The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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The Reservoir of Dreams Paul Bradshaw (BJM Press, 2000, £4.00, 100pp, ph) Details taken from review on Terror Tales website. [Not seen]

The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1999) Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento (Locus Press, Apr 2000, $49.95, 4,519pp, CD-ROM) Non-fiction, reference. This edition indexes SF books, magazines, and stories published from 1984 through 1999. Included in the index is Contento’s Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections which covers those books published before 1984.

We’ve Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease John Burke (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-006-9, Jul 2000, C$56.00, xvi+251pp, hc, cover by Jason van Hollander) Collection of fantasy/horror tales, previously uncollected, from this prolific contemporary writer, mostly from original anthologies, plus the title story done for this volume. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00.

Along the Rim of Time Lillian Stewart Carl (Writers Club 0-59509-333-7, Apr 2000, $13.95, 221pp, tp) Collection of 11 stories, one new.

The Lady Wore Black and Other Weird Cat Tales Hugh B. Cave (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-007-7, Aug 2000, C$56.00, xiii+223pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of Cave ghost stories, all involving cats. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00.

Avenue X and Other Dark Streets Nancy A. Collins (Xlibris 0738825654, Aug 2000, $31.99, 292pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories.

The Five Quarters Steve Duffy & Ian Rodwell (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-027-1, Nov 2001, C$58.00, xi+246pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) [Five Quarters] Original horror work of five connected novelettes about a social club that has dark supernatural secrets. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $43.00 and in the UK for £27.50.

The Age of Wonders: Tales from the Near Future ed. Jeffry Dwight (SFF Net 0-96696-983-9, Aug 2000, $14.95, 328pp, tp)

The Lost Stradivarius John Meade Falkner (Tartarus Press 1-872621-55-4, Dec 2000, £27.50, xvi+233pp, hc) Collection of the title novel, a classic favoured of Walpole and Hardy, along with a story previously published only in a very short run pamphlet and “Charalampia,” a fantasy never before published. [Not seen]

The Secrets of Dr. Taverner Dion Fortune (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-010-7, Nov 2000, C$53.00, xxvi+163pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) [Dr. Taverner] Reprint (Llewellyn Publications 1979) collection of occult detective stories first published in 1926. This edition follows the text of the 1979 edition by including the extra story “A Son of the Night” and adds a lengthy Adrian introduction. Volume three in “The Ash-Tree Press Occult Detectives Library”. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00.

Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winners ed. Elzbieta Gepfert, Grzegorz Kozubski & Piotr W. Cholewa (Katowice, Warszawa: SuperNOWA 8370541429, 2000, 202pp, tp, cover by Tomasz Baginski) English language anthology of award-winning Polish SF stories. The J.A. Zajdel Award is the “Polish ’Hugo,” presented at the Polish National Convention, POLCON."

Not for the Night-Time Theo Gift (Sarob Press 1-902309-11-1, Aug 2000, £18.00, xiv+73pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Reprint (Roper & Drowley 1889) collection of 4 ghost stories. Volume four in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 300 numbered copies. [Not seen]

Guardian Angels ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Cumberland House 1-58182-124-7, Nov 2000, $14.95, 326pp, tp)

The Invisible Master Edmond Hamilton (Black Dog Books 1-928619-12-6, 2000, $6.00, 76pp, ph, cover by Tom Roberts) [Sgt. Wade] Collection of two Hamilton novelettes from Scientific Detective Monthly, with a biographical sketch by Larry Estep.

Fantasy Annual 4 ed. Philip Harbottle & Sean Wallace (Cosmos Books 1-587152-34-7, 2000, $12.00, 142pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Original anthology of 13 stories, one a reprint.

The Smell of Telescopes Rhys Hughes (Tartarus Press 1-87262144-9, 2000, £25.00, 280pp, hc) Collection of 26 stories, signed limited edition of 250.

Summoning Knells and Other Inventions A. F. Kidd (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-009-3, Oct 2000, C$59.00, xvi+340pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collected ghost stories of a contemporary ghost story author. 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.

New Fiction: Cold Shivers ed. Heather Killingray (New Fiction 1-85929-018-3, 2000, £8.95, 124pp, tp) Anthology of 26 original fantasy / ghost / horror stories. The follow-up to a discontinued magazine, New Fiction. Published from Remus House,Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9JX. [Not seen]

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