The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002


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I Went To Another House Brian Aldiss (Avernus, Jan 2002, ph); Collection of poetry, with similar contents to The Dark Sun Rises. Limited to 20 numbered copies.


Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs ed. Chris Andrews (Latham, Australian Capital Territory: CSFG Publishing 0958139008, 2002, 217pp, hc)


Nocturnal Products Eddie M. Angerhuber (Rainfall Books 0-9540877-1-2, 2002, £10.00, 131pp, tp, cover by Thomas Wagner); Collection of 13 horror stories, translated from the German by Angerhuber herself.


CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. I ed. Anonymous (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME 1-890109-04-5, 2002, $12.95, 232pp, tp); Original anthology of 15 winning and honorable mention stories from the first CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest. Crossquarter Publishing Group, PO Box 8756, Santa Fe NM 87504-8756; [www.crossquarter.com].


Fantasy ed. Anon. (Jove 0515132764, Mar 2002, $6.99, 384pp, pb)


Tapestry ed. Anon. (Jove 0515133620, Sep 2002, $7.99, 368pp, pb)


Things That Go Bump in the Night II ed. Anon. (Ellora’s Cave 1843602857, 2002, e-book)


Written with my Left Hand Nugent Barker (Tartarus Press 1-872621-67-8, Jul 2002, £27.50, x+264pp, hc); Reprint (Percival Marshall 1951) collection of twenty-one macabre, humour and fantasy stories. Limited to 350 copies. [Not seen]


The Amazing Dreams of Andrew Latter Harold Begbie (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-032-8, Apr 2002, C$43.00, xxiv+66pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering); Collection of six supernatural detective shorts from 1904 by a writer best known as a social activist and satirist. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. In “The Ash-Tree Press Occult Detectives Library”. A world-wide edition available in the US for $30.00 and in the UK for £20.00.


The Harlem Horror Charles Birkin (Midnight House 0-9707349-8-0, 2002, $40.00, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski); Fifteen stories of the macabre, plus an introduction by editor John Pelan. Limited to 450 numbered copies.


The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-2001) Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento (Locus Press, May 2002, $49.95, 5,409pp, CD-ROM); Non-fiction, reference. This edition indexes SF books, magazines, and stories published from 1984 through 2001. Included in the index is Contento’s Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections which covers those books published before 1984.


Not Exactly Ghosts Andrew Caldecott (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-036-0, May 2002, C$59.00, xxii+269pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe); Collection of horror and ghost stories, containing the contents of both of Caldecott’s previous collections, published in Britain in 1947-48, half set in his fictional exotic nation of Kongea. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00.


switch.blade: School’s Out ed. Amy Sterling Casil (Fictionwise, Jul 2002, $4.99, eBook); Original anthology.


Shivers ed. Richard Chizmar (CD Publications, 2002, $20.00, tp)


Ideomancer Unbound ed. Chris Clarke & Mikal Trimm (Fictionwise, 2002, $8.99); Original anthology of 26 stories published as an eBook in a variety of formats.


Passing Strange ed. Bill Congreve (MirrorDanse Books 0-9586583-5-8, Mar 2002, A$19.95, 174pp, tp); A new anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction.


Cold Hand On My Shoulder: Tales of Terror & Suspense Basil Copper (Sarob Press 1-902309-20-0, Mar 2002, £25.00, xiii+119pp, hc, cover by Randy Broeker); Collection of nine stories, four previously uncollected, and at least one restored. Limited to 300 copies. The Deluxe edition is a 52 copy, lettered edition, signed by the author, issued in a slip-case. A Deluxe edition edition (-21-9, £50.00) was announced but not seen.


Professor Bernice Summerfield: A Life of Surprises ed. Paul Cornell (Big Finish 1-903654-44-0, Oct 2002, £14.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Adrian Salmon); Shared-world SF anthology; starring the space heroine created by Paul Cornell. [Not seen]


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