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Heavy Water and Other Stories Martin Amis (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05126-1, Oct ’98, £14.99, 231pp, hc); Associational collection of 9 stories, including several fantasy and SF. Two seem to be originals.

Brides of the Night ed. Anon. (Harlequin 0-373-07883-8, Oct ’98, $4.25, pb) [Wings in the Night]

Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings ed. Anon. (Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 1998, hc); Textbook.

1998 World Fantasy Convention Program Book ed. Anon. (San Francisco, CA: World Fantasy Convention 98, Oct ’98, unpaginated, quarto s/b, cover by Gahan Wilson)

Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer Alice & Claude Askew (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-48-6, May ’98, C$46.00, xv+131pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) [Aylmer Vance]; Collection of rare stories featuring the occult detective Aylmer Vance, culled from the classic fiction magazines of seventy or more years ago, previously unpublished in book form. Edited and introduced by Jack Adrian. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $30.00 and in the UK for £21.00.

FantasyCon XXII Program Book ed. Debbie Bennett (FantasyCon, Sep ’98, free, 34pp, A4); Convention programme book.

Confessions of a Body Thief Bruce Boston (Miami, FL: Talisman 0-938075-75-6, 1998, $4.00, 1pp, ph); Poem on 9" x 16" sheet of paper, folded, in heavy paper wrappers. Signed-limited edition of 100 copies. Broadside One.

Twilight and Other Supernatural Romances Marjorie Bowen (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-49-4, May ’98, C$53.00, xl+262pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering); Major collection of Bowen’s supernatural tales, including the novella ‘Julia Roseingrave’ and two previously unpublished stories. The volume is completed by an Afterword from Marjorie Bowen’s own pen, in which she describes a ghostly experience of her own. The volume is edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and has a preface by the author’s son, Hilary Long. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $35.00 and in the UK for £25.00.

Lamps on the Brow ed. James Cahill (James Cahill Publishing 0-9640454-7-8, Aug ’98, $125.00, 200pp, hc); Collection of nine stories, seven original, by authors such as David Brin, Andre Norton & A.E. van Vogt. Limited to only copies, bound in leather with marbled boards and housed in a slipcase. Each copy is signed on the story title page by the author. Details taken from assorted web sites, and an e-mail from Bruce Bethke.

The Best of Cemetery Dance ed. Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance 1881475247, Mar ’98, 786pp, hc); Horror anthology of 29 stories, an interview with Dean Koontz, and an afterword by David B. Silva.

Fantastic Worlds ed. Paul Collins (HarperCollins Australia/Moonstone 0-7322-5878-2, Mar ’98, $A14.95, 316pp, pb, cover by Marc McBride); Fantasy anthology of fifteen stories, twelve original to this collection, including stories by Cherry Wilder, Keith Taylor, Garth Nix, Jack Dann and others.

Gravity’s Angels ed. Gary Couzens, Trevor Denyer, Sarah Ellender, Trevor Mendham & Martin Owton (The T Party 0-9532949-0-0, 1998, £4.95, 100pp, tp); Original SF/fantasy/horror anthology.

Spec-Lit No. 2 ed. Phyllis Eisenstein (Columbia College Chicago 0-932026-48-6, Nov ’98, $11.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Ed Emshwiller); Anthology/magazine of 14 stories, primarily by students from Eisenstein’s writing classes.

Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir 0-285-63461-5, 1998, 223pp, hc); Anthology of 14 stories.

Holt! Who Goes There Tom Holt (The British Fantasy Society 0-9524153-3-X, Oct ’98, no price, 45pp, ph, cover by Anne Russell); Collection of 14 articles from Holt’s column in Prism, the newsletter of the British Fantasy Society, plus two previously uncollected stories and an original poem. Distributed free to members of the British Fantasy Society.

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