The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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Wicked Hollow [# 9, November 2005] ed. Jon Hodges (Blindside Publishing; Winston-Salem, NC, $4.00, 84pp, 4¼" x 5½", cover by Nils Helling)

Zahir [# 6, Spring 2005] ($5.00, 80pp+, digest, cover by Richard Marchand)

Zahir [# 7, Summer 2005] ($5.00, 80pp+, digest, cover by Adam Noble)

Zahir [# 8, Winter 2005] ($5.00, 80pp+, digest, cover by Godfrey Blow)

_SF in Non-Genre Publications [2005]

No Longer Dreams: An Anthology of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction ed. Danielle Ackley-McPhail, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Lee Hillman & Jeff Lyman (Baltimore MD: Lite Circle Books 0-9641622-7-X, 2005, $16.00, 256pp, tp, cover by Theo Black)

Disturbing Muses Mike Allen (Prime Books 0-8095-5604-9, 2005, $10.00, tp)

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. IV ed. Anonymous (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME 978-1-890109-07-3, 2005, $12.95, 249pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 winning and honorable mention stories from the fourth CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest. Crossquarter Publishing Group, PO Box 8756, Santa Fe NM 87504-8756; [www.crossquarter.com].

Full-Blooded Fantasy ed. Anon. (Simon & Schuster 0-689-04867-X, May 2005, free, pb) Eight extracts from forthcoming novels, a “free sampler” with no page numbers. The back of the title page says this is the “First Aladdin Paperbacks edition May 2005.”

Highland Vampire ed. Anon. (Kensington/Brava, Sep 2005, $12.00, tp)

Kick @$$ ed. Anon. (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20564-9, Sep 2005, $12.95, 336pp, tp)

Phantoms at the Phil [by John Smith] ed. Anon. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Side Real Press/Northern Gothic, 2005, 92pp, hc) Original anthology of ghost stories told for Christmas. Includes a CD-ROM of their telling. Limited edition of 300 copies.

Things That Go Bump in the Night V ed. Anon. (Ellora’s Cave 1419954415, 2005, $14.99, 312pp, e-book)

The Minotaur in Pamplona: Book I ed. Neil Ayres (D-Press, May 2005, £3.00, 27pp, ph, cover by Diavolo) Original SF/fantasy anthology.

The Minotaur in Pamplona: Book II ed. Neil Ayres (D-Press, May 2005, £3.00, 32pp, ph, cover by Carole Humphreys) Original SF/fantasy anthology.

Monster’s Ink ed. Diana Bennett & Anthony Cain (Cyber-Pulp Press, 2005, $15.99, 270pp, tp)

Sea Mist E. F. Benson (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-078-6, Feb 2005, C$59.00, xxxii+342pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of supernatural stories, edited by Jack Adrian, fifth in a series designed to bring back into print all of Benson’s supernatural fiction in the order of writing. In addition to bringing together a further seventeen stories, the volume contains three marginal weird tales, and a fascinating collection of articles This is a limited edition of 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $48.50 and in the UK for £29.00.

Clarity ed. John Benson (John Benson; Natick, MA, Feb 2005, $3.50, 32pp, octavo, cover by Teresa Tunaley)

The Imperium Saga: The Adventures of Kyria #3: The Mage’s Council Clifford B. Bowyer (Silver Leaf Books 0-9744354-2-2, May 2005, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by June Brigman & Roy Richardson) [Imperium Saga] Young adult fantasy novel in the Imperium Saga, the third in a sub-series about a village girl who is the prophesied Chosen One who will save the Seven Kindoms. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Silver Leaf Books, PO Box 6460, Holliston MA 01746; 888-823-6450; [www.SilverLeafBooks.com].

The Imperium Saga: The Changing Tides Clifford B. Bowyer (Silver Leaf Books 0-9744354-5-7, May 2005, $27.95, 547pp, hc, cover by Tom McWeeney & Jeromy Cox) [Fall of the Imperium] Fantasy novel of an empire of Seven Kindoms, an ancient evil, and an elven prophecy of a girl savior. Book two of the “Fall of the Imperium” trilogy. Silver Leaf Books, PO Box 6460, Holliston MA 01746; 888-823-6450; [www.SilverLeafBooks.com]; add $3.95 shipping.

Spirits Unwrapped ed. Daniel Braum (; Bellmore, NY, May 2005, $15.00, 32pp, ph, cover by Eleana Nazzaro) Original anthology of mummy stories.

The Rain Boy Donna Taylor Burgess (D-Press, May 2005, £2.00, 19pp, ph, cover by Sheridan Morgan) Poetry collection.

Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke (CD Publications 1587670828, Oct 2005, $40.00, 423pp, hc)

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