The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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A Short History of the Future W. Warren Wagar (University of Chicago Press 0-226-86901-6, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $24.95, 323pp, hc) Speculative history of the next two hundred years told from the perspective of the year 2200 A.D. In the style of Well’s Things to Come.
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Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 2: Unthreatened by the Morning Light Karl Edward Wagner (Pulphouse, Oct ’89, $4.95, 101pp, tp) Collection of three stories, with an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A Signed deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen.
- 1 · Introduction: Unthreatened by the Morning Light · in
- 5 · Endless Night · ss The Architecture of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987
- 17 · Neither Brute Nor Human · nv World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1983
- 53 · The River of Night’s Dreaming · nv Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
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Echoes of Valor II ed. Karl Edward Wagner (Tor 0-312-93189-1, Oct ’89, $17.95, 274pp, hc) Anthology of 12 obscure stories of heroic fantasy, with non-fiction commentary by C.L. Moore, Forrest J Ackerman, Sam Moskowitz, and the editor. This contains the minor rare items from famous series and is mainly of historical interest.
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Horrorstory Volume 5 ed. Karl Edward Wagner (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-078-9, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $40.00, 704pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Omnibus edition of DAW’s The Year’s Best Horror Stories #13, The Years’s Best Horror Stories #14, and The Year’s Best Horror Stories #15 anthologies. Contains 55 stories, with the original introductions by Wagner. A special leatherbound edition (-077-0, $150.00) was announced but not seen.
- · The Year’s Best Horror Stories #13 · an New York: DAW Oct ’85
- 3 · Introduction: 13 Is a Lucky Number · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 5 · Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut · Stephen King · nv Redbook May ’84
- 29 · Are You Afraid of the Dark? · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasycon IX Programme Booklet, Fantasycon IX, 1984
- 45 · Catch Your Death · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984
- 57 · Dinner Party · Gardner R. Dozois · ss Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984
- 71 · Tiger in the Snow · Daniel Wynn Barber · ss The Horror Show Fll ’84
- 77 · Watch the Birdie · Ramsey Campbell · ss Watch the Birdie, Ramsey Campbell, Haunted Library, 1984
- 83 · Coming Soon to a Theater Near You [as by Oliver Lowenbruck] · David J. Schow · ss Twilight Zone Mar/Apr ’84
- 101 · Hands with Long Fingers · Leslie Halliwell · ss The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes, Granada, 1984
- 111 · Weird Tales · Fred Chappell · ss The Texas Review Spr ’84
- 123 · The Wardrobe · Jovan Panich · ss Potboiler Win ’83
- 137 · Angst for the Memories · Vincent McHardy · ss Moonscape Spr ’84
- 145 · The Thing in the Bedroom · David Langford · ss Knave (UK) Nov ’84
- 155 · Borderland · John Brizzolara · ss Twilight Zone Nov/Dec ’84
- 165 · The Scarecrow · Roger Johnson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #6 ’84
- 177 · The End of the World · James B. Hemesath · ss WIND/Literary Journal v14 #51 ’84
- 189 · Never Grow Up · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984
- 197 · Deadlights · Charles Wagner · ss Twisted Tales #9 ’84
- 205 · Talking in the Dark · Dennis Etchison · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 221 · The Year’s Best Horror Stories #14 · an New York: DAW Oct ’86
- 223 · Introduction: Nurturing Nightmares · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 225 · Penny Daye · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasycon X Programme Booklet, ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Fantasycon X, 1985
- 235 · Dwindling · David B. Silva · ss Spectrum Stories #1, Wonder Press ’85
- 245 · Dead Men’s Fingers · Phillip C. Heath · nv Borderland #2 ’85
- 265 · Dead Week · Leonard P. Carpenter · ss Dark Lessons, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Macmillan, 1985
- 275 · The Sneering · Ramsey Campbell · ss Fantasy Tales #14 ’85
- 289 · Bunny Didn’t Tell Us · David J. Schow · ss Night Cry Win ’85
- 299 · Pinewood · Tanith Lee · ss Whispers Dec ’84
- 305 · The Night People · J. Michael Reaves · ss Twilight Zone Oct ’85
- 317 · Ceremony · William F. Nolan · nv Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985
- 333 · The Woman in Black · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers Dec ’84
- 347 · ...Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea... · Simon Clark · ss Back Brain Recluse #4 ’85
- 353 · Mother’s Day · Stephen F. Wilcox · ss Twilight Zone Jul/Aug ’85
- 361 · Lava Tears · Vincent McHardy · ss Darkness on the Edge of Town, 1985
- 371 · Rapid Transit [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Grue #1 ’85
- 385 · The Weight of Zero · John Alfred Taylor · ss Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’85
- 397 · John’s Return to Liverpool · Christopher Burns · ss Interzone #10 ’84
- 407 · In Late December, Before the Storm · Paul M. Sammon · ss Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’85
- 419 · Red Christmas [“Red Xmas”, as by David Almandine] · David S. Garnett · ss Mayfair Dec ’85
- 427 · Too Far Behind Gradina · Steve Sneyd · na SF Spectrum, 1985
- 473 · The Year’s Best Horror Stories #15 · an New York: DAW Oct ’87
- 475 · Introduction: What’s in a Name? · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 477 · The Yougoslaves · Robert Bloch · nv Night Cry Spr ’86
- 497 · Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Nukes, ed. John Maclay, Maclay, 1986
- 513 · Apples · Ramsey Campbell · ss Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 521 · Dead White Women · William F. Wu · ss Eldritch Tales #12 ’86
- 537 · Crystal · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- 551 · Retirement [“Even Death Gets Tired”] · Ron Leming · ss Outlaw Biker Mar ’86
- 559 · The Man Who Did Tricks with Glass · Ron Wolfe · ss Stardate Mar/Apr ’86
- 567 · Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Chill Winds of October, Laurel Arts Foundation, 1986
- 571 · The Olympic Runner · Dennis Etchison · nv Fantasy Tales #16 ’86
- 589 · Take the “A” Train [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Not One of Us Oct ’86
- 599 · The Foggy, Foggy Dew · Joel Lane · ss Foggy, Foggy Dew, Joel Lane, 1986
- 611 · The Godmother · Tina Rath · ss Ghosts & Scholars #8 ’86
- 621 · “Pale, Trembling Youth” · W. H. Pugmire & Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 627 · Red Light · David J. Schow · nv Twilight Zone Dec ’86
- 645 · In the Hour Before Dawn · Brad Strickland · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- 651 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1986
- 667 · Tattoos · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni Nov ’86
- 687 · Acquiring a Family · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Tales from the Shadows, Kimber, 1986
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Intensive Scare ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-402-0, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 303pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Anthology of 13 horror stories with medical backgrounds.
- 11 · Introduction: Trust Me. I’m a Doctor · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 15 · The Dead Line · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers Oct ’79
- 28 · The House of Horror [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Jul ’26
- 53 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss F&SF Sep ’58
- 66 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 87 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv F&SF Dec ’80
- 132 · Back to the Beast · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Nov ’27
- 140 · The Incalling · M. John Harrison · nv The Savoy Book, ed. David Britton & Michael Butterworth, Savoy, 1978
- 169 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler Nov, 1893
- 180 · The Needle Men · George R. R. Martin · ss F&SF Oct ’81
- 201 · The Shifting Growth · Edgar Jepson & John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), Samuel, 1936
- 206 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv F&SF May ’79
- 236 · Herbert West—Reanimator [“Grewsome Tales”] · H. P. Lovecraft · gp Home Brew Feb-Jul ’22; From the Dark, ss Weird Tales Mar ’42; The Plague Demon, ss Weird Tales Jul ’42; Six Shots by Moonlight, ss Weird Tales Sep ’42; The Scream of the Dead, ss Weird Tales Nov ’42; The Horror from the Shadows, ss Weird Tales Sep ’43; The Tomb-Legions, ss Weird Tales Nov ’43
- 271 · The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Jul ’50
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XVII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-381-4, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Anthology of 20 horror stories from 1988, with an introduction by the editor.
- 11 · Introduction: Ten Years After · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 15 · Fruiting Bodies · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Sum ’88
- 44 · Works of Art · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 53 · She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother · Harlan Ellison · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 71 · The Resurrection Man · Ian Watson · ss Other Edens II, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1988
- 88 · Now and Again in Summer · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasy Tales, v.10 #1, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1988
- 100 · Call 666 · Dennis Etchison · ss Twilight Zone Feb ’88
- 113 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil, ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL, 1988
- 140 · What Dreams May Come · Brad Strickland · ss F&SF Dec ’88
- 151 · Regression · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1988
- 168 · Souvenirs from a Damnation · Don Webb · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 176 · Bleeding Between the Lines [Dennis Cassady] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 2AM Win ’88
- 186 · Playing the Game · Ramsey Campbell · ss Lord John Ten, ed. Dennis Etchison, Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1988
- 201 · Lost Bodies · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #25 ’88
- 216 · Ours Now · Nicholas Royle · ss Dig Magazine #6 ’88
- 224 · Prince of Flowers · Elizabeth Hand · ss Twilight Zone Feb ’88
- 242 · The Daily Chernobyl · Robert Frazier · pm Synergy #2, ed. George Zebrowski, HBJ Harvest, 1988
- 247 · Snowman · Charles L. Grant · ss Gaslight & Ghosts, ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, 1988 World Fantasy Con/Robinson Pub., 1988
- 258 · Nobody’s Perfect · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 276 · Dead Air · Gregory Nicoll · nv Ripper!, ed. Gardner Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988
- 301 · Recrudescence · Leonard P. Carpenter · nv Amazing Jan ’88
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Mage Three: The Hero Discovered Matt Wagner (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-616-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $12.95, 144pp, tp) [Mage] Graphic novel.
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A Dozen Tough Jobs Howard Waldrop (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-01-5, Apr ’89, $16.00, 135pp, hc) Fantasy novella that transplants the Labors of Hercules to the rural south in the 1920’s. Highly recommended (FCM). Also available in a limited signed edition (-02-3, $40.00).
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Strange Things in Close-up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop (Legend 0-09-964440-1, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £4.50, 363pp, tp) Omnibus of Howard, Who? (Doubleday 1986) and All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past (Ursus 1987).
- 1 · Howard, Who? · co Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 1 · Howard Who? · George R. R. Martin · in
- 9 · The Ugly Chickens · nv Universe 10, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1980
- 35 · Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen · ss Chacal Win ’76
- 49 · Ike at the Mike · ss Omni Jun ’82
- 65 · Dr. Hudson’s Secret Gorilla · ss Shayol #1 ’77
- 79 · “...The World, as We Know’t.” · ss Shayol #6 ’82
- 98 · Green Brother · ss Shayol #5 ’82
- 116 · Mary Margaret Road-Grader · ss Orbit 18, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1976
- 135 · Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me · ss Nickelodeon #2 ’76
- 158 · Horror, We Got · ss Shayol #3 ’79
- 174 · Man-Mountain Gentian · ss Omni Sep ’83
- 193 · God’s Hooks! · ss Universe 12, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1982
- 215 · Heirs of the Perisphere · ss Playboy Jul ’85
- 235 · All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past · co Ursus, 1987
- 237 · All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past · ss Shayol #4 ’80
- 247 · Helpless, Helpless · ss Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984
- 259 · Fair Game · nv Afterlives, ed. Pamela Sargent & Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986
- 276 · What Makes Heironymous Run? · ss Shayol #7 ’85
- 292 · The Lions Are Asleep This Night · nv Omni Aug ’86
- 315 · Flying Saucer Rock & Roll · ss Omni Jan ’85
- 338 · He-We-Await · nv All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Kansas City, MO: Ursus Imprints, 1987
- 360 · The Left-Handed Muse · Lewis Shiner · bg All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Kansas City, MO: Ursus Imprints, 1987 [Howard Waldrop]
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Them Bones Howard Waldrop (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-04-X, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $20.00, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1984) alternate history sf novel. This is the first hardcover edition. Also published in a limited signed edition (-05-8 at $50.00).
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Them Bones Howard Waldrop (Legend 0-7126-3426-6, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £5.95, 218pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel. Also available in hardcover (-2944-0, £11.95). [First U.K. edition]
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Burning Obsession Robert W. Walker (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-214-9, May ’89, $3.95, 304pp, pb) [Dean Grant] Horror novel about a psychokiller who burns his victims alive.
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Megalomania Ian Wallace (DAW 0-88677-351-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.75, 179pp, pb) [Croyd] Sf novel of political intrigue among godlike beings that rule entire galaxies. The latest in the “Croyd” series of van Vogtian superman novels.
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Monday’s Child Patricia Wallace (Zebra 0-8217-2760-5, Sep ’89, $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel about a little girl who causes deaths wherever she goes.
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The Mills of Space Raymond Wallis (Frontlines 0-361-08537-0, Oct ’89, £2.99, 181pp, pb, cover by Sarah John) [Triangulum] Young-adult sf novel. Also available in hardcover (-08536-2, £5.99). Volume two in the “Triangulum” trilogy.
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Starbloom Raymond Wallis (Purnell 0-361-08503-6, Apr ’89, £1.99, 158pp, pb, cover by Sarah John) [Triangulum] Young-adult sf novel.
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Torch Jill Paton Walsh (Puffin 0-14-032275-2, Apr ’89, £1.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Chris Molan) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1987) young-adult sf novel.
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Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei Donald Wandrei (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-00-3, 1989 [Oct ’89], $28.00, 421pp, hc) Collection of 21 stories, with an introduction by Richard L. Tierney, a selected bibliography by D.H. Olson, and illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. This is a limited edition of 1,000 copies bound and laid out similar to the older Arkham House books.
- vii · Editors’ Note · Philip J. Rahman · pr
- ix · Introduction · Richard L. Tierney · in
- 3 · The Red Brain · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
- 12 · The Holiday Act · vi The Minnesota Quarterly Fll ’30
- 15 · Something from Above · nv Weird Tales Dec ’30
- 41 · Raiders of the Universes · nv Astounding Sep ’32
- 62 · A Race Through Time [Webster Conning] · nv Astounding Oct ’33
- 85 · Farewell to Earth [Webster Conning] · nv Astounding Dec ’33
- 111 · Colossus [Doane Sharon] · nv Astounding Jan ’34
- 154 · Colossus Eternal [Doane Sharon] · na Astounding Dec ’34
- 211 · The Atom-Smasher · vi Astounding Apr ’34
- 214 · The Blinding Shadows · ss Astounding May ’34
- 229 · Life Current · ss Astounding Apr ’35
- 241 · The Whisperers · ss Astounding May ’35
- 259 · Murray’s Light · ss Astounding Jun ’35
- 273 · Earth Minus · nv Astounding Sep ’35
- 299 · Finality Unlimited · na Astounding Sep ’36
- 339 · Infinity Zero · ss Astounding Oct ’36
- 354 · Black Fog · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’37
- 367 · The Crystal Bullet · ss Weird Tales Mar ’41
- 376 · On the Threshold of Eternity · ss Leaves #1 ’37
- 381 · A Trip to Infinity · ss, 1965
- 399 · Requiem for Mankind · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1971
- 416 · Selected Bibliography · D. H. Olson · bi
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The Book of Sorrows Walter Wangerin, Jr. (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-250936-5, May ’89, $8.95, 339pp, tp) [Book of the Dun Cow] Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of the Dun Cow.
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The Book of the Dun Cow Walter Wangerin, Jr. (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-250937-3, May ’89, $8.95, 241pp, tp) [Book of the Dun Cow] Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) fantasy novel.
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Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance James M. Ward & Jane Cooper Hong (TSR 0-88038-735-1, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 316pp, tp) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game.
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The Priory Margaret Wasser (Pocket 0-671-66355-0, Jun ’89, $3.95, 281pp, pb) Gothic horror novel about a cursed priory.
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Dark Winds Graham Watkins (Berkley 0-425-11609-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 328pp, pb) Horror novel about a man haunted by his father’s mistress.
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Journal Wired, Winter ’89 ed. Andy Watson & Mark V. Ziesing (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-14-7, Dec ’89, $7.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Arnie Fenner & Joseph Truitt) Original anthology/quarterly magazine with two stories (by Rucker and Attanasio) plus four non-fiction pieces by Shirley, Shepard, and others plus interviews with Abbie Hoffman and Iain M. Banks.
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