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The Urbanite [# 7, 1996] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press; Davenport, IA, $5.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Mark McLaughlin) Strange Transformations.

2 · From the Cocoon · Mark McLaughlin · ed
4 · Piano Without Strings · Joel Lane · ss
8 · Visitors · Hertzan Chimera · vi
9 · Carving a Life · Lawrence Schimel · pm Once Upon a Midnight, ed. Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, Unnameable Press, 1995
10 · The Nature of Beauty · Nevenah Smith · pm
10 · Tree · Pamela Briggs · pm
11 · Showdown in Kitsch-Town · Dale L. Sproule · ss
13 · Last Train to Arnos Grove · M. R. Scofidio · ss
18 · See Monkey, Do Monkey · Lawrence Schimel · pm
18 · The Magnificent Transmogrification · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Magic Realism Sum ’93
19 · Rudy and Marta · Don Webb · ss
23 · Playclothes · Scott H. Urban · ss
29 · The Repossessor · Brandon W. Totman · pm
30 · A Word for Warmth · Rachel Russell · ss
36 · Names · Lawrence Schimel · pm
39 · Fish Story · Anne Miles · ss
42 · The Kiss of Alchemy · Wilum H. Pugmire · vi
43 · Face Lifter · Alexa deMonterice · ss
46 · The Soul Taker · Kim Padgett-Clarke · vi
47 · Anthony’s Breakfast · Pamela Briggs · pm
48 · Burn · Andy Cox · ss Psychotrope #1 ’94
53 · Lunch with Janoscz, the Deconstruction Worker · Pamela Briggs · nv
69 · The Door Into You · Rhonda Eikamp · ss
74 · Contract Bridge · Joel Lane · ss
79 · Chrysalides · Misc. · bg
Violent Spectres [#4, 1996] ed. Adam Bradley (Adam Bradley, £2.50, 37pp, A5, cover by Dallas Goffin) Small press fantasy/horror fiction magazine. Available from Adam Bradley, 28 Treaty Street, Islington, LONDON, N1 0SY. 2 · Editorial · Adam Bradley · ed 3 · Ants! · Steve Harris · nv 30 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl 35 · We Don’t Come Alone · Paul Finch · vi
Weird Stories [# 1, October 1996] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX, $5.00, 84pp, octavo, cover by ?) 3 · The Mystery of the Missing Pulp Collectors · Rick Brooks · ss 7 · The Case of the Missing Children · Lamont Wentworth · nv 48 · Deadline · Jeffrey T. Zverloff · nv 62 · The Height of Arrogance · T. J. Glenn · ss 70 · The House of Somnus · Shawn Danowski · ss 80 · Mr. Minus Speaks [Mr. Minus] · Ginger Johnson · ss
Weird Stories [# 2, November 1996] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX, $5.00, 88pp, octavo, cover by Ron Wilber) 3 · Fury of the Undead · Esteban Miranda · nv 40 · The Curse of Medusa · Nick Carr · nv 64 · Curiosity · R. F. Monsignors · ss 73 · A New House · John L. French · vi 75 · The Joy of Paul Martin · Terry Nudds · ss 85 · The Dolls · Magie Easton · ss
Weird Stories [# 3, December 1996] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX, $5.00, 84pp, octavo, cover by Ray Capella) 3 · The Green Flame of Mars · Grayson M. Stephens · nv 27 · The New Order · Tom Johnson · nv 54 · Out Past Terra · Rick Brooks · ss 68 · The Saguaro’s Child · Patricia Matthews · ss 76 · Visitors · Virginia Johnson · ss
White Knuckles [v1 #4, Winter 1996] ed. John R. Platt (New Providence, NJ, $4.00, 52pp+, octavo, cover by Ray Stevens) 2 · KM 89 · Patricia Russo · ss 10 · Pieces · Deidra Cox · pm 11 · A Pound of Flesh · Ken Goldman · ss 22 · Cloysters · D. F. Lewis · ss 30 · Toys · Deidra Cox · pm 30 · Shadows of Change · Shikhar Dixit · ss 39 · Johnnycake Road · James Rada, Jr. · ss 47 · Punishments · Deidra Cox · pm 48 · The Case of the Missing Mucus · J. Spencer Dreischarf · ss 48 · Riptide · Deidra Cox · pm
White Knuckles [v1 #5, Spring & Summer 1996] ed. John R. Platt (New Providence, NJ, $4.00, 60pp+, octavo, cover by Ray Stevens) 2 · Pictures Within · Yvonne Navarro · ss 12 · A Night Out · William Marden · ss 22 · Riddle · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 23 · Cawrl and the Boys · Paul DeCirce · ss 29 · the last man on earth... · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 32 · The Jogger · Jeff Hufford · ss 36 · The interface... · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 37 · Ratso · James S. Dorr · ss 2AM Fll ’92 43 · my DNA and the ape’s... · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 44 · Problem Cat · Lester Thees · ss 53 · Promotion · Steve Hockensmith · ss 58 · extinction haiku · W. Gregory Stewart · pm
White Knuckles [v1 #6, Fall 1996] ed. John R. Platt (New Providence, NJ, $4.00, 52pp+, octavo, cover by Marc Damicis) 2 · A Second Chance at Hell · Douglas Hewitt · ss 6 · The Calling · Denise Dumars · pm 7 · Grandma’s Gingerboys · Patricia Russo · ss 13 · The Call of Tawiskaro · T. W. Kriner · ss 23 · Jackalope · Denise Dumars · pm 24 · Silver Bullets · Rachel Russell · ss 35 · Clockwatcher · Denise Dumars · pm The Urbanite #4 ’94 36 · Related Elements · Lorne Dixon · ss 44 · Free Zone · Denise Dumars · pm 53 · Whatever You Do, Remain Calm · Christopher DeRose · ss
Wicked Mystic [#25, Spring 1996] ed. Andre Scheluchin (Victor Chin, $5.95, 84pp, quarto, cover by R. H. Phister) 6 · Letters from Hell · The Readers · lt 8 · The Revenant · Tony Plank · ss 12 · Mr. Happy Head · James S. Dorr · ss 16 · Direct from the Bone · Mary Winters · pm 17 · The Birth of Something · John Grey · pm 18 · Grampa Pus · Donald R. Burleson · ss 23 · Untitled (“The blood hit my face...”) · Maria A. Vega · pm 23 · Scissors · R. H. Phister · pm 23 · Silent Brood · Chad Hensley · pm 24 · Dark Fiction On-Line · Andre Scheluchin · ar 28 · Hide ’n’ Seek · Joseph W. Priddy, Jr. · ss 32 · Poem #98 · Hart D. Fisher · pm 34 · Ring of Angels · Charlee Jacob · ss 36 · Wet · Charlee Jacob · pm 38 · Surf City · Robert Schadt · ss 42 · The Wicked World pf Webs: 301 Sites Worth Visiting · Misc. · ms 52 · After the Show · Larry D. Sweazy · pm 52 · Child of Bast · Ferrara Pan · pm 52 · Fugue · Ferrara Pan · pm 52 · Flying Ointment · K. S. Hardy · pm 54 · The Lady Who Ate Dolls · Thomas M. Sipos · ss 62 · Letters to Lisa · A. J. Ryan · ss 65 · Incubus · Bob Cook · pm 68 · Time Contraints · Nicole Ludwig · ss 74 · Not for Resale · Michael B. Fenner · ss 78 · Reviews · Misc. · fr 82 · Intimates · Jonathan Yungkans · pm 82 · I Know · B. Kim Meyer · pm
Worlds of Fantasy & Horror [v1 #3, Whole No. 3, Summer 1996] ed. Darrell Schweitzer (Terminus Publishing Company, Inc.; King of Prussia, PA, $4.95, 68pp, quarto, cover by Ian Miller) 4 · Owl’s Nest · The Readers · lt 10 · Shadowings · Douglas E. Winter · cl 17 · The Werewolf · Tanith Lee · ss 24 · Bad Wheels · John Accursi · ss 27 · Hangman’s Haiku · J. D. Hunt · pm 28 · The Narrow House · Robert Sampson · ss 34 · Hell Book · Jason Van Hollander · il 35 · A Fly Called Jesus · Chet Williamson · ss 39 · The Mashgeakh Rejects the Dragon-Slayer · Ruth Berman · pm Classic Horrors: ___ 40 · Smoke Ghost · Allen Koszowski · il 41 · A Witch in the Balkans · Lord Dunsany · ss Everybody’s Weekly Jun 2 ’51 44 · The Resurrectionist at Boarding School · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 45 · Dear Daddy · Kiel Stuart · ss 51 · A Talk with Joe Lansdale · Darrell Schweitzer · iv [Joe R. Lansdale] 56 · Bad Meat · Frederick Stansfield · pm 56 · Somewhere, Under the Rainbow · Steve Eng · pm 57 · The Wanderer · Jill Bauman · pm 58 · Father Vadim’s Angel · Donna Farley · ss 66 · Our Hero Becomes Entangled with a Bloodsucker · John S. Davis · pm
Worlds of Fantasy & Horror [v1 #4, Whole No. 4, Winter 1996-7] ed. Darrell Schweitzer (Terminus Publishing Company, Inc.; King of Prussia, PA, $4.95, 68pp, quarto, cover by Douglas Beekman)

4 · Owl’s Nest · The Readers · lt
7 · The Den · S. T. Joshi · cl [Poppy Z. Brite; Ramsey Campbell]
12 · The Sequence of Swords and Hearts · Tanith Lee · ss
23 · From the Shores of Tripoli · Jonathan Shipley · ss
28 · Teatro Grottesco · Thomas Ligotti · ss The Nightmare Factory, Raven, 1996
37 · A Day on the Bog · Lord Dunsany · vi Punch Dec 3 ’47
38 · Sea Witch · Anne Sheldon · pm
39 · A Talk with Peter Straub · Darrell Schweitzer · iv [Peter Straub]
44 · The Chair · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982
49 · Snow White Turns 39 · Anne Sheldon · pm
49 · Styx and Stones · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm
50 · My Vampire Cake · Ian Watson · ss
54 · Prime · Margo Skinner · pm
Classic Horrors:
___ 55 · The Graveyard Rats · Allen Koszowski · il
56 · The Sorcerer’s Gift · Darrell Schweitzer · ss
Xizquil [#15, 1996] ed. Uncle River (Blue, AZ, $4.00, 64pp+, octavo, cover by Andy Tubbesing) 2 · cartoon · Kevin D. Duncan & Albert J. Manachino · ct 3 · Spider’s Dreams · Brian Wightman · ss 11 · A Happening · Sergei Strel’chenko; trans. by Michael McKenny · ss 16 · Melody, Part I · Margaret B. Simon · pp 17 · The Cost of Ignorance · H. P. Linde · ss 22 · “When your...” · Corrina Lawson · pm 23 · Tatanka · Paul Malecot · pm 25 · The Awakening · Ash Miller · ss 32 · Afternoon · Don Webb · vi 34 · Strange Joy · Patricia Prime · pm 34 · Mrs. Dodds’ Birthday · David Shtogryn · ss 39 · Human Behavior · Irving Kaufman · pm 39 · The January 1996 Blizzard · Irving Kaufman · pm 40 · Melody, Part II · Margaret B. Simon · pp 41 · immigrant · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 41 · Elk Poet Travels North · Catfish McDaris · pm 42 · All’s Hell That Ends Well... · Roy P. Fairfield · ss 50 · Melody, Part III · Margaret B. Simon · pp 50 · From Dusk to Dawn · p. j. sharpe · ss 64 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
The Year’s Best Fantastic Fiction [v1 #2, 1996] ed. Joe Morey (Dark Regions Press; Concord, CA, $4.95, 34pp+, quarto, cover by Stacy Drum) Bound back-to-back with Dark Regions, v3 #2.

2 · Editorial: The Best of the Best · John B. Rosenman · ed
3 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
4 · A Rush of Wings · Richard Rowand · ss Realms of Fantasy Dec ’94
6 · Edward Curtis’s Two Zuni Girls at the River, with Pots · Mary A. Turzillo · pm Best of Ohio, 1994, Ohio Poetry Day Association, 1994
7 · The Heart of the Overchild · Daniel Pearlman · ss Real Win ’93/94
12 · Hallowe’en? · Charles D. Eckert · pm Dead of Night Fll ’94
13 · The Rusty Smith and Faer Linden · Nancy Varian Berberick · ss Realms of Fantasy Dec ’94
20 · Touch Wood · t. Winter-Damon · pm Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993
21 · Truth Is Stranger Then Fishin’ · David Moss & Lance Carney · ss Rictus #2 ’94
23 · The Unbound · J. W. Donnelly · pm Xenophilia, 1994
24 · In the Year of Purple Flowers · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Tomorrow Apr ’93
30 · sylvia · karen verba · pm Palace Corbie #5 ’94
31 · The Burning · Pam Chillemi-Yeager · ss After Hours Win ’94
The Zone [No. 4, Summer 1996] ed. Tony Lee (Pigasus Press, £2.75, 58pp, A4, cover by Kevin Cullen) Small press SF fiction magazine. Available from S.A. Publishing, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight, PO30 3AJ.

3 · Editorial · Tony Lee · ed
4 · Always with You · Neil Asher · ss
11 · M. John Harrison: Climbing to Viriconium · Rhys H. Hughes · ar [M. John Harrison]
14 · In the Last Light of the Triple Sun · Chris Bell · ss
17 · Children of the Atom: Nuclear Apocalypse in Science Fiction · Andrew Darlington · ar
24 · Home Sweet Home: SF Poetry About Earth · Tony Lee · si
24 · One Thought Ever at the Fore · Walt Whitman · pm (r)
24 · Report After Survey · K. V. Bailey · pm
25 · Forbidden Planet · J. P. V. Stewart · pm
25 · For Sale · Stephen Bowkett · pm
26 · A Gourmand of the Mutant Rain Forest · Bruce Boston · pm Weird Tales Sum ’91
26 · Machinehead and the Delegation from Earth · Vincent De Souza · pm
27 · Hannibal Deathridge, His Journey in Strange Subterranean Lands to the Pendant World, and Beyond/The Conqueror of Gravitation Reaches Enchanting Moons... · Andrew Darlington · pm
27 · The End of the World As We Know It · William Meikle · pm
27 · Lovebite · Allen Ashley · pm
28 · Greatest of Walls of All · Steve Sneyd · pm
28 · Garden of Before · Teresa Williams · pm
28 · The Reparable Moment · Steve Sneyd · pm
28 · It May Be Like This · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, 1952
29 · A Top 10 Science Fiction Novels · Algis Budrys · ar
30 · Madonna Park · Rhys H. Hughes · vi
32 · SF vs Sci-Fi: In Print & Pictures... · Christopher Geary · ar
33 · The Grey Area · The Readers · lt
35 · Maternity Leave · Dominic McDonagh · ss
40 · Seventh Heaven...And How They Got There: A Concise History of Science Fiction Poetry: Part Three - Cosmic Countdown · Steve Sneyd · ar
45 · A Top 10 Science Fiction Novels · Edward James · ar
46 · The Uninhabitants · Pat Walsh · ss
51 · Word Works · Misc. · br
55 · Screen Scene · Misc. · mr
_SF in Non-Genre Publications [1996]

71 · The Informant · Paul Heinrich · ss Anthropology and Humanism Jun ’96
· In the MSOB · Stephen Baxter · ss Interzone Mar ’96; The Alien Has Landed Wi , n 1
62 · Massacre on 34th Street · Terry Day & Alan Gordon · ss AHMM Jan ’96
91 · Realistic Novel Library · Dan Crawford · ss AHMM Feb ’96
51 · Nick and Lizzie · Dan Crawford · ss AHMM Mar ’96
48 · Molly · Robert Halsted · ss AHMM Apr ’96
33 · No Time at All · B. A. Silverman · ss AHMM May ’96
104 · Copperhead Jack Meets Bigfoot · Stuart R. Ball · ss AHMM May ’96
128 · Sing and Sing Loud · Dan Crawford · ss AHMM May ’96
32 · 74 Games of Solitaire · Ron Goulart · ss AHMM Jun ’96
12 · To Kill a Ghost · Stephen Wasylyk · ss AHMM Jul ’96
46 · A Connecticut Yankee in the Vast Wasteland · Robert Loy · ss AHMM Jul ’96
6 · Milk of Human Blindness · Nancy Springer · ss AHMM Sep ’96
18 · Fever · D. J. Bart · ss AHMM Sep ’96
44 · Double Feature · Larry Tritten · nv AHMM Sep ’96
147 · The Tregannet Book of Hours · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson, 1949; AHMM Sep ’96
20 · The Search for O. Volt · Jeff Hazard · ss AHMM Oct ’96
58 · The Devil to Pay · Don Marshall · ss AHMM Oct ’96
110 · Green Tea · Nancy Simpson Hoke · nv AHMM Oct ’96
149 · An Attempt at Murder · Karel Capek; trans. by Norma Comrada · ss Tales from Two Pockets, Catbird Press, 1994; AHMM Oct ’96
56 · Lin Po and the Deadwalker · B. H. Schrier · ss AHMM Nov ’96
101 · Your Life · Linda Mannheim · ss AHMM Nov ’96
153 · The House · André Maurois; trans. by Adrienne Foulke · vi Harper’s Jun ’31; AHMM Nov ’96
6 · The Cassoulet · Walter Satterthwait · ss AHMM Dec ’96
22 · Powderburn · John Maddox & Bethany Roberts · nv AHMM Dec ’96
44 · The Strange Case of Mr. Sauyer and Mr. James · J. Michael Moore · ss AHMM Dec ’96
· When Enter Came · John Shirley · ss Yellow Silk #33 ’90; Blue Blood Fll ’96; Backstage Passes, ed. Amelia G, Rhinoceros, 1996
· Demon Lover · Nancy A. Collins · ss Blue Blood #2 ’93; revised from “Demonlover”, Hotter Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket 1991.; Backstage Passes, ed. Amelia G, Rhinoceros, 1996
55 · Pipe Dreams [as by S. N. Lewitt] · Shariann Lewitt · ss SexMagick, ed. Cecilia M. Tan, Boston, MA: Circlet Press, 1993; revised from All Hallows’ Eve, ed. Mary Elizabeth Allen, Walker 1992.; Blue Blood #5 ’94; Backstage Passes, ed. Amelia G, Rhinoceros, 1996
· America · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Backstage Passes, ed. Amelia G, Rhinoceros, 1996
· The Two-Headed Man · Nancy Collins · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 9, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990; Blue Blood Fll ’96
· To See the Stars · Lawrence Schimel & Mark A. Garland · ss Space Stories, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson Children’s Books, 1996; Cricket Nov ’96
· Mystery on Space Station Courage · Guy Stewart · ss Cricket Nov ’96
· Digby Drew and DAD2 · Lisa Harkrader · ss Cricket Nov ’96
4 · The Silent Night Before Christmas · Gene DeWeese · ss EQMM Jan ’96
90 · The Mighty Hunter · Peter Lovesey · ss Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1995; EQMM Jan ’96
120 · Lord Peter’s Last Case · Stephen Murray · ss EQMM Jan ’96
144 · Where the Snow Lay Dinted [Supt. Andrew Dalziel] · Reginald Hill · ss Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press, 1995; EQMM Jan ’96
18 · Out There in the Darkness · Ed Gorman · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1995; EQMM Mar ’96
112 · Bloodlines · Jan Cullen · ss EQMM Mar ’96
54 · Dogwalker · Richard Lupoff · ss EQMM Apr ’96
82 · Murder Myth-Begotten · Steven Saylor · ss EQMM Apr ’96
106 · Christ’s Tears [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] · Kate Wilhelm · na EQMM Apr ’96
26 · En Famille · Ed Gorman · ss Moonchasers and Other Stories, Forge, 1996; EQMM Jun ’96
28 · Our Kind of Guy · Ed Gorman · ss EQMM Jul ’96
80 · The Problem of the Miraculous Jar [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Aug ’96
71 · The Dibble and Noah Webster · James Powell · ss EQMM Sep/Oct ’96
249 · The Lazarus Gate · George C. Chesbro · ss EQMM Sep/Oct ’96
44 · The Closing Circle · Ed Gorman · nv EQMM Nov ’96
25 · The Sky-Blue Ball · Joyce Carol Oates · ss EQMM Jan ’97
32 · The Christmas Kitten [Cody McCain; Judge Eleanor Whitney] · Ed Gorman · nv EQMM Jan ’97
· A Little Latin, and Less Greek · Graham Andrews · ss Flickers ’n’ Frames Fll ’96
· Beauty’s Release [as by A. N. Roquelaure] · Anne Rice · ex Dutton, 1985; Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· Nicole · William T. Vollmann · ss, 1991; Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· A Map of the Pain · Maxim Jakubowski · na Life in the World of Women, 1996; Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· Behind the Badge · John Shirley · ss Penthouse Hot Talk Mar ’90; Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· Crash! · J. G. Ballard · ss The ICA Eventsheet, 1969; Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· Prenuptials · Lucy Taylor · ss Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf, 1996
· Warm Dogs · Paul Theroux · ss New Yorker Sep 16 ’96
· The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich: A Study of the Mass-Insanity at Smithville · Fritz Leiber · na Omni Online Feb ’96
· The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry James · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni Online May ’96
· The Museum on Cyclops Avenue · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Aug ’95; Omni Online Jun ’96
· Solitaire · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ss Omni Online Sep ’96
· Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online Oct ’96
· Dr. Tilmann’s Consultant: A Scientific Romance · Cherry Wilder · nv Omni Online Nov ’96
· Death Do Us Part · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni Online Dec ’96
· Clove Smoke · Kevin Andrew Murphy · ss Permission #8, Sum ’96
· In the Upper Room · Terry Bisson · ss Playboy Apr ’96
31 · The Megabyte Drive to Believe in Santa Claus · Terry Pratchett · vi Western Daily Press Dec 24 ’96; loosely adapted from an episode in Hogfather.

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