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The Vampire Hunters’ Casebook ed. Peter Haining (Warner UK 0-7515-1284-2, May ’96 [Jun ’96], £6.99, xx+363pp, tp) Dark fantasy anthology of 15 stories (two original) and excerpts from novels, about those who hunt the vampire. Illustrated with stills from vampire films.

xi · Introduction · Peter Haining · in *
xv · Preface: The Way of the Vampire by Professor Abraham Van Helsing [from Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex Contact, 1897
1 · The Strange Investigator [from “Carmilla”] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
11 · Beautiful Vampire · Arabella Kennealy · nv May, 1896
33 · Aylmer Vance and the Vampire · Claude Askew · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Jul ’14
59 · The Broken Fang [Prof. Arnold Rhymer] · Uel Key · na Pearson’s Magazine
111 · The Man Who Cast No Shadow [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Feb ’27
145 · The Bloodsucker of Portland Place [from The Vampire] · Sydney Horler · ex, 1935
161 · Last Grave of Lili Warren [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May ’51
189 · The Beefsteak Room · Peter Haining · ss *
195 · The Night Stalker · Jeff Rice · ss; transcript of first episode; may be original.
211 · Beyond Any Measure · Karl Edward Wagner · na Whispers Mar ’82
275 · The Undead · Robert Bloch · ss The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalog, 1984
281 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · ss Redbook Feb ’84
315 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
323 · My Name Upon the Wind · Peter Tremayne · nv *
The Vampire Omnibus ed. Peter Haining (Orion 0-75280-373-5, May ’96, £6.99, 669pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) Reprint (Orion 1995) horror anthology.
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63308-2, Mar ’96, £15.99, 300pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) Anthology of 24 humorous SF and fantasy stories by authors ranging from Wells and Dunsany, through Collier and Kuttner, to Vonnegut, Adams, and Terry Pratchett.

9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
13 · 1. Wizards and Wotsits: Stories of Cosmic Absurdity
15 · Theatre of Cruelty · Terry Pratchett · ss *; an abridged version was published in the July/August 1993 issue of Bookcase (the W.H. Smith magazine).
20 · How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles · Lord Dunsany · ss The Book of Wonder, London: Heineman, 1912
26 · Hell Hath No Fury · John Collier · ss The Devil and All, Nonesuch Press, 1934
32 · The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Sep ’42
54 · A Great Deal of Power · Eric Frank Russell · ss Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep ’53
66 · Doodad · Ray Bradbury · ss Astounding Sep ’43
80 · Not By Its Cover · Philip K. Dick · ss Famous Science Fiction Sum ’68
90 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Apr ’64
101 · 2. Swords and Sorcery: Tales of Heroic Fantasy
103 · Mythological Beast · Stephen Donaldson · ss F&SF Jan ’79
122 · The Adventure of the Snowing Globe · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Dec ’05
138 · Affairs in Poictesme [from Figures of Earth] · James Branch Cabell · ex New York: McBride, 1921
146 · The Ring of Hans Carvel · Fredric Brown · vi Nightmares and Geezenstacks, Bantam, 1961
149 · The Bait [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · vi Whispers Dec ’73
153 · A Good Knight’s Work · Robert Bloch · nv Unknown Oct ’41
176 · Poor Little Warrior · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Apr ’58
183 · The Odd Old Bird [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · ss Weird Tales Win ’88 - ’89
195 · 3. Astronauts and Aliens: Space Opera Yarns
197 · Young Zaphod Plays It Safe [Hitchhiker] · Douglas Adams · ss The Hitchiker’s Quartet, Douglas Adams, Harmony, 1986; revised for this edition.
209 · The Wild Asses of the Devil [from Boon] · H. G. Wells · ex Boon, 1915
220 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss Saturday Review of Literature May 28 ’55
231 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · Reginald Bretnor · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
246 · Captain Wyxtpthll’s Flying Saucer [“The Men in the Flying Saucer”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Lilliput Feb ’51
259 · Playboy and the Slime God · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Mar ’61
273 · There’s a Wolf in My Time Machine [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss F&SF Jun ’71
291 · 2 B R 0 2 B · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss If Jan ’62
The Fear Man Ann Halam (Dolphin 1-85881-294-1, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £3.99, 135pp, pb, cover by Ian Butterworth) Reprint (Orion 1995) young-adult horror novel. Halam is a pseudonym of Gwyneth Jones.
The Antelope Company at Large Willis Hall (Red Fox 0-09-911591-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £2.99, 146pp, tp) [Antelope Company] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1987) young-adult fantasy novel in a series about Lilliputian explorers shipwrecked in England.
Star Trek: Ishmael Barbara Hambly (Titan 1-85286-183-5, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.
Star Wars: Children of the Jedi Barbara Hambly (Bantam UK 0-553-40879-8, May ’96 [Mar ’96], £4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam UK; Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novelization.
The Reality Dysfunction Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 0-333-62626-5, Jan ’96, £16.99, 955pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Night’s Dawn] SF novel. A 350,000 word far-future space opera, first of “The Night’s Dawn Trilogy”. In AD 2600, humanity seems to have reached a golden age — hundreds of inhabited planets, viable genetic experimentation, living spaceships, the peace kept by the Confederation Navy. A renegade’s meeting with a totally alien entity unleashes the most primal of all human fears — a nightmare that may drown this entire future civilisation in eternal night.
The Reality Dysfunction Peter F. Hamilton (Pan 0-333-67563-0, Jun ’96, £9.99, 954pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Night’s Dawn] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1996) SF novel. First in a trilogy.
12 Monkeys Elizabeth Hand (Boxtree 0-7522-0211-1, Apr ’96, £4.99, 213pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) SF novelisation of the film. [First U.K. edition]
The Deity Dozen Andrew Harman (Legend 0-09-968101-3, Aug ’96, £4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Mortropolis] Humorous fantasy novel. An efficiency drive in the Underworld leads to revolution. Sequel to Fahrenheit 666. A hardcover edition (-978851-9, £16.99) is also available.
The Scrying Game Andrew Harman (Legend 0-09-949901-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Humorous fantasy novel. A cut-price crystal ball almost spells the end of the proto-wizard Hogshead. A hardcover edition (-970311-4, £16.99) is also available.
Vampire’s Love 1: Blood Curse Janice Harrell (Scholastic UK 0-590-13981-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £3.50, 223pp, pb) [Vampires Love] Reprint (Scholastic 1995) young-adult vampire novel. First in a two-volume mini-series. Copyrighted by Harrell & Daniel Weiss Associates. [First U.K. edition]
Vampire’s Love 2: Blood Spell Janice Harrell (Scholastic UK 0-590-13984-3, Dec ’96, £3.50, 185pp, pb) [Vampires Love] Reprint (Scholastic 1995) young-adult vampire romance novel. Second/last of a series. [First U.K. edition]
Black Rock Steve Harris (Gollancz 0-575-06140-5, Mar ’96, £16.99, 447pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel. A serial manuscript, seemingly telling the private life of the woman who receives it, has been sent from an empty, haunted house.
Black Rock Steve Harris (Vista 0-575-60082-9, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) horror novel.
King and Emperor Harry Harrison & John Holm (Legend 0-09-930305-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £16.99, 452pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Hammer and the Cross] Alternate-history fantasy novel set in a 9th century England jointly ruled by the English and the Vikings, under the Viking religion, the Way. Last of the “The Hammer and the Cross” trilogy. The name John Holm (a pen name for Tom Shippey) is not used on the cover. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
One King’s Way Harry Harrison & John Holm (Legend 0-09-930308-6, Jul ’96, £5.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Hammer and the Cross] Reprint (Legend 1995) historical fantasy novel. Second in the trilogy, after The Hammer and the Cross. The name John Holm (a pen name for Tom Shippey) is not used on the cover.
Highlander: The Element of Fire Jason Henderson (Boxtree 0-7522-0294-4, Apr ’96, £4.99, 212pp, pb) [Highlander] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) novelisation of the fantasy TV series about sword-wielding immortals. First in a series. [First U.K. edition]
’48 James Herbert (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224287-7, Nov ’96, £16.99, 333pp, hc) Alternate-history SF/dark fantasy novel. Three years after a 1945 in which Hitler unleashed the Blood Death on Britain, the few immunes are being tracked by dying fascists desperately seeking a cure.
Creed James Herbert (NEL 0-450-54743-4, Dec ’96, £5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1990) horror novel; 10th printing.
Domain James Herbert (NEL 0-450-05822-0, Dec ’96, £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) [Rats] Reissue (NEL 1984) horror novel in the “Rats” series; 15th printing.
Fluke James Herbert (NEL 0-450-03828-9, Dec ’96, £5.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reissue (NEL 1977) fantasy novel; 26th printing.
The Fog James Herbert (NEL 0-450-03045-8, Dec ’96, £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reissue (NEL 1975) horror novel; 38th printing.
Portent James Herbert (NEL 0-450-58885-8, Sep ’96, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1992) SF/dark fantasy novel. Third printing.
Shrine James Herbert (NEL 0-450-05659-7, Dec ’96, £6.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reissue (NEL 1983) fantasy/horror novel; 17th printing.
Cade: 1: Galaxy’s Edge Douglas Hill (Bantam UK 0-553-50334-0, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £3.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cade] Young-adult SF novel; volume 1 of a trilogy.
Cade: The Moons of Lannamur Douglas Hill (Bantam UK 0-553-50330-8, Jul ’96, £3.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cade] Young-adult SF novel. Book 2 in a trilogy.
Day of the Starwind Douglas Hill (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26652-7, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 124pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult SF novel. Volume 3 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
Deathwing Over Veynaa Douglas Hill (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26446-X, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 125pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult SF novel. Volume 2 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
Galactic Warlord Douglas Hill (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26186-X, Feb ’96, £2.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1979) young-adult SF novel. Volume 1 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
Planet of the Warlord Douglas Hill (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26713-2, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1981) young-adult SF novel. Volume 4 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
Matlock’s System Reginald Hill (Severn House 0-7278-4993-X, Jul ’96, £16.99, 213pp, hc) Reprint (Faber 1973 as Heart Clock as by Dick Morland) SF novel. Adds a new introduction by Hill, and is further copyrighted 1996, suggesting some revisions.
GodEngine Craig Hinton (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20473-5, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 51 in “The New Adventures”.
Doctor Who: Millenial Rites Craig Hinton (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20455-7, Oct ’95 [Feb ’96], £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
Nevermore William Hjortsberg (Phoenix 1-85799-445-0, Aug ’96, £5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Richard Haughton) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1994) dark fantasy novel.
Fremder Russell Hoban (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04370-6, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £14.99, 184pp, hc) SF novel. In a dystopian future, Fremder Gorn is the sole survivor when a starship disappears.
Assassin’s Apprentice Robin Hobb (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648009-8, Mar ’96, £5.99, 480pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Farseer] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) fantasy novel. Book 1 of the epic “Farseer” trilogy.
Royal Assassin Robin Hobb (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224607-4, Mar ’96, £15.99, 580pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Farseer] Fantasy novel. Book 2 in the epic “Farseer” trilogy. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-224648-1, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
The House on the Borderland William Hope Hodgson (NEL 0-340-67510-1, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Chapman Hall 1908) unabridged edition of the classic dark fantasy novel. Afterword by Iain Sinclair.
The History of Danish Dreams Peter Høeg (The Harvill Press 1-86046-114-X, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £9.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Victor Pasmore) Fantasy novel. Translated from the original (1988). A hardcover edition (-113-1, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
Practical Magic Alice Hoffman (Macmillan UK 0-333-64825-0, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £15.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Elaine Cox) Reprint (Putnam 1995) magic realism/dark fantasy novel. Three generations of conjuring women come together when one family member is besieged by the spirit of her ex-lover. [First U.K. edition]
Point Horror 2: The Diane Hoh Special Edition Diane Hoh (Scholastic UK 0-590-54287-7, Oct ’96, £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult horror omnibus of The Fever, Funhouse, and The Invitation.

1 · The Fever · n. Scholastic, 1992
135 · Funhouse · n. Scholastic, 1990
257 · The Invitation · n. Scholastic, 1991
Ancient Echoes Robert Holdstock (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224600-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £15.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) SF/fantasy novel. A young boy’s powerful visions of another world lead to a breakthrough in his later life.
Ancient Echoes Robert Holdstock (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648000-4, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) fantasy novel.
Supping with Vampires Tom Holland (Little, Brown UK 0-316-87622-4, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £12.99, 407pp, hc) [Vampyre] Dark fantasy novel. A semi-sequel to The Vampyre.
The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron Tom Holland (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. Issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.
The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron Tom Holland (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. This was issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.
Pendragon’s Banner Helen Hollick (Mandarin 0-7493-2063-X, Apr ’96, £5.99, 547pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Pendragon’s Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1995) Arthurian novel. Book 2 of a trilogy.
Bridestone Sheila Holligon (Signet Creed 0-451-18331-2, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 246pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel.
Djinn Rummy Tom Holt (Orbit 1-85723-363-8, May ’96, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1995) humorous fantasy novel: after fourteen years, a djinn is released from his bottle...his asprin bottle.
My Hero Tom Holt (Orbit 1-85723-365-4, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £15.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel. A fantasy writer finds her latest book has something to say...to her.
My Hero Tom Holt (Orbit 1-85723-387-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1996) humorous fantasy novel.
Paint Your Dragon Tom Holt (Orbit 1-85723-433-2, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £15.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel.
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories ed. Anthony Horowitz (Puffin 0-14-036883-3, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £3.99, 159pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Reprint (Viking UK 1994) young-adult horror collection.
The Willows and Beyond William Horwood (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225310-0, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £12.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Patrick Benson) [Wind in the Willows] Fantasy novel. Third in a series of sequels to Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
The Wolves of Time I: Journeys to the Heartland William Horwood (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649694-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £5.99, 610pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Wolves of Time] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) animal fantasy novel.
Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard (New Era 1-870451-23-6, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 1054pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. The 4th printing.
Lucy’s Child Shaun Hutson (Warner UK 0-7515-0769-5, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £5.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995) dark fantasy novel.
Stolen Angels Shaun Hutson (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90405-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £15.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Associational novel. Satanic child abuse, with mild fantasy content.
Exquisite Corpse Robert Irwin (Vintage UK 0-09-959851-5, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 235pp, tp) Reprint (Dedalus 1995) literary fantasy novel.
The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson (Raven 1-85487-437-3, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £7.99, xii+531pp, tp) Reprint (QPBC 1991) dark fantasy omnibus, with a new Introduction by Donna Tartt. The classic dark fantasy, The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), the surreal nightmare, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, (Viking 1962) and the collection The Lottery (Farrar Straus 1949). [First U.K. edition]
Outcast of Redwall Brian Jacques (Red Fox 0-09-960091-9, Jul ’96, £4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1995) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 8 in the series.
The Pearls of Lutra Brian Jacques (Hutchinson 0-09-176536-6, Jul ’96, £12.99, 406pp, hc) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book nine in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Allan Curless.
Alchemist Peter James (Gollancz 0-575-05726-2, Jan ’96, £15.99, 574pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A pharmaceutical firm hides a deadly secret about its biggest-selling product. It’s not chemical; it’s alchemical.
Alchemist Peter James (Signet UK 0-451-17997-8, Dec ’96, £5.99, 573pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) horror novel.
Raven’s Knot Robin Jarvis (Collins 0-00-185624-3, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £10.99, 442pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of “Tales from the Wyrd Museum”.

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