The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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100 Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-76070-140-7, Sep ’96, $7.98, 565pp, hc, cover by Cheryl Knippenburg) Anthology of 100 horror stories, one original. Authors include Ambrose Bierce, Joe R. Lansdale, Nancy A. Collins, and John Shirley. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Ashes of Circumstance · J. U. Giesy · ss Weird Tales Sep ’25
- 7 · At the Bend of the Trail · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Oct ’34
- 11 · August Heat · William Fryer Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 15 · Beside the Seaside · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Height of the Scream, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976
- 20 · Best of Luck · David Drake · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978
- 24 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 28 · Boo, Yourself · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Whispers Oct ’87
- 31 · The Broken Thread · Kirk Mashburn · ss Weird Tales May ’32
- 36 · The Bus-Conductor · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’06
- 43 · The Chill · Dennis Etchison · ss Weirdbook #15 ’81
- 48 · The Cleaning Machine [Ronald Burke] · F. Paul Wilson · ss Startling Mystery Stories Mar ’71
- 51 · The Coffin Merchant · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship, Unwin, 1912
- 56 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar, 1893
- 62 · The Desert Lich · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales Nov ’24
- 68 · Dickon the Devil [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss London Society Dec, 1872
- 76 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss Wandering Ghosts, Macmillan, 1911
- 85 · The Dreamclown · Nancy A. Collins · ss The Horror Show Fll ’83
- 90 · Ember · Fred Chappell · ss Weird Tales Fll ’90
- 98 · The Empty House · Maurice Level · ss Hearst’s International Magazine Sep ’20; “La Maison vide”, Le Journal 1909.
- 102 · The Epiphany of Death · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Fantasy Fan Jul ’34
- 106 · The Everlasting Club · Ingulphus · ss The Cambridge Review Oct 27 ’10
- 111 · Fair Trade · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers Mar ’82
- 115 · The Family Underwater · Lucy Taylor · ss Close to the Bone, Silver Salamander Press, 1993
- 119 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant · ss, 1882
- 124 · Fluffy · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales Mar ’47
- 130 · Footprints in the Water · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Women of Darkness II, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1990
- 134 · The Frenzied Farmhouse · Stefan Grabinski; trans. by Miroslaw Lipinski · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #66 ’89
- 140 · Gobble, Gobble! · William F. Nolan · ss Weird Tales Win ’90
- 145 · Graven Images · William Browning Spencer · ss The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories, Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 1993
- 149 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Silver Scarab Press, 1985
- 155 · The Green Scarab · Willis Knapp Jones · ss Weird Tales Aug ’25
- 161 · The Grim Passenger · Donald Edward Keyhoe · ss Weird Tales Apr ’25
- 167 · Have You Seen Me? · Nancy Holder · ss Cemetery Dance Sum ’91
- 175 · Heroes · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Predators, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1993
- 181 · The Hollow · David B. Silva · ss Cemetery Dance Win ’90
- 187 · The House of Shadows · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Apr ’33
- 193 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White, Stone & Kimball: Chicago, 1895
- 201 · In the Triangle · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Jan ’34
- 204 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout Nov ’25
- 211 · Itself · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales Sep ’25
- 216 · Jason, Come Home · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Night Cry Win ’86
- 223 · Johnny on the Spot · Frank Belknap Long · vi Unknown Dec ’39
- 226 · Justice · Brian Stableford · ss Far Point #1 ’91
- 232 · The Law of the Hills · Grace M. Campbell · ss Weird Tales Aug ’30
- 240 · Letter from Will Stotler, Dated October 32nd As Received by D. E. LeRoss · William R. Stotler & D. E. LeRoss · ss, 1995
- 246 · Lightning Rod · Melanie Tem · ss Skin of the Soul, ed. Lisa Tuttle, The Women’s Press, 1990
- 254 · The Lions in the Desert · David Langford · ss Weerde: Book 2, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, 1993
- 262 · The Little Green Ones · Les Daniels · ss Dark Voices 4, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1992
- 266 · Miracles · Barry Pain · ss
- 273 · Morella · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Apr, 1835
- 277 · Moving Out · Nicholas Royle · ss Skeleton Crew Jan ’91
- 282 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales Sep ’45
- 285 · Mr. Templeton’s Toyshop [“Selections from ‘Mr. Templeton’s Toyshop’”] · Thomas Wiloch · ss All the Devils Are Here, ed. David D. Deyo, Jr., Unnameable Press, 1986
- 290 · Mrs. Bentley’s Daughter · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Oct ’30
- 294 · Mrs. Edmonds’ Pantry · Tina L. Jens · ss *
- 301 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis, John Lane, 1911
- 305 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · Edith Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 308 · The Ninth Skeleton · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Sep ’28
- 311 · No Eye-Witnesses · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales Aug ’32
- 318 · Old Clothes · Ramsey Campbell · ss Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985
- 326 · One-Night Strand · Donald R. Burleson · ss Four Shadowings, Necronomicon Press, 1994
- 330 · One Size Eats All: A Campfire Tale for Children · T. E. D. Klein · ss Outside Kids Sum ’93
- 334 · An Original Revenge · W. C. Morrow · ss The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1897
- 339 · The Outsider · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Apr ’26
- 344 · Over Time’s Threshold · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Sep ’32
- 350 · The Palace of the Dead · Robert Peery · ss Weird Tales Oct ’29
- 356 · Past Tense · Brian Hodge · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 365 · People Who Love Life · Douglas Clegg · ss The Scream Factory #6 ’91
- 373 · Phantom Brass · Carl Jacobi · ss Railroad Stories Aug ’34
- 379 · The Ponderer · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales Nov ’48
- 386 · Preparations for the Game · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 394 · Purification · Robert Barr · ss Revenge!, Chatto & Windus, 1896
- 400 · A Queer Cicerone · Bernard Capes · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 405 · The Rag Thing [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss F&SF Oct ’51
- 409 · The Rajah’s Gift · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales Jan ’25
- 414 · Roadside Pickup · Richard Laymon · ss EQMM Dec ’74
- 418 · Schizo Jimmie · Fritz Leiber · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Feb ’60
- 427 · Shrapnel · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1985
- 433 · Silent Crickets · John Shirley · vi Fantastic Apr ’75
- 436 · The Skeptic · Hugh B. Cave · ss The Urbanite #3 ’93
- 441 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker, 1896
- 446 · The Sultan’s Jest · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales Sep ’25
- 452 · Talent · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’53
- 459 · The Tapestry Gate · Leigh Brackett · ss Strange Stories Aug ’40
- 470 · The Terminus · Kim Newman · ss Fantasy Tales #15 ’86; an earlier version was in the fanzine Sheep Worrying, 1981.
- 473 · A Terrible Night · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Oct, 1856
- 478 · The Three · Louise Van De Verg · ss Weird Tales Feb ’29
- 482 · The Three Marked Pennies · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Aug ’34
- 489 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 495 · Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Old Town Fireside Stories, Osgood, 1871
- 500 · Tombstone Moon · Norman Partridge · ss Souls in Pawn, ed. George Hatch, Horror’s Head Press, 1992
- 507 · A Torture by Hope [from Contes Cruels, 1883] · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam · ss The Strand Jun, 1891
- 511 · Two Doctors · M. R. James · ss A Thin Ghost, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 517 · The Visitor · John Bender · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Jun ’48
- 523 · Wave Scars · Joel Lane · ss Sugar Sleep, ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1993
- 530 · A Wedding Chest · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales, London: Grant Richards, 1904
- 538 · What Can a Child Do? · Chet Williamson · ss Weird Tales Spr ’88
- 544 · What Say the Frogs Now, Jenny? · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
- 550 · Wild Grapes · August Derleth · vi Weird Tales Jul ’34
- 554 · Will · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Green Window, Leonard Smithers, 1899
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Rivals of Dracula ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0175-X, Sep ’96, $7.98, 377pp, hc) Anthology of 19 vampire stories. Authors include Kevin J. Anderson, F. Paul Wilson, Tanith Lee, and Dan Simmons. There is an introduction by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Much at Stake · Kevin J. Anderson · ss The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991
- 15 · The Yougoslaves · Robert Bloch · nv Night Cry Spr ’86
- 35 · Voivode · Douglas Borton · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 51 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · ss The Iowa Review Sum/Fll ’75; revised
- 67 · Dracula on the Rocks [Irene Alder] · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 95 · The Wind Breathes Cold · P. N. Elrod · ss Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 107 · Dracula 1944 · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991
- 121 · Like a Pilgrim to the Shrine · Brian Hodge · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 139 · Nunc Dimittis · Tanith Lee · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd Mead, 1983
- 159 · Cult · Warner Lee · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 177 · Drink My Blood [“Drink My Red Blood”] · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination Apr ’51
- 185 · Red Reign · Kim Newman · na The Mammoth Book of Vampires, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1992
- 243 · Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu · Norman Partridge · nv Love in Vein, ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994
- 261 · Night Cries · Daniel Ransom · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 287 · Cardula’s Revenge [Cardula] · Jack Ritchie · ss AHMM Nov ’78
- 297 · Last Call for the Sons of Shock · David J. Schow · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 311 · All Dracula’s Children · Dan Simmons · nv The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991
- 335 · The Name of Fear · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991
- 345 · The Lord’s Work · F. Paul Wilson · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
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Lovecraft’s Legacy ed. Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Tor 0-312-86140-0, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $13.95, 334pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1990) original anthology of 13 stories in homage to Lovecraft.
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100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries Stephen Weiner (Kitchen Sink Press 0-87816-415-4, Mar ’96, $9.95, 48pp, ph, cover by various) Non-fiction associational reference, in comic-book format; a guide to graphic novels for librarians, including suggestions on cataloging and shelving. There is a foreword by Neil Gaiman, as well as short articles by Craig Shaw Gardner and Elizabeth B. Thomsen, and interviews with Scott McCloud and James Vance.
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DragonLance: Dragons of Summer Flame Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (TSR 0-7869-0523-9, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $7.99, 586pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Chronicles] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization, based on the role-playing games, volume four of the original “Chronicles” series. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Starshield: Sentinels Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39760-6, Nov ’96, $24.00, 424pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Starshield] SF novel, first in the new series. Bewildered humans join a galactic quest for an ancient artifact.
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DragonLance: The Doom Brigade Margaret Weis & Don Perrin (TSR 0-7869-0526-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore & Tony Szczudlo) [DragonLance] Fantasy novelization, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
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The Knights of the Black Earth Margaret Weis & Don Perrin (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45514-2, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Mag Force 7] Reprint (Roc 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Weis’s “Star of the Guardians” series. Mercenaries led by a cyborg plot against the galactic king.
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Robot Blues Margaret Weis & Don Perrin (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45581-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Mag Force 7] SF novel, sequel to Knights of the Black Earth. First US edition (Gollancz 1996).
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DragonLance: The Dragons at War ed. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (TSR 0-7869-0491-7, May ’96, $5.99, 340pp, tp, cover by Paul Jaquays) [DragonLance] Anthology of 13 stories and a poem set in the DragonLance world, a follow up to DragonLance: The Dragons of Krynn. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Mood Shifts Dan Weiss (Black Plankton Press, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], $12.00, 262pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel. A man starts to question his world when his wife gets a personality change at the local Mood Shifts outlet. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; postage included in price.
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Snugglarea Dan Weiss (Black Plankton Press, Aug ’96 [Oct ’96], $12.00, 301pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel. Earth controls overpopulation by putting all non-essential people in cold storage. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; postage included in price.
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Exile’s Challenge Angus Wells (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37812-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $12.95, 481pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Fantasy novel. Part two of the “Exiles Saga”. First US edition. (Millennium 1996).
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Exile’s Children Angus Wells (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29903-4, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 660pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Millennium 1996) fantasy novel. Part one of the “Exiles Saga”.
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The Invisible Man H. G. Wells (Oxford University Press 0-19-283195-X, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $6.95, 160pp, tp) Reprint (Pearson 1897) classic SF novel, with a biographical preface, chronology, and select bibliography by Patrick Parrinder, and an introduction by John Sutherland. The text for this edition is primarily taken from the 1924 Atlantic edition; notes on the variant texts by editor David Lake are included. Part of the Oxford “World’s Classics” series.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19189-7, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1896) classic SF novel. This follows the 1988 Signet Classic edition. Movie tie-in edition.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells (Tor 0-812-56707-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $2.99, 146pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1896) classic SF novel. This is an unofficial movie tie-in edition.
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The Time Machine/The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells (Oxford University Press 0-19-282825-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $7.95, 229pp, tp) Omnibus of two classic SF novels, The Time Machine (Heinemann 1895) and The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann 1896), with a new biographical preface, chronology, and select bibliography by Patrick Parrinder. For The Time Machine (Heinemann 1895) the text primarily follows the Atlantic 1924 editions; notes on the variant texts are included. Part of the Oxford “World’s Classics” series.
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City of Bones Martha Wells (Tor 0-812-56708-0, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) Reprint (Tor 1995) Arabian Nights/post-holocaust fantasy novel.
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The Tenant Charles West (Write Way 1-885173-12-1, 1996 [Sep ’96], $21.95, 284pp, hc) SF medical thriller with echoes of Shelley’s Frankenstein. A man’s brain is transplanted into the body of a disfigured sociopath. A first novel. Order from Write Way Publishing, 3806 S Fraser, Aurora CO 80014.
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Hunter’s Death Michelle West (DAW 0-88677-706-2, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $6.99, 670pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Hunter’s Oath] Fantasy novel, sequel to Hunter’s Oath. The battle against darkness is fought in a highly civilized city. West is a pen name for Michelle Sagara.
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Sporting with Amaryllis Paul West (Overlook Press 0-87951-666-6, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $19.95, 158pp, hc, cover by Michael Hornburg) Literary fantasy. Young John Milton encounters living myth in London, a woman who teaches him about sex and poetry.
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Christmas Spirit Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41125-5, Oct ’96, $4.95, 150pp, pb, cover by John Lawrence) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1994) omnibus of two young-adult Christmas stories, one a ghost story.
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Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction Gary Westfahl (Greenwood Press 0-313-29727-4, Feb ’96, $49.95, 148pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of the roots and development of hard SF, with close examination of A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke, Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement, and Between the Strokes of Night by Charles Sheffield. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
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Smoke Donald E. Westlake (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40344-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $6.50, 439pp, pb, cover by Jeff Fitz Maurice) Reprint (Mysterious Press 1995) humorous SF mystery. A burglar breaks into a lab and ends up invisible.
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The Ghost Feeler Edith Wharton (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-0996-8, Nov ’96 [Aug ’96], $28.95, 188pp, hc) Collection of nine “Stories of Terror and the Supernatural”, edited and with a critical and biographical introduction by Peter Haining. This is the Peter Owen UK 1996 edition with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 1-610-458-5005.
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The Satanist Dennis Wheatley (Reed Trade Books/Mandarin 0-7493-2272-1, Oct ’95 [May ’96], $6.99, 512pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1960) occult thriller. This has an American cover, but is internally the same as the 1995 Mandarin UK reprint. Available from Reed Trade Books, 225 Wildwood Ave, Woburn MA 01801; orders: 1-800-366-2665, fax 1-800-446-6520.
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