The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

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British Future Fiction: Volume 2: New Worlds ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - Three Hundred Years Hence (William Delisle Hay, Newman & Co, 1881) and A Crystal Age (W. H. Hudson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887; revised 1906. Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 2 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 3: The Marvels of Mechanism ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Wreck of a World (William Grove, Digby & Long, 1889) and An American Emperor (Louis Tracy, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897; partially ghost-written by M. P. Shiel). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 3 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 4: Women’s Rights: Yea and Nay ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Revolt of Man (Walter Besant, William Blackwood, 1890) and Lesbia Newman (Henry Robert Samuel Dalton, George Redway, 1889). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 4 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 5: Woman Triumphant ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - Star of the Morning (Anonymous, Thomas Burleigh, 1906) and The Sex Triumphant (Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, George Routledge, 1909). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 5 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 6: The Next Great War ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF anthology of 6 historical future war stories, including ‘The Battle of Dorking’ (George Tomkyns Chesney, 1871), and The Invasion of England (William Francis Butler, Sampson Low, 1882). Each story and novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 6 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 7: Disasters-to-come ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 3 novels - The Death Trap (Robert Cole, Greening & Co, 1907), The Great Raid (Lloyd Williams, Black and White Publishing Co., 1909) and Under the Red Ensign (Spencer Campbell, Andrew Melrose, 1912). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 7 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

British Future Fiction: Volume 8: The End of the World ed. I. F. Clarke (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novellas and a novel - The Doom of the Great City (William Delisle Hay, Newman & Co, 1880), The Salvation of Nature (John Davidson, 1891) and The Lord of the World (Robert Hugh Benson, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1907). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 8 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. [Not seen]

The Nightmare Exhibition Quentin S. Crisp (BJM Press, 2001, £5.00, 144pp, ph) Details taken from review on Terror Tales website. [Not seen]

The Dark Side: 10 spine-chilling stories of the supernatural ed. Jacqui Deevoy (Just Seventeen, 2001, free, 128pp, pb, cover by DD) [Hawkins, Megan] Anthology of 10 original dark fantasy stories. Issued free with Just Seventeen magazine, date unknown.

The Narrow World Gemma Files (Quantum Theology Publications, May 2001, co, cover by Dale L. Sproule) Original collection of of the title novella and four other stories, two reprint.

After Shocks Paul Finch (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-021-2, Apr 2001, C$58.00, xi+243pp, hc, cover by Tony Patrick) First collection by this contemporary ghost/horror short story writer, not only from small and semi-pro magazines but places as eclectic as The Steam Railway News and even the Simon Clark website. “Cellar Door”, “The Altar” and “September” are all original to this book. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $43.00 and in the UK for £27.50.

By the Gas Flame Flickering Paul Finch (BJM Press, 2001, £4.00, 76pp, ph) Original horror collection. [Not seen]

Can Such Things Be? & By the Night Express Keith Fleming (Sarob Press 1-902309-18-9, Nov 2001, £22.00, ix+184pp, hc, cover by Randy Broecker) Supernatural novel of possession and the contents of the 1889 collection By the Night Express together in one omnibus volume. Limited to 250 copies. [Not seen]

Tales of Deviltry and Doom John B. Ford (Rainfall Books 0-9540877-0-4, 2001, £15.00, 75pp, hc, cover by Steve Lines) Collection of 14 dark fantasy and horror shorts and poems, most apparently previously unpublished, edited by Kirk Levenz. Limited to 250 copies printed, numbered and signed by the author. Details taken from Chalker/Owings Supplement 11. [Not seen]

Where Human Pathways End: Tales of the Dead and the un-Dead Shamus Frazer (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-017-4, Jan 2001, C$53.00, xix+119pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Complete short fiction of this ghost stories writer, including five original short stories. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00.

Cold Storage ed. Paul Fry (Short, Scary Tales Publications 1-929072-67-8, 2001, no price, 87pp, tp, cover by Mike Bohatch) Original anthology of nine horror stories, with an introduction by Graham Masterton.

Fantasy Quarterly 1 ed. Philip Harbottle (Cosmos Books 1-58715-323-8, 2001, $15.00, 136pp+, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Original anthology of six stories, one a reprint.

The Collected Macabre Stories of L.P. Hartley L. P. Hartley (Tartarus Press 1-872621-62-7, Dec 2001, £35.00, xi+393pp, hc) Collection containing the complete contents of The Travelling Grave (Arkham House) and others the editor believes are Hartley’s best supernatural tales. Limited to 350 copies. [Not seen]

Dromenon: The Best Weird Stories of Gerald Heard H. F. Heard (Tartarus Press 1-87262156-2, 2001, £27.50, xx+292pp, hc) Collection of nine stories by Heard, with an introduction by John Cody. This edition is limited to 500 numbered copies.

Extremes 3: Terror on the High Seas ed. Brian A. Hopkins (CD Publications, 2001, $17.95, CD-ROM) Original anthology of 20 stories on a limited edition CD-ROM.

A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings M. R. James (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-024-7, Aug 2001, C$100.00, xlix+657pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of all of James’s collected ghost stories, and much more besides, edited by Christopher Roden and Barbara Roden. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $75.00 and in the UK for £50.00.

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