The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Running with the Demon Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42258-9, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $6.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [John Ross, Knight] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel. Good and evil duke it out in Illinois on the Fourth of July.
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Three Gothic Novels Charles Brockden Brown (Library of America 1-883011-57-4, Oct 98 [Dec 98], $35.00, 914pp, hc, cover by James Sharples) Omnibus of three early American gothic novels by the first full-time American writer, and an author who reportedly influenced Poe: Wieland (1798), Arthur Mervyn (1799), and Edgar Huntly (1799). The texts are corrected versions published by Kent State University in 1977, 1980, and 1984. Includes chronology and notes. Order from Library of America, 14 East 60th Street, New York NY 10022.
- 1 · Wieland, or, The Transformation · n., 1798; text from Kent State University corrected version, 1977.
- 229 · Arthur Mervyn, or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 · n., 1799; text from Kent State University corrected version, 1980.
- 639 · Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker · n., 1799; text from Kent State University corrected version, 1984.
- 901 · Chronology · Misc. · ms
- 908 · Note on the Texts · Misc. · ms
- 910 · Notes · Misc. · ms
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Dark the Night, Wild the Sea Robert McAfee Brown (Westminster/John Knox Press 0-664-22128-9, Oct 98, $15.00, 167pp, hc) Time-travel fantasy novel. A Scottish architect finds himself 150 years in the past.
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Cannibals of the Fine Light Simon Brown (Ticonderoga Publications 0-9586856-2-2, May 98, $16.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Emma Barber) Collection of 12 stories, two original. One original story is co-authored by Sean Williams, who also provides an afterword. Introduction By Jonathan Strahan. A limited edition of 250; a signed edition of 50 ($28.00) is also available. Order from Ticonderoga Publications, PO Box 407, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia. US orders add $5.00 shipping (prices are in US dollars).
- 7 · Foreword · Jonathan Strahan · in
- 9 · Cannibals of the Fine Light · ss Eidolon Spr 91
- 19 · The Minds Eye · ss Omega Science Digest Nov/Dec 85
- 38 · Shadows · ss Aurealis #7 92
- 59 · Skyriders · ss Omega Science Digest May/Jun 82
- 64 · Chimera · ss Omega Science Digest Mar/Apr 83
- 77 · The Final Machine · ss Aurealis #3 91
- 84 · Brother Stripes · ss Aurealis #11 92
- 103 · All the Fires of Lebanon · ss Aurealis #6 91
- 118 · Rain from the New God · ss Aurealis #2 90
- 126 · The Garden · ss Omega Science Digest Jul/Aug 82
- 131 · The Hungry Spring · nv *
- 154 · The Truth in Advertising · Simon Brown & Sean Williams · ss *
- 172 · Casting the First Stone · Sean Williams · aw
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Winter Simon Brown (HarperCollins Australia 0-7322-5849-9, 1997 [Jan 98], A$12.95, 292pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) SF novel of a flourishing post-holocaust Australia. This is copyrighted 1997, but was not seen until now.
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The Waters Between Joseph Bruchac (University Press of New England 0-87451-881-4, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $22.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Gary Hamel) [Dawn Land] Prehistoric novel, third in the Dawn Land trilogy, the two previous vols not listed: Dawn Land (1993) and Long River (1995). A young shaman faces a lake monster and an evil shaman. Order from University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755-2048; credit card orders 800-421-1561.
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Dragon Steven Brust (Tor 0-312-86692-5, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $22.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vlad Taltos] Fantasy novel, eighth in the series featuring sorcerer-assassin Vlad Taltos, but a prequel to much of the series, and first (in the immediate series) from Tor. The assassin becomes a soldier at the Battle of Baritts Tomb.
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Afterglow Mitchell S. Buck (Tartarus Press 1-8726213-0-9, Apr 98 [Sep 98], $25.95, 58pp, hc) Associational reprint (Nicholas Brown 1924) collection of vignettes about ancient Greek Egypt, notable in this edition for the equal billing on cover and title page given to the introduction On Paganism by Arthur Machen. This is a limited edition of 200, originally published in the UK (£12.99). Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 707-444-1434.
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Angels Turn Their Backs Margaret Buffie (Kids Can Press 1-55074-415-1, Sep 98 [Dec 98], $14.95, 239pp, hc, cover by Florentina Bogdan) Young-adult ghost novel. A girl with agoraphobia hears voices.
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The Dark Garden Margaret Buffie (Kids Can Press 1-55074-288-4, Sep 97 [May 98], $14.95, 237pp, hc, cover by A. Van Mil) Young-adult ghost novel. Ghosts interfere with gardening. First US edition (Kids Can Press Canada 1995) published 1997, but not seen until now.
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Komarr Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-87877-8, Jun 98 [May 98], $22.00, 311pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Miles Vorkosigan] SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series. Miles investigates a spaceship crash on Komarr.
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Komarr Lois McMaster Bujold (SFBC #15458, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $10.98, 311pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1998) SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The Demon King Chris Bunch (Warner Aspect 0-446-67327-7, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $12.99, 507pp, tp, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Seer King] Fantasy novel. A seer and a soldier change a corrupt empires fate. Sequel to The Seer King.
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The Demon King Chris Bunch (Warner Aspect 0-446-60647-2, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $6.99, 551pp, pb, cover by Tony Russo & Drew Blair) [Seer King] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to The Seer King.
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The Seer King Chris Bunch (Warner Aspect 0-446-60524-7, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Seer King] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel.
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The Grandfather Paradox Steven Burgauer (zero-g press 1-892086-01-8, Sep 98 [Jul 98], $14.95, 294pp, tp) SF time-travel novel. Marooned spaceship captain Andu Nehrengel meets three female clones and travels back in time to the American Civil War to save the future. Order from zero-g press, 6605 N. Rustic Oak Ct, Peoria IL 61614; 800-643-1327.
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One Mans Chorus Anthony Burgess (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0568-X, Dec 98, $26.00, 380pp, hc) Associational non-fiction collection of 68 essays and articles on various topics: places, our times, writing and writers. Includes pieces on Tolkien, Alice in Wonderland, and A Clockwork Orange Resucked.
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Blood Lines William R. Burkett, Jr. (HarperPrism 0-06-105823-8, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Bloodsport] SF novel, sequel to Bloodsport. A hunter/journalist and his sarcastic cyborg ex-assistant Ball join a planets deadly poetry contest.
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-91423-6, May 98, $5.99, 184pp, pb) [Tarzan] Reissue (McClurg 1918) of the fifth Tarzan book. This is a movie tie-in edition. 22nd printing.
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Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs (Dover 0-486-29570-2, Apr 97 [May 98], $2.00, 218pp, pb, cover by John Green) [Tarzan] Reprint (McClurg 1914) of the first Tarzan novel. This thrift edition is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
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Tarzan of the Apes: Three Complete Novels Edgar Rice Burroughs (Random House/Gramercy 0-517-18907-0, 1998 [May 98], $9.99, 650pp, hc, cover by J. Allen St. John) [Tarzan] Reprint (Crown/Avenel 1988 as part of Tarzan of the Apes: Four Volumes in One) omnibus of three classic fantasy adventure novels: Tarzan of the Apes (1914), The Son of Tarzan (1917), and Tarzan at the Earths Core (1930). This includes the illustrations, and an introduction by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, from the Crown edition. An instant remainder edition.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Minidoka, 937th Earl of One Mile Series M Edgar Rice Burroughs & Michael Wm. Kaluta (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-280-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $14.95, 63pp, hc, cover by J. Allen St. John) Short childrens fantasy by Burroughs, subtitled "A Historical Fairy Tale, previously unpublished. Illustrated by Burroughs and Kaluta, with previously unpublished cover art by J. Allen St. John. Introduction by Robert R. Barrett. This may be Burroughss earliest surviving story. A slipcased, limited edition of 500, with four color plates and signed by Kaluta (-281-6, $75.00) was announced but not seen.
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Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader William S. Burroughs (Grove 0-8021-1629-9, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $27.50, 532pp, hc, cover by Kate Simon) Associational collection of approximately 120 articles, stories, and excerpts, one the first chapter of an unpublished novel written in collaboration with Jack Kerouac, plus material by others about Burroughs and his work. The material, arranged largely chronologically, covers works from 1929 to 1997, and by the editors estimate includes perhaps 10% of Burroughss works. There is a selected bibliography of current editions. Introduction by Ann Douglas. Edited by Ira Silverberg (who provides the preface) and James Grauerholz (biographical section introductions and epilogue). A spoken-word CD sampler is bound in.
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The Darkling Charles Butler (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-81796-7, Apr 98 [May 98], $16.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Carol Benioff) Young-adult ghost novel. An old mans lost love haunts young Petra. First US edition (Orion 1997). A first novel.
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Dreamer Jack Butler (Random House/Knopf 0-679-44665-6, 1998 [Jun 98], $25.00, 415pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Science fantasy thriller. The government wants a sleep researcher to create artificial intelligences by teaching computers to dream.
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Kindred Octavia Butler (Beacon Press 0-8070-8305-4, 1998 [Mar 98], $13.00, 264pp, tp) Reissue (Doubleday 1979) SF time-travel novel. This has the 1988 introduction by Robert Crossley. 12th printing.
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Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press 1-888363-81-9, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $24.95, 365pp, hc) [Parable] Dystopian SF novel, sequel to Parable of the Sower. Lauren and her daughter mature in the war-torn world of 2032.
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The Door in the Lake Nancy Butts (Front Street 1-886910-27-8, Jun 98 [Oct 98], $15.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Dan Burr) Young-adult SF novel. A boy disappears, then returns two years later, no older, and with no memory of the lost time.
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The Djinn in the Nightingales Eye A. S. Byatt (Random House/Vintage International 0-679-76222-1, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $12.00, 274pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) collection of five adult fairy tales.
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The World of Darkness: Dark Kingdoms Richard Lee Byers (White Wolf 1-56504-984-5, Nov 98, $11.99, 607pp, tp, cover by Mike Danza) [World of Darkness] Omnibus of three dark fantasy novelizations, two not previously published, in the Dark Kingdoms trilogy based on the role-playing games: The Ebon Mask (1996), The Onyx Tower, and The Obsidian Blade. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- · The Ebon Mask · n. White Wolf, 1996
- · The Onyx Tower · n. *
- · The Obsidian Blade · n. *
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Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses John Byrne (Prima 0-7615-1713-8, Oct 98, $12.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Joe De Vito) Reprint (Prima 1997) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
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The Adventures of Threadwell the Tailor, or Alterations Made While You Wait P. D. Cacek (Dark Raptor Press, May 98, $6.00, 45pp, ph, cover by James Hubbs) Bawdy fantasy short story published in chapbook form, illustrated by James Hubbs. Available in a signed, limited edition of 333 copies. A lettered edition is available for $18.00. Dark Raptor Press, PO Box 2242, Clay NY 13041; e-mail: nightflier@mindspring.com
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Night Prayers P. D. Cacek (Design Image Group 1-891946-01-3, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $15.95, 219pp, tp) [Allison Garrett] Horror novel. Allison Garret becomes a vampire in LA, and hooks up with a streetcorner preacher to avoid some strip club vampire vixens. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; credit card orders 800-563-5455.
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Tea from an Empty Cup Pat Cadigan (Tor 0-312-86665-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $22.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Dore Konstantin] SF novel of a dark near future where the lines between reality and virtual reality are blurred. A woman and a cop team to investigate deaths in Artificial Reality. First US edition (Voyager 1998).
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In a Dark Wood Michael Cadnum (Orchard Books 0-531-30071-4, Apr 98, $17.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Kari Kroll) [Robin Hood] Associational young adult retelling of Robin Hood from the Sheriff of Nottinghams point of view.
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The Night We Buried Road Dog Jack Cady (DreamHaven Books 0-0-9630944-X, Jun 98, $27.00, 203pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) Collection of six stories by a multiple World Fantasy Award winner. Introduction by Peter S. Beagle. Order from DreamHaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Minneapolis MN 55409; credit card orders 800-379-0657; add $4.75 postage.
- vii · Jack Cadys Ghosts · Peter Beagle · in
- xi · Preface · pr
- 1 · The Night We Buried Road Dog · na F&SF Jan 93
- 63 · The Best Left Neglected Library of Dry Facts [The Butterfly Archive] · ss Glimmer Train Sum 96
- 83 · Our Ground and Every Fragrant Tree Is Shaded · ss F&SF Sep 94
- 99 · A Sailors Pay · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 121 · The Bride: a romance · ss Century #4 96
- 145 · Kilroy Was Here · na F&SF Jul 96
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The Dragonslayers Apprentice David Calder (Scholastic Point 0-590-63093-8, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $4.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Randy Hamblin) Young-adult fantasy novel. A professional monster-slayer takes on a female apprentice who likes to kick some serious tail. Illustrations by Stieg Retlin. First US edition (Scholastic New Zealand 1997).
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Cythera Richard Calder (St. Martins 0-312-18074-8, Apr 98 [Jul 98], $23.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Brian Romero) [Dead Girls] Near-future SF novel about ghosts from the Internet, personalities originally downloaded as holograms, but taking on life of their own. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 1998).
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Dead Girls/Dead Boys/Dead Things Richard Calder (St. Martins/Griffin 0-312-18078-0, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $15.95, 407pp, tp, cover by Catherine Parr) [Dead Girls] Omnibus of three Dead SF novels: Dead Girls (1992), Dead Boys (1994), and Dead Things (1996).
- 1 · Dead Girls · n. HarperCollins UK, 1992
- 149 · Dead Boys · n. HarperCollins UK, 1994
- 257 · Dead Things · n. Voyager, 1996
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Dragon Tempest Don Callander (Ace 0-441-00555-1, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Eric J. W. Lee) [Dragon Companion] Fantasy novel, third in the Dragon series.
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Marbleheart Don Callander (Ace 0-441-00538-1, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Mancer] Fantasy novel, fifth in the Mancer series. An aquamancers sea otter familiar goes adventuring.
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday ed. Italo Calvino (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75544-6, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $15.00, 588pp, tp, cover by Arnold Boecklin) Reprint (Pantheon 1997) anthology of 26 stories of 19th-century fantastic literature. Introduction, notes, and four stories are translated by Alfred MacAdam. Originally published in Italian in two volumes (Mondadori 1983 as Racconti Fantastici DellOttocento: Volume Primo, Il Fantastico Visionario and Volume Secondo, Il Fantastico Quotidiano).
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The Lavender Bear of Oz Bill Campbell & Irwin Terry (Books of Wonder/Emerald City 0-929605-77-2, May 98 [Apr 98], $9.95, 92pp, tp, cover by Bill Campbell & Irwin Terry) [Oz] Young-adult fantasy novella continuing Baums Oz series. Illustrated by the authors. Young, living teddy bears are being bearnapped.
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The Last Voice They Hear Ramsey Campbell (Tor/Forge 0-312-86611-9, Jun 98 [May 98], $24.95, 384pp, hc) Associational psychological horror novel.
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Nazareth Hill Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-812-53930-3, May 98 [Apr 98], $5.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996 as The House on Nazareth Hill) horror novel.
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The Embroidered Shoes Can Xue (Holt 0-8050-5413-8, Sep 97 [Feb 98], $20.00, 221pp, hc) Collection of 11 magical/hallucinatory stories, seven previously published, at least in part, in the US. Translated from the Chinese by Ronald R. Janssen & Jian Zhang.
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Lovecraft Remembered ed. Peter Cannon (Arkham House 0-87054-173-0, Jan 99 [Nov 98], $29.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Non-fiction gathering of 65 reminiscences and other pieces about Lovecraft, by neighbors, amateur writers, professionals, fans, critics, etc., including Robert Bloch, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and Robert E. Howard. Available from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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The Black Reaper Bernard Capes (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-52-4, Aug 98, C$52.00, xviii+227pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamb) Collection of 23 horror stories, a revised and expanded version of the 1989 Equation edition, adding 11 stories. Edited and with a revised introduction by Hugh Lamb; foreword by Ian Burns. This is a limited edition of 600. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.50 and in the UK for £24.50.
- ix · Foreword · Ian Burns · fw (*), 1998
- xiii · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in (*), 1998
- 3 · The Black Reaper · ss At a Winters Fire, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 12 · The Vanishing House · ss The Sketch Jan 5, 1898
- 16 · The Thing in the Forest · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 19 · The Accursed Cordonnier · nv The Dome Jun 00
- 44 · The Shadow-Dance · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 47 · William Tyrwhitts Copy · ss At a Winters Fire, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 58 · A Queer Cicerone · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 64 · A Gallows-bird · ss Loaves & Fishes, London: Methuen, 1906
- 82 · The Sword of Corporal Lacoste · ss From Door to Door, Blackwoods, 1900
- 101 · The Glass Ball · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 104 · Poor Lucy Rivers · ss Loaves & Fishes, London: Methuen, 1906
- 115 · The Apothecarys Revenge · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 118 · The Green Bottle · ss Plots, London: Methuen, 1902
- 129 · The Closed Door · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 136 · The Dark Compartment · ss Reedys Mirror Jan 29 15
- 139 · The Marble Hands · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 142 · The Moon Stricken · ss The Cornhill Magazine Dec, 1896
- 160 · The Queer Picture · vi The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 163 · Dark Dignum · ss Pearsons Magazine Jun, 1897
- 170 · The Mask · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 184 · The Strength of the Rope · ss Loaves & Fishes, London: Methuen, 1906
- 193 · The White Hare · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 195 · An Eddy on the Floor · nv At a Winters Fire, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 225 · Acknowledgements · Hugh Lamb · ms (*), 1998
- 226 · Bibliography · Hugh Lamb · bi (*), 1998
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Alvin Wandering Orson Scott Card (SFBC #00310, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $14.98, 613pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Alvin Maker] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth novels in the Alvin Maker series: Alvin Journeyman (1995) and Heartfire (1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-904-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- 1 · Alvin Journeyman · n. New York: Tor, 1995
- 343 · Heartfire · n. New York: Tor, 1998
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