* Armstrong, Kelley : Brazen
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-616-8, $28, 216pp, hardcover, December 2013, cover art Xaviere Daumarie)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 15 Dec 2013

Novella in the author’s Otherworld series, with full-color interior illustrations by Xaviere Daumarie.
• Subterranean’s site has this description.
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* Check, S. A. : Welcome to Greengrass
(Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 9781939065506, $12.95, 247pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 25 Nov 2013

SF novel about a police detective, John Traveller, who is abducted to an alien city under an impenetrable dome.
• Necro’s site has this description with blurbs and quotes from reviews.
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* Clines, Peter : Ex-Purgatory
(Broadway Books 978-0804136617, $14, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jan 2014
• UK edition: Ebury/Del Rey Uk 978-0091953652 (Thu 16 Jan 2014)
• Ex #4


Fantasy novel, fourth in a series, about a Los Angeles handyman who has fantastic dreams.
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fans of the previous installments will enjoy the growth, but while there’s plenty of exposition, new readers will be best served by starting the series at the beginning.”

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* Dinniman, Matt : The Grinding
(Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 9781939065339, $12.95, 217pp, trade paperback, September 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Sep 2014

Horror novel about a monster that destroys Tucson, absorbing bodies of its citizens to become a huge monstrosity.
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* Estep, Jennifer : The Spider
(Pocket 978-1451689013, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Dec 2013
• Elemental Assassin #10

Urban fantasy novel, tenth in the Elemental Assassin series following Heart of Venom (Sept 2013), about assassin Gin Blanco in the southern city of Ashland.
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* Fowler, Karen Joy : The Science of Herself
(PM Press 978-1604868258, $12, 128pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 1 Nov 2013

Short collection in the publisher’s “Outspoken Authors” series (edited by Terry Bisson), with three stories and an interview.
• PM Press’ site has this description.
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• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This is a must-own for diehard Fowler fans, and an ideal pocket-sized primer for the uninitiated.”

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* Jones, K. Trap : The Drunken Exorcist
(Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 9781939065391, $9.95, 91pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 2 Dec 2013

Short fantasy novel about a rogue Father with unconventional means of performing exorcisms.
• Necro’s site has this description with a couple blurbs.
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* Lake, Jay : Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh
(Prime Books 978-1-60701-340-2, $24.95, 96pp, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jan 2014

Horror novella about a man pursuing sexual satisfaction in the underground body-modification scene of San Francisco.
• Prime’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The writing is graceful and sometimes even poetic, but the subject matter, which tests the bounds of the word “explicit,” will limit the novella’s audience.”
• Amazon and the publisher’s site both indicate September/October 2013 publication, but the book has not been available to order until this past month, thus the January 2014 date indicated here.

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* Maddox, Jack : The Dog: Necrophagus
(Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 9781939065353, $14.95, 414pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Nov 2013

Urban fantasy novel about a private detective in a city full of humans, post-humans, and inhuman citizens.
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* Rainey, Evelyn : Perky’s Books & Gifts
(Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 9781939165377, $11.95, 223pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Dec 2013

Fantasy novel about a bookshop where the books spring to life.
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* Rucker, Rudy : The Big Aha
(Transreal 978-0985827250, 332pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 15 Jan 2014

SF novel about “Biotech; engineered telepathy, other-dimensional beings; and the nature of consciousness.”, according to Paul Di Filippo’s review for Locus Online, which discusses the author’s decision to self-publish and concludes, “Ultimately, all the craziness and whimsy and otherworldly menaces of Zad’s mad odyssey induces true pathos and catharsis in the reader. Not to give away any revelations, but Zad’s new mature wisdom at the book’s close about the nature of the Big Aha—’All you have to do is pay attention’—will appear exactly as profound to each reader as his or her own empathy with Rucker’s zen craziness allows.”
• Rucker’s site has this page about the book and its companion, Notes for The Big Aha.
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* Valente, Catherynne M. : The Bread We Eat in Dreams
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-582-6, $40, 336pp, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-59606-583-3

Collection of stories and poems — either 26 (via the Amazon preview) or 35 (the publisher’s website).
• Subterranean’s site has this description with a table of contents and several excerpts.
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• The Publishers Weekly review says that the author “brings an adult sensibility to this collection of 20 stories and six poems, even those that feature adolescents who merge with the mythic.”

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* Wingrove, David : An Inch of Ashes
(UK: Atlantic/Corvus 978-0-85789-818-0, $15.95, 326pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 Dec 2013
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857898197
• Chung Kuo #6

Revised edition of the second volume of the author’s “Chung Kuo” series, originally titled The Broken Wheel, now the sixth volume in a projected 20-volume series.
• Atlantic’s site has this description.
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• Publishers Weekly has this review, which concludes, “Wingrove’s knack for worldbuilding and description contrasts with an overall shallowness of storytelling and a questionable attitude toward female characters.”

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