fantasy omnibus. First collected edition of the complete series. Simultaneous with the (not seen) limited Leatherbound edition and differently-titled The Chronicles of Narnia.

The Web: Computopia James Lovegrove (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-642-4, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.50, 115pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web]; Young-adult SF novella. Book nine in the series.

A Coven of Vampires Brian Lumley (NEL 0-340-71542-1, Nov ’98, £5.99, xii+292pp, pb, cover by George Underwood); Reprint (Fedogan & Bremer 1998) collection of 13 vampire stories. A foreword by Lumley describes his childhood fascination with vampires. [First U.K. edition]

Weird World 3: Black Rot Anthony Masters (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3576-0, 1998 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 96pp, pb, cover by Mandy Sherlicker); Young-adult SF/horror novel.

Weird World 4: Temper Temper Anthony Masters (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3577-9, 1998 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 95pp, pb, cover by Mandy Sherlicker); Young-adult SF/horror novel.

Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton Graham Masterton, Ray Clark & Matt Williams (The British Fantasy Society 0-952-41534-8, Dec ’98, no price, 237pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Associational collection of stories (three original) by Masterton, plus essays on his work, a working bibliography, a foreword by Peter James, and an introduction by Clark & Williams. Issued free with the December 1998 BFS Membership mailing.

Pixel Juice: Stories from the Avant Pulp Jeff Noon (Doubleday UK 0-385-40859-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £15.99, 306pp, hc); Original collection of almost 50 pieces, seven reprints, several in the “Vurt” cycle.

Aliens Omnibus Edition Steve Perry (Orion 0-75281-744-2, Nov ’98, £5.99, vi+508pp, pb, cover by Dimitrios Patelis) [Aliens]; Reissue (Millennium 1995) SF omnibus of Aliens: Earth Hive (1992) and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (1993), books one and two in the “Aliens” series. The books are separately paginated; the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One.

The Last Vampire Book 5: Evil Thirst/Book 6: Creatures of Forever Christopher Pike (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71670-3, Mar ’98, £5.99, iv+365pp, pb) [Last Vampire]; Young-adult horror omnibus of the fifth and sixth novels in the series (both Pocket Archway 1996). The books are separately paginated.

The Last Vampire: Red Dice/Phantom Christopher Pike (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71669-X, Feb ’98, £5.99, 373pp, pb) [Last Vampire]; Omnibus of the third and fourth (Pocket Archway 1995, 1996) in the series. The books are separately paginated.

Murders in the Rue Morgue & other stories Edgar Allan Poe (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-02-X, Mar ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, 319pp, tp); Reprint (Lancer 1967 as Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Terror) collection of eight classic crime and horror stories.

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe (Oxford University Press 0-19-283224-7, Apr ’98, £2.50, xxviii+338pp, tp, cover by Harry Clarke); Fantasy/horror collection. This appears to be a new selection, edited and with an introduction and notes by David Van Leer.

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