The BBR Directory No.3 - August 1998
Chris Reed, BBR
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Contents:
Editorial
Interview: Doing Tongues with Lance Olsen
Making the Most of the Small Press
Update
Recently Received
Classified Adverts
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EDITORIAL
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Welcome to the third issue of the BBR Directory, and the first to be
distributed by e-mail.
Before we proceed, I'd like to make a swift clarification for our
new readers. The BBR Directory is _not_ the same as, or an extension
of, the BBR Catalogue New Arrivals Bulletin which you may receive
already. Whereas the Bulletin, as its name implies, only covers the
new titles that BBR Distribution has taken into stock, the BBR
Directory is intended as a strictly non-partisan snapshot of what's
happening _everywhere_ in the independent press. There will of
course be a certain amount of overlap of content between the two,
but by keeping the Directory listings objective we hope to avoid any
potential conflict of interest.
Meanwhile, if you're a regular reader of the BBR Directory, you'll
notice a slight shift in content of this issue.
=46irst, to start an occasional series of features about independent
publishing, we're very pleased to bring you an exclusive interview
with American novellist Lance Olsen, winner of the Philip K. Dick
Award and well-known in post-cyberpunk circles. I'm sure you'll
enjoy reading what he has to say about experimental fiction,
encouraging new writers, and the state of the small press.
Secondly, our reviews have given way to more news-oriented entries.
This is the approach we've been using since the beginning of the
year on the BBR Directory website, which has seen a month-on-month
increase in traffic as a result.
<http://www.bbr-online.com/directory>
Although you can read about opportunities for contributors in
writers' magazines, and get comprehensive -- if sometimes selective
-- reviews in others, the Directory specialises in up-to-date
publishing news. The website is updated pretty much on a weekly
basis, with everything we receive being featured in our new
'Recently Received' section. This briefly notes size and content,
and reports new prices, ordering addresses, and other pertinent
information. (Inclusion in 'Recently Received' does not preclude a
fuller review at a later date.) As always, we don't include anything
if we haven't physically received a copy, making coverage in the
Directory the fastest positive confirmation of a publication's
existence.
Now, as a reflection of the magazine's more news-oriented content,
the Directory is moving to a new monthly schedule. This issue's a
big one because it covers everything since the last printed edition
of the Directory, so hopefully future issues shouldn't place so much
of a burden on your mailbox!
As always, we're keen to hear your comments about the BBR Directory,
as well as your ideas for future features on independent publishing,
so do keep in touch!
Chris Reed and the editors
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INTERVIEW
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Doing Tongues with Lance Olsen
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**Lance Olsen, author of four novels, two short story collections,
and four books of criticism, and editor of several volumes of
essays on contemporary fiction, grew up in a jungle compound in
Venezuela and the hermetically-sealed climate-controlled malls of
northern New Jersey. Idaho Writer-In-Residence, he teaches at the
University of Idaho and lives on a farm with his artist wife, Andi
Olsen, where they spend "just way too much time watching
television". His latest project, _Rebel Yell_, is a non-fiction
book about writing and publishing, available from Cambrian/
Permeable in the USA. BBR editor Chris Reed caught up with Lance
during a recent stay in London.
<http://www.cambrianpubs.com/>
Chris Reed: It struck me reading _Tonguing the Zeitgeist_ and
_Burnt_ that society is as much of a character in your novels, and
as much of a _caricature_ in your novels, as the people
themselves.
Lance Olsen: I'm very interested in characters, I enjoy my
characters an awful lot, but I also like to explore the larger
palate of social conditions and environmental conditions, and take
the time to detail the look of a city in a whole paragraph.
CR: The parallel I draw is with the Russian writer Gogol, who's been
described as the master of the subordinate clause _(Lance laughs)_
in that all of a sudden you're shooting off at a tangent telling
so-and-so what happened about such-and-such an academic, and it
takes a break in the text to actually bring the reader back to
what you're actually talking about. That's the type of detail that
you like to --
LO: I think another character in my texts, or another element that
works like character might in other texts, is the sentence
structure itself. I love language, and I love creating sentences
that are themselves as complex as other people's chapters might
be, playing round with syntax and sound, seeing where they can
take me. So yeah, Gogol would be a great progenitor to this
linguistic dance, or, more recently, people like Thomas Pynchon.
CR: Both these books are from small press publishers, and not the
first from these publishers either. Do you prefer working with
independent publishers, or is it that despite being a Philip K.
Dick finalist, the big publishers simply haven't discovered Lance
Olsen yet?
LO: My first novel, _Live from Earth_, came out from a big
publisher, Ballentine, and I had a taste of what New York
publishing was all about, and the taste was pretty sour. What
happens in that universe is that you feel you're a car on a Ford
assembly line, and editors care deeply about you for the better
part of 15/20 minutes and then move on to the next mechandise on
said line. After _Live from Earth_, I wrote _Tonguing the
Zeitgeist_ and had a hard time with New York because they said it
was too stylistically flashy and too psychologically dark, whereas
my first novel had been much more upbeat. Then I came across
Permeable Press and started working with Brian Clark, and just had
a really good time. What I discovered is that in the small press
you're creating a beautiful piece of book-as-art rather than one
more fictive car. I've had a lot more input on everything from
layout and cover to distribution and advertising and, weirdly
enough, _Tonguing the Zeitgeist_ got just a whole lot more
attention than _Live from Earth_ ever did, even though _Live from
Earth_ was the one that came out from the big press. And ditto, by
the bye, with Dave Memmott at Wordcraft, who brought out _Burnt_
and _Scherzi_. He's so careful in the way he puts something
together that you feel you've created more than a book at the end
of the day. New York's subtext is always "We need to please a
fairly large population". So any editorial decision I ever heard
from a New York publisher had to do more with the larger sell of
the book than it did with the quality of the book in hand. With
Brian Clark and Dave Memmott the only editorial policy has been to
make the book as strong as possible, on the terms that the book
itself creates.
CR: This is only the second time that we've actually met face to
face, but I know enough about yourself and Andi to detect a lot of
autobiographically-derived material _(Lance laughs)_ in the short
story collection _Scherzi I Believe_ and especially _Burnt_ --
there's lots of slightly-built, blond-bearded academics _(Lance
laughs louder)_ with artistic wives who live in remote log cabins.
Are you one of those writers who strongly believes in only writing
about what you know?
LO: Oh no, not at all! I think the counterpoint to that impulse is
_Tonguing the Zeitgeist_, which consists of a completely imagined
world. I've taught creative writing now for a number of years and
seen a lot of students rise through the ranks and become
professional writers. My advice to them is write about what you
know, and then embellish like mad. I think what happens a lot of
times is that autobiography is something you need to work through
early on and get out of your system, but that the real stuff in
fiction begins after autobiography ends. After you've gotten out
that one story about who you are and where you came from the game
starts getting interesting, because what you're left to play with
is your imagination. _Burnt_ actually grew out of a manuscript I
was working on before _Tonguing the Zeitgeist_, so aesthetically
the sequence goes _Live from Earth_-_Burnt_-_Tonguing the
Zeitgeist_, with stories in _Scherzi_ covering all of those years
-- the more autobiographical ones would actually be the earlier
stories. And I feel there is this point where I engaged the warp
drive on my imagination and was able to push forward into a
post-autobiographical realm, and _that's_ the realm that's really
been exciting me for the last few years.
CR: With Andi being an artist as well, how does it affect your
writing having another creative person around you all the time?
Are you extremely protective of your personal creative space, or
are you always sparking off each other and bringing out the best
in each other?
LO: Definitely the latter. In fact we've recently collaborated on a
collection of computer-generated collage-texts that fuse word and
image, and that's a great metaphor for how we've worked together
over the years. Andi's always been my first editor. She reads my
stuff as soon as I think I'm done with it. She's ruthless, she's
honest, she's incisive, and she always makes me really mad when
she first reads something and gives her account, and then of
course I realise she's right and go back and rework it. We're
continually sitting down and talking through ideas, talking
through approaches and feeding off each other.
CR: You mentioned earlier about teaching creative writing. There's a
British magazine that's recently closed down after about ten
issues because the editor wanted to concentrate on his own
writing, and he claimed that the "sub-standard" material he was
getting for submissions was having a "malignant" effect on his own
work. As a professional creative writing instructor, do you feel
your work has been in danger of suffering in the same way?
LO: I have to use two very different rooms in my mind, one for
writing, one for teaching writing. The danger in teaching writing
is to become infected by bad prose, and so the days that I teach I
don't write. I teach Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and I dedicate
myself wholeheartedly to the process, which I cherish. When I go
home I decompress, read some good prose, and then by Friday
morning I'm ready to start writing. It's easy for someone who's
attuned to prose to catch an awful case of dangling clauses and
ugly adjectival constructions. I suppose I should add that _Burnt_
is actually about a professor who ends up killing a student
because of his terrible prose _(laughs)_.
CR: Talking about the style of writing, what's been your involvement
with the avant-pop movement?
LO: I have a complex relationship with it. People have talked about
me as an avant-pop author, and there are a lot of ways in which I
think of myself as one, if we define avant-pop as an impulse to
explore textual limits that harmonises well with the avant-garde
but also possesses a rabid if ambivalent pop-aesthetic. I'm
thinking of people like Pynchon and Burroughs. But I also imagine
just from the way I've defined it that the avant-pop may well be
little more than a rediscovering of the anti-narratological wheel.
It's doing nothing that previous manifestations of postmodernism
haven't done. There may even be a sense in which it's simply
repackaging postmodernism to gain a higher media profile, and that
disturbs me. Is it, I wonder, an idea created by a generation
that's so unaware of what went before it that it's simply
unconsciously recreating what already existed, or is it an idea
created by a generation that's so hyper-aware that MTV's rotation
schedule will drop a song if it hasn't been selling X millions of
copies every 24-hour period, that it's just trying to reinvent
something that sounds trendy.
CR: I got the impression from Larry McCaffery's first avant-pop
anthology that he was very much an academic with a theory,
desperate for something to support that theory in the classic
academic tradition, and that really he was really scratching
around trying to find something.
LO: Charcot once said that Theory is good, but it doesn't prevent
things from happening. A less cynical reading of the avant-pop
phenomenon is that it's putting a new spin on certain emphases of
postmodernism -- especially the whole exploration of technology,
technological discourse, and pop culture. I think that's where
Larry's contribution is. At the same time I am not one of those
people who embrace it and think it's just the coolest thing to
happen since white bread. I worry some people may self-consciously
be trying to create a movement after the fact.
CR: That was my impression with Mark Amerika's _Kafka Chronicles_,
that it was just too busy posturing to get on with the writing.
Compare that to people like Don Webb or David Blair, who are just
getting on and doing things the way they want to, and if someone
else wants to come along and stick a label on it that's fine, but
that's not foremost in their mind when they're doing the creating.
LO: And isn't that how it ultimately should be? That critics create
paradigms by which we can understand, create shorthands for
various kinds of literature, various ways of approaching reality,
but writers should be writing. I find myself a little
schizophrenic on that front because in one side of my brainstem
I'm writing criticism, and in the other I'm writing fiction, and I
try really hard to keep those two halves divorced but I'm not sure
I can ever succeed. Someone like Don Webb, who's just so
incredibly wonderful and eccentric, is obviously recreating the
story genre with every story he does -- is he avant-pop? If we
want him to be.
CR: Like you were saying about the autobiographical content, is this
whole postmodern, extreme type of writing -- I noticed some in
_Scherzi_ -- part of the same maturing process writers have to go
through before they can get on with their own material?
LO: I literally thought of most of the stories in _Scherzi_ as
experiments, saw them as places where I could explore what words
could do, and what I could do with words. Writing those pieces was
a process of finding my own voice among the possibilities, trying
different strategies -- which means sometimes they're going to
work, sometimes they're not -- and through them I started finding
my own sense of being able to function within a certain kind of
Olsenic universe of discourse. The stories I'm working on now have
moved beyond that kind of radical experimentalism. I still love
the idea of extreme play as an element in a fiction, I love the
idea of self-consciousness as an element, but no longer as an
overriding one. That's not why we read fiction.
CR: But there must also be a complicity in there. For such
experimental pieces to be published, editors must also be going
through that process of maturation as editors. It's all very well
for you to be experimenting for your own sake, but for that to end
up in print there's obviously a partnership involved before it
even reaches the reader.
LO: So did you go through that stage as editor?
CR: I reckon so. You could probably say that.
LO: It's not an unhealthy thing to go through.
CR: It's something I feel a lot better for.
LO: It's the equivalent in a lot of ways of when you're 16/17/18 of
going out and just getting royally blitzed one weekend to see what
your brain can handle! _(both laugh)_
CR: And maybe the next weekend as well, just to confirm it!
LO: Or in some of our cases several years! My story 'Plasma
Blizzard' is an example of "I want to see what this baby can do",
and I'm really happy that I performed all the technical gymnastics
I did in it, and it was a really healthy thing to have gone
through. I'd much rather have done it than not have done it. But I
won't do it again ... I lost too many brain cells.
CR: You make the point about rock music in _Tonguing_ that there's
only so many variables that can be put together to make a song,
and of that finite quantity there's a finite subset that would
make a rock song, and a finite subset within that subset that
would make a rock song that would be popular, and so on. Don't you
think that science fiction/speculative fiction is running along
much the same lines?
LO: Absolutely. I think not just science fiction/speculative fiction
but all fiction. This goes back to postmodernism and avant-pop. I
think we live in _such_ a self-reflexive time, one of the few in
history that is continually trying as we're living it to define
itself. It wasn't as though somebody woke up in 1500 and said
"Let's call what went before The Middle Ages", but _we_ are, we're
saying "Should we call ourselves postmodern? Should we call
ourselves avant-pop?" And we're very conscious of the fact that a
lot of narratives have already been told. The game is to try and
find ways to tell them that seem fresh, that maybe even _are_
fresh. Realist fiction, it seems to me, died long ago; it's just
telling the same suburban story of domestic problems over and over
and over again. I can hardly read it any more. Speculative fiction
is doing some interesting stuff, with people like Don Webb and
Paul Di Filippo out there. But I certainly think with cyberpunk
having burnt out in the late '80s that science fiction authors are
painfully aware of the fact that, you know, "What do we do now?"
The genre of science fiction seems to lend itself to telling the
same core stories repeatedly, and I'm just waiting for somebody to
come along in that realm to stir it up again. Isn't that the
process? You know, the New Wave came along in the '60s and stirred
up SF, cyberpunk came along in the '80s and stirred it up again,
so we're just biding our time.
CR: So faced with that situation of just biding our time, and you
said that Lance Olsen is more or less finding his voice now --
he's been through the process of maturation, the autobiographical,
the experimental -- how is Lance Olsen going to cope with that
finite number of stories?
LO: Lance Olsen is going to try not to think about that real deeply.
Of everything I've written I'm proudest of _Time Famine_, and I
think the reason is that it's complex without that intellectual
masturbation that we've been talking about. It has a style I've
been striving toward for years. And it's balanced with a richer
sense of psychology than I've been able to discover before in my
characters, yet a lot of the obsessions that I've been working
with since the very beginning -- you know the whole idea that our
culture feels taped, that our lives feel taped, that we're living
in this televisual reality in the late 20th century -- are very
much a part of it. Now what you want to call that -- is it
speculative, is it cyberpunk, is it retelling the same stories? --
ultimately is going to be for other people to figure out. But, for
me, I feel like I've hit what is interesting me and what is
enjoyable to do, and I _hope_ that it's not the same as everybody
else is doing, I hope I'm not reinventing the wheel, but you never
know. I'm not sure what Monet must have felt like when he was
painting, but you're always standing right up next to the canvas
when you're in the midst of creating and you just see this brush
stroke and that brush stroke and you're just trying to get this
brush stroke right and it's only when it's done for a while that
you can really stand back and say "My God, I just painted
waterlilies!" _(laughs)_
CR: And the big problem we've all got to face, whether we're writers
or editors or publishers or whatever, is that in a couple of
years' time everything that we've produced today is going to be
out of fashion, because it will all date from before the turn of
the century -- before the turn of the _millennium_ -- and that is
really going to frighten a lot of people.
LO: And again there's two ways to look at that. One of them is to
just get really scared. The other is ... I feel like the world is
just, at the turn of the century, a big television set and that
we're all linked up to satellite and there are 250 channels on,
and everything's rippin', you know, and that's really exciting ...
we sense we're at a brink and God knows what's going to happen at
12:01 in the year 2000 but I want to be there. It's going to be a
kick.
**Visit Lance Olsen's electronic avatar at
<http://www.uidaho.edu/~lolsen>.
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MAKING THE MOST OF THE SMALL PRESS
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(Portions of the above adapted from 'Getting Zines', Factsheet Five
#44, August 1991 -- if it ain't broke don't fix it!)
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UPDATE
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This is where you'll find changes of address, news of titles that
have closed down, or any other pertinent information we've received
about publications previously featured in the Directory. The month
of receipt is indicated in brackets at the end of each entry.
News
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**NAPARTHEID, a comics magazine founded in 1988 in the Basque
Country, seeks contributions to a new touring fanzine library that
they hope will encourage ideas and collaboration around the world.
Donations of work, money, advice or just general networking should
be sent to Napartheid, 127 postakutxa, Trintxerpe-Pasaia, Gipuzkoa
20110, The Basque Country, Spain (Dec 97).
**Following the death of KATHY ACKER on 30 November 1997 after a
long fight against cancer, a tribute website has been opened at
http://acker.thehub.com.au. Friends and colleagues are invited to
submit "whatever they feel appropriate, be it a couple of
sentences, a picture, a memory, a dream, a scream, whatever", to
Trevor Dodge at tpd...@ilstu.edu (Dec 97).
**The 1997 DRAGON'S BREATH SMALL PRESS AWARDS have gone to Back
Brain Recluse (year's best short fiction magazine), Zene (year's
best nonfiction & review magazine), and Tanjen Ltd (publisher of
the year). The year's best books were The Best New SF 10
(anthology), The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction, The Complete
Book of Scriptwriting, and Elliott's Guide to Home Entertainment
(nonfiction), Kingdom Come (graphic novel), and Fabulous Beasts
(art book) (Mar 98).
**ARTEMIS CREATIONS is a publisher and distributor of erotica/femdom
fiction/non-fiction. They are currently seeking submissions of
novels and novellas, as well as titles to add to their retail
list. For guidelines and further information send SAE/IRCs to
Shirley Oliveira, President, Artemis Creations, 3395 Nostrand Ave
2J, Brooklyn, NY 11229-4053, USA (Mar 98).
**Congratulations to Stepan Chapman and Ministry of Whimsy Press for
winning the 1997 Philip K. Dick Award with The Troika. The other
nominees were: William Barton, Acts of Conscience (Warner Aspect);
Susan R. Matthews, An Exchange of Hostages (Avonova); Richard Paul
Russo, Carlucci's Heart (Ace); Denise Vitola, Opalite Moon (Ace);
and Catherine Wells, Mother Grimm (DAW). The Philip K. Dick Award
is presented annually for distinguished science fiction published
in paperback original form in the United States (Apr 98).
**Two stories from Back Brain Recluse #23 -- 'The First Man Not to
Walk on the Moon' by Richard Kadrey, and 'Last Day of the Carnival
-- 36 Exposures' by Paul Kincaid -- were shortlisted for the 1998
BSFA AWARDS for Best Short Fiction: our congratulations to both
writers. The winner was 'War Birds', Stephen Baxter (Interzone
#126), and the other nominations were 'Thigmoo', Eugene Byrne
(Interzone #120) and 'The Emperor's New Reality', Pat Cadigan (New
Worlds) (Apr 98).
**CHRIS BELL has published his short story collection THE BUMPER
BOOK OF LIES on-line at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chrisbell1 (Apr 98).
**THE MEMORY HOLE ANNEX is seeking to save for posterity all manner
of SF convention publications and memorabilia from around the
world, and to function as a clearing house for those who are
interested in collecting and studying these artefacts of history.
Documentation of archived material will appear progressively at
http://www.cookie.demon.co.uk, starting with complete listings of
the contents of Novacon Programme Books. If you have any souvenir
programme books, progress reports and newsletters, or
commemorative badges, flyers, t-shirts, beer coasters, etc.,
please send them to the Memory Hole Annex, c/o Pat McMurray, 28
Plaistow Grove, Bromley, Kent BR1 3PB, UK (e-mail:
p...@cooky.demon.co.uk) (Apr 98).
**SHIPBUILDING, the trade paperback anthology of stories by Glasgow
writers published specially for the 1995 WorldCon, can now be read
on-line at http://www/btinternet.com/~shipbuilding/framed.htm (Apr
98).
**Darren Floyd of RAW NERVE magazine is organising NERVOUS?, a
one-day convention for anyone interested in the horror small press
and horror writing in general. Confirmed guests include Ramsey
Cambell, Simon Clark and Pete Crowther, and the convention takes
place on Saturday 31 October 1998 at Cardiff University Union.
Registration is =A310, payable to "RazorBlade Press", from 186
Railway Street, Splott, Cardiff CF2 2NH (e-mail:
darren...@virgin.net;
http://freespace.virgin.net/ana.k/rawsite.htm) (May 98).
**AABYE'S BABY is a brand new poetry ezine showcasing 52
international poets, both new and well-known names. Contributors
to the first issue include Shanta Acharya, Ruth Bidgood, Andy
Brown, Gregory Gilbert Gumbs, Jean Jorgensen, Pauline Kirk, Thomas
Kretz, Khan Singh Kumar, Giovanni Malito, Stephen Oliver, Estill
Pollock, K.V. Skene, Florentin Smarandache, Laura Vacenau, Maureen
Weldon, and Mason West. Aabye's Baby can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cafe/9091. (May 98)
**Horror novellist BEN LEECH will be running a course on 'Genre
Writing: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi' from 26--31 October 1998 at the
Indian King Arts Centre in Cornwall. Combining basic creative
writing skills with specialised genre techniques, the course will
include topics such as defining genres and subgenres; looking at
motifs, traditions and stereotypes; the usefulness of overlap
areas; and chasing the dragon's tail -- the genre market today.
There will be a range of activities to stimulate and extend
writing skills, plus opportunities to discuss ideas or
work-in-progress in small groups or on a one-to-one basis. For
details of price and accommodation contact The Indian King Arts
Centre, Fore Street, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9PG (tel: 01840
212111; e-mail: indi...@btinternet.com) (May 98).
**ROADWORKS is a new horror, dark fantasy and slipstream magazine
seeking stories up to 3,000 words "that are intelligent as well as
scary; that leave an impression with the reader that lingers".
Issue #1 is anticipated for July/August 1998, price =A32:50 (4/=A39:50
or 4/=A39 if ordered before the debut issue appears. For
contributors' guidelines and further information contact Trevor
Denyer, 7 Mountview, Church Lane West, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11
3LN (e-mail: tde...@aol.com) (May 98).
**A new magazine of supernatural ghost and horror stories, ENIGMATIC
TALES wants fiction of any length "with believable characters,
realistic dialogue and a strong story line". Issue #1 is due in
June 1998, price =A32:50 (4/=A38) -- full guidelines and further
information are available from Mick Sims, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops
Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY (May 98).
**BBR #23 contributor PETER FINCH, poet, performer, critic, and
author of many columns on books and writing, is to head up The
Academi Agency, a new body funded by the Welsh Arts Council to
promote Welsh literature. The Academi Agency aims to provide a
variety of services for writers and readers, including a Writers
on Tour Scheme, developing writers groups, and organising literary
festivals. To publicise its activities, the Agency will be
establishing a website and publishing a regular information
magazine. Authors, publishers and editors are encouraged to keep
in touch by sending press releases, review copies and news of
planned activity to Peter Finch, The Academi Agency, 3rd Floor,
Mount Stuart House, Mount Stewart Square, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF1
6DQ (May 98).
**Can you write good clean escapist fun? Do you have a thrilling
tale that needs to be told? If so, the PULP FICTIONS CREATIVE
COMPETITION wants to see synopses or sample chapters of not more
that 5,000 words, or samples of artwork on transparency, no later
than 31 January 1999. The lucky winners will receive an exclusive
commission and a holiday for two at a recommended pulp
destination; second and third place will receive complimentary
copies of Pulp Fictions for two years and one year respectively.
Send your entries to Pulp Fictions, P.O. Box 144, Polegate, East
Sussex BN26 6NW (May 98).
**The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell has won the ARTHUR C. CLARKE
AWARD for the best science fiction novel to receive its first
publication in 1997. The Award was announced by Angie Edwards,
Clarke's niece, in a ceremony at the Science Museum in London.
Russell was presented with an engraved bookend and a cheque for
=A31,000. The full shortlist was: Titan by Stephen Baxter (Voyager),
Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand (Voyager), Days by James Lovegrove
(Phoenix), Nymphomation by Jeff Noon (Doubleday), The Sparrow by
Mary Doria Russell (Black Swan), and The Family Tree by Sheri S.
Tepper (Yoyager) (Jun 98).
**THE SMALL PRESS ALLIANCE is a new organisation being set up to
help promote the small press in all its forms. Planned for launch
in Sept/Oct 1998 for an initial twelve-month trial period, it
intends to spead the good word of the small press to as wide an
audience as possible, while also helping writers and editors by
offering monthly updates of new magazines and anthologies, free
advice booklets, a complaints department, a leaflet distribution
scheme, regular conventions, and annual awards. TSPA membership
costs =A312:50 per year (Europe =A320; r.o.w. =A325), for which you
receive a range of free publications, and discounts on many more.
For further information, please contact Richard Bennett, 18
Nuffield Road, Manchester M22 9UG (Jul 98).
**VOYAGE is a new 60pp A4 magazine of imaginative writing being
advertised for October 1998 release. The editor is seeking
stories, poems and feature articles -- "whatever you write about
we want to publish it, the more varied the better, provided it
takes the reader on a voyage of discovery; originality is the key"
-- and promises to give reasons for rejection rather than
anonymous rejection slips. For further information, contact
Voyage, Regent Chambers, 40 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1
1DG (Jul 98).
Changes of Address
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**DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, 1300 Kicker Road,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA has a new e-mail:
drag...@earthlink.net and a new website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~dragontea/index.html), which features
guidelines, current needs, reviews (many published nowhere else),
and is frequently updated. The old website listed in Dreams and
Nightmares #49,
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Anamnesis/dn.htm, still
exists and has not been duplicated in terms of content, but will
no longer be updated (Dec 97).
**Implosion Publishing, the people behind the magazines IMPLOSION
and BLOODSONGS, have moved to Implosion Publishing, 777 28th
Street, Orlando, FL 32805, USA (website [unchanged]:
http://www.implosion-mag.com) (Feb 98).
**LIGHT'S LIST, John Light and PHOTON PRESS have all moved to The
Light House, 37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
TD15 1NY (Dec 97).
**NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL, Gerald England, 20 Werneth Avenue, Gee
Cross, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 5NL has a new e-mail: new...@iname.com
and a new website: http://www.nhi.clara.net/nhihome.htm (Nov 97).
**NIGHT DREAMS and Kirk S. King have moved to 60 Brand Road,
Honiton, Devon EX14 8FD (Feb 98).
**PSYCHOTROPE and Mark Beech have moved to Flat 6, 10 Ombersley
Road, Worcester WR3 7ET (Feb 98).
**TTA PRESS have a new website at
http://members.aol.com/TTALDyer/index.html. Edited by Lawrence
Dyer, it features news, previews and discussion of TTA titles and
small press issues in general (Jul 98).
**Wayne Edwards, MERRIMACK BOOKS and PALACE CORBIE have moved to
P.O. Box 80702, Lincoln, NE 68501-0702, USA, with a new e-mail
address of we2...@navix.net (Jul 98).
Closed or Missing
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**ANUBIS PRESS: correspondence sent to the address published last
issue for The Snake #0, Trauma Corps #1 and Urban Decay #1 (Anubis
Press, 7481 Huntsman Boulevard, Suite 810, Springfield, VA 22153,
USA) was returned to sender -- no reason was given for the
redirection (Dec 97).
**NEXT PHASE (Phantom Press Publications, 33 Court Street, New
Haven, CT 06511, USA): correspondence was returned to sender
because the addressee had moved without supplying a forwarding
address (Dec 97).
**Robert E. Rogoff (P.O. Box 1304, Skokie, IL 60076-8304, USA)
reports that he is not publishing SLAN: THE MAGAZINE FOR
SUPERHUMAN MENTAL PATIENTS, THE HEIGHT REPORT: A SOCIOLOGICAL
JOURNAL, or any other zine at this time. In the meantime, he
invites readers to visit his website at http://www.rogoff.net/
(Mar 98).
**Mail sent to a new address received in May 1998 for SIERRA HEAVEN
and Alex Bardy (13 Stanley Road, Bulphan, Essex RM14 3RX), has
been returned to sender with no forwarding address supplied (Jul
98).
**NIGHT DREAMS (60 Brand Road, Honiton, Devon EX14 8FD) has closed
with immediate effect -- editor Kirk S. King cites financial
obligations elsewhere as the reason. The planned double issue will
no longer be published, and accepted work is being returned to
authors. Kirk says that where subscribers are still owed, back
copies of issues they haven't got will be given to cover the sub;
for those who have the full set, money will be reimbursed. For
anyone else wishing to complete the set all eight issues are now
=A32 post paid per copy, payable to Kirk (Jul 98).
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Listed in this section is everything we've received since the last
issue of the Directory. Inclusion here does not preclude a fuller
review in this or a subsequent edition of the Directory. The month
of receipt is indicated in brackets at the end of each entry.
Magazines
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**ALBEDO 1 #15, A4, 48pp, and #16, A4, 44pp, Ir=A32:50 each (4/Ir=A310;
Europe 4/Ir=A316/$24; r.o.w. 4/Ir=A320/$30) from Albedo 1, 2 Post
Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland (e-mail: bh...@iol.ie;
http://www.iol.ie/~bobn). SF/F/H magazine with fiction by Jeff
VanderMeer, Ceri Jordan, Tiernan Ivory, Alan Casey, Nigel Quinlan,
and Norman Spinrad, plus an interview with Terry Brooks (#15, Dec
97). Issue #16 contains fiction by James Lecky, Hugh Cook, Noel K.
Hannan, John Sexton, Todd J. McCaffrey, and Dermot Ryan, plus
Chris Reed's Small Press GoH speech from the 1997 Eurocon in
Dublin (Apr 98).
**THE ALIEN HAS LANDED #6, A5, 36pp, free for SAE from SF Dept,
Waterstone's Booksellers, 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW (e-mail:
thea...@dial.pipex.com). Plenty of news, gossip and reviews from
the big names of SF/F/H publishing, plus an excerpt from John
Meaney's debut novel To Hold Infinity, and legendary SF editor
John Jarrold talking about the new Earthlight imprint at Simon &
Schuster (Apr 98).
**ALTAIR #1, A5, 152pp p/b, Aus$8:95 (2/Aus$17; USA 2/$20) from
Altair Publishing, P.O. Box 475, Blackwood, South Australia 5051,
Australia (e-mail: alt...@senet.com.au;
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~robsteph/altair.htm). Although based in
Australia, this new magazine has a specifically international
focus with contributors from all over the world. Fiction is
provided by Brendan Carson, Ian Watson, Mary Soon Lee, Ben Jeapes,
Kurt Von Trojan, Jean-Claude Dunyach, Loren W. Cooper, Warren
Lapine, Michael Morgan, James A. Hartley, Robert Black, and Leonid
Reznick, and there are features on SF and writing SF by Joe
Haldemann, Charles de Lint, Robert J. Sawyer and others (Apr 98).
**ALTERED PERCEPTIONS #5, A5, 60pp, $3:75 (6/$19:50) from Altered
Perceptions, c/o Primordial Publications, P.O. Box 1026, Nash, TX
75569-1026, USA (http://members.aol.com/alteredper/page1.htm).
Adult horror/SF magazine with fiction by Michael Thomas Dillon,
Jon Merz, Dan Thomas, and poetry by Patrick Schwartz, Laura Elvin,
and Michael Bracken (Jul 98).
**ARGONOTE #1, A4, 4pp, enquire to Argo Press, P.O. Box 4201,
Austin, TX 78765-4201, USA (e-mail: mike...@flash.net;
http://www.eden.com/~carlos/noctet). Promotional newsletter
plugging Argo's latest book, Albert J. Manachino's acclaimed
collection Noctet: Tales of Madonna-Moloch, plus news of the
latest successes of past contributors to Argonaut magazine (May
98).
**ASTRONOMY & SPACE April 1998, A4, 64pp, =A32.25 (12/=A321:60; EC
12/=A325:20; USA/Canada 12/=A331:50; r.o.w. 12/=A335:10) from Astronomy
& Space Magazine, 1 Northumberland Park Industrial Estate,
Willougby Lane, London N17 0SN. Glossy full-colour magazine for
everyone interested in outer space, astronomy, or space
exploration. It's packed with the latest news and pictures on
scientific developments and discoveries, reports on special
events, and features on topical issues such as water on the moon
(Apr 98).
**AUREALIS #19, A5, 100pp p/b, Aus$7:95 and #20/21, A5, 200pp p/b,
Aus$13:95 (4/Aus$28; r.o.w. air 4/Aus$43; r.o.w. surface 4/Aus$35)
from Chimaera Publications, P.O. Box 2164, Mt Waverley, Victoria
3149, Australia (http://www.aurealis.hl.net). Professional
magazine of Australian speculative fiction, which also includes
The Australian SF Writers' News. Issue #19's stories come from
Stephen Dedman, Kirsten Bishop, Stephen Lawrence, Edwina Harvey,
and Brent Lillie (Jan 98); while #20/21 is a special
'Vend-a-Nation' double issue exploring the Australian Republic
with fiction by Simon Brown, Robert Hood, Sean McMullen, Dirk
Strasser, Hoa Pham, Geoffrey Maloney, Terry Dowling, Sue Isle,
Russell Blackford, and Michael Pryor (May 98).
**BANANA WINGS #9, A4, 62pp, and #10, A4, 34pp, available for 'the
usual' from Claire Brialey, 26 Northampton Road, Croydon, Surrey
CR0 7HA (e-mail: ban...@tragic.demon.co.uk), or Mark Plummer, 14
Northway Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 6JE. More musings in and around
SF fandom from Claire and Mark and their regular columnists,
presented as ever with their unique knack for dramatizing the
moment. Issue #10 is a Manchester-themed all-reprint special issue
for the 1998 Eastercon, including material from the earliest days
of Mancunian fandom and Manchester Eastercons (Apr 98).
**BLACK ROSE #1, A4, 52pp, =A32:50 (Ireland/UK 3/=A37; USA/Canada 3/$20)
from David P. Dunning, Black Rose Publications, P.O. Box 5461,
Dublin 12, Ireland. A new magazine of horror and supernatural
fiction, opening its account with stories by Ken Goldman, David
Murphy, Scott Thomas, Kevin Gormley, Cliff Chen, D. Beecher Smith
II, Robert Neilson, Paul Finch, and Pam Chillemi-Yeager (Mar 98).
**BLANKSPACE April 1998, A4, 10pp, enquire to David Stewart, 43
Eglinton Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (e-mail: dste...@iol.ie). The
newsletter of Science Fiction Ireland (a new organisation
replacing the defunct Irish Science Fiction Association), covering
news and developments especially in TV-related SF (Apr 98).
**BLOODSONGS #9--#10, A4, 64pp, $4:95 each (4/$14) from Implosion
Publishing, 777 28th Street, Orlando, FL 32805, USA (e-mail:
blood...@implosion-mag.com;
http://www.horrornet.com/bloodsongs.htm). Fiction, art, culture
and music of the macabre, with stories in #9 (Dec 97) by Charlie
Jacob, Sean Williams, Dana Evans, Waif Wander, and Jasmine
Sailing; interviews/features with Charlie Jacob, Jhonen Vasquez,
Type O Negative, and Cradle of Filth; and artist profiles of
Jimmie Arroyo Guzman, and Ward Boult. #10 (Jun 98) contains
fiction by Gary Bowen, David Kendall, Chad Peery, John Everson,
Kaaron Warren, and Nurmi Husa, interviews/features with special
effects artist Screaming Mad George, 'murder metal' band Macabre,
death metal band Deceased, and previews of upcoming big-screen
horror movie sequels.
**BOOKLOVERS Vol.6 #1, A4, 32pp, 4/$10 (outside USA 4/$14) from
BookLovers, P.O. Box 93485, Milwaukee, WI 53203-0485, USA
(http://www.execpc.com/~booklove). A smartly-produced newsletter
for all those who appreciate fine reading. It's packed with
reviews of new books and not-to-be-forgotten favourites, plus
author interviews and profiles of book discussion groups; this
issue talks to Bradley Denton and Campbell McGrath, and takes a
particular look at work by new and emerging writers, and recent
horror releases (Mar 98).
**CARPE NOCTEM Vol.4 #2, A4, 68pp, $6:75 (5/$20) from Carpe Noctem,
260 S. Woodruff Avenue Suite 105, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, USA
(e-mail: sub...@carpenoctem.com; http://www.carpenoctem.com). A
slickly-produced exploration of dark culture, including interviews
with filmmaker Lynne Stopkewich, artists Alex Ross and Brom,
musicians Lustmord and Zoar, and writer Caitlin Kiernan, plus
features on the new breed of extreme cinema, the music of Sunshine
Blind, and the sculpture of Stephen Fitz-Gerald, plenty of
reviews, and oodles of adverts for gothic/necro/S&M-inspired
clothing, jewellery, artwork, music and other accessories and
esoterica (Jan 98).
**DATA DUMP #26, A5, 4pp, 70p/$2 (USA orders in cash or stamps of 50
cents or less) from Steve Sneyd, Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Place,
Almondbury, Huddersfield HD5 8PB. Continuing Steve's series of
factsheets on genre poetry with a general summary of recent
anthologies, articles and news, plus an update on the influence of
genre ideas on recent operatic works first explored in #12 (Mar
98).
**DRAGON'S BREATH #44--#45, A4, 2pp each, #46/#47, A4, 4pp, and
#48--#49, #51--#52, A4, 2pp each, available for one SAE per issue
(12/=A32:50; EC 12/=A33:50; rest of Europe 12/=A34; r.o.w. 12/=A35:50)
from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of
Wight PO30 3AJ. Capsule reviews of SF/F/H small press and
media-related publications from all over the world (#44--#45, Dec
97; #49, Apr 98; #51--#52, Jun 98), plus interview with Allen
Ashley (#46/#47, Jan 98) and the 1997 Dragon's Breath Small Press
Awards (see Update section above) (#48, Mar 98).
**DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES #49--#50, A5, 24pp, $2 each (6/$10) from
David C. Kopaska-Merkel, 1300 Kicker Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404,
USA (e-mail: dav...@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us;
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Anamnesis/dn.htm). A
poetry magazine that specialises in experimental forms and
content, and fantastic horror in particular. #49 (Nov 97) is the
second special one-word poem issue, also with longer prose and
verse by Bob Cook, Jeffrey Maber, Daniel Paul Medici & Sue Bland,
Keith Allen Daniels, John Briggs and others; issue #50 (Apr 98)
sees the magazine now in its 13th year of publication, with poetry
from Ann K. Schwader, April Lott, Tiffany Auxier, W. Gregory
Stewart, Bruce Boston and others, plus short prose work from Judy
Klass and J.W. Donnelly.
**ENIGMATIC TALES #1, A5, 84pp p/b, =A32:50 (4/=A38; Europe 4/=A39;
USA/Canada 4/$20) from M. Sims, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford,
Herts CM23 4EY (http://www.magician.force9.co.uk/EnigmaPress/). A
new magazine of supernatural ghost and horror stories, launching
with fiction by Bernard Capes, Howard Pease, Allison Cologna, Paul
Bradshaw, Simpon Bestwick, Nigel Brown, John B. Ford, Paul Finch,
David Price, and L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims (Jun 98).
**EYE #11, A4, 52pp, and #13, #15--#16, A4, 60pp, $3:95 each (6/$14;
Canada 6/$20; r.o.w. 6/$36) from EYE, 301 S. Elm Street, Suite
405, Greensboro, NC 27401-2636, USA (e-mail: e...@nr.infi.net;
http://www.nr.infi.net/~eye). Articles and underground research on
pop culture, music, technology, TV and film, fringe culture, and
bizarre science (#11, Nov 97; #13, Jan 98; #15--#16, Jul 98).
**FANTASY COMMENTATOR Vol.9 #2 (#50), A4, 80pp, $5 (8/$35; outside
USA 8/$41) from A. Langley Searles, 48 Highland Circle,
Bronxville, NY 10708-5909, USA. An irregular journal devoted to
articles, reviews, checklists and verse in the areas of SF and
fantasy. This issue reveals an emphasis on the 'golden age' of SF,
with a memorial to veteran fan Sam Moskowitz, and features on
Leslie Stone (one of the first women SF writers), and authors
Nictzin Dyalhis and Stanley G. Weinbaum. Of more immediate
relevance is a long and significant interview with premier SF poet
and historian Steve Sneyd, conducted by H.R. Felgenhauer (Jun 98).
**FARKY! #1, A5, 16pp, free for SAE from D. Hunter Bell, 29 Bavelaw
Crescent, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. A regained enthusiasm
for fandom led editor Ranger Doug to create this new fanzine for
Eastercon 98. There's a report from the Robotrix exhibition and an
amusing send-up of 50s pulp fiction, plus features on The Misfits
and Jean Cocteau, and a characteristically distinctive comic strip
from John Miller (Apr 98).
**FLICKERS'N'FRAMES #28, A5, 76pp, =A33 from John M. Peters, 299
Southway Drive, Southway, Plymouth, Devon PL6 6QN. After ten years
consistent output John Peters is calling it a day for
Flickers'n'Frames, at least as far as printed editions are
concerned. Until such time as he relaunches the magazine on the
internet, you'll have to make do with this bumper final issue of
fiction by Brian Maycock, Richard Bressey, Rhys H. Hughes, Anthony
Barker, Alan Smith, Martin Sketchley, Philip A. Todd, Trevor
Mendham, D.F. Lewis, Alan Jones, David Vickery, Paul Finch, Albert
J. Manachino, Raymond Hunter, John Travis, Keith Grimes, and David
McVey, plus the usual lively coverage of cinema, books, small
press and music (Jun 98).
**FREUDIAN VARIANT #1, A4, 60pp, =A32:25 (3/=A37:50, 6/=A315) from D.
Stone, 68 Bellevue Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 8DN. Describing
Freudian Variant simply as the "Kent Fantasy Society Newsletter"
is something of an undersell, for it's more a fully-fledged small
press fiction magazine than what you'd normally expect from a
local newsletter. Fiction in this inaugural issue comes from
Nicola Caines, D.F. Lewis and Chris Pelletiere, Paul Pinn, Barbara
Davies, Paul Bradshaw, Clifford Thurlow, David Murphy, and Ceri
Jordan, and there's an interview with Ramsey Campbell (Apr 98).
**GLOBAL MAIL #17, A4, 32pp, $3 or 5 IRCs (3/$9; r.ow. 3/$12) from
Global Mail, Grove City Factory Stores, P.O. Box 1309, Grove City,
PA 16127, USA (e-mail: sim...@hotmail.ocm;
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/cafe/2550). A cross-cultural,
cross-media, listing of all kinds of art projects, exchanges,
collaborations, and mail art events, packed with details and
deadlines for over 600 projects and publications (Feb 98).
**HANDSHAKE #27--#30, A4, 2pp each, free for SAE from J.F. Haines, 5
Cross Farm, Station Road, Padgate, Warrington WA2 0QG. Market
information and news of SF-poetry-related events, plus poetry from
Geoff Stevens, Sian Ross, Richard Lung and Giovanni Malito (#27,
Dec 97); Bryn Fortey, Andrew Darlington, Geoff Stevens, and Brian
Maycock (#28, Jan 98); Giovanni Malito, Bryn Fortey, Richard Lung,
Andrew Darlington, Steven J. Takle and others (#29, Apr 98);
Richard Lung, Giovanni Malito, Sean Russell Friend, Peter Day, and
D.S. Holme (#30, Jun 98).
**HARDBOILED #23, A5, 106pp, $7 (6/$35, overseas surface 6/$42) from
Gryphon Publications, P.O. Box 209, Brooklyn, NY 11228-0209, USA.
Streetwise detective and mystery fiction of the 'hardboiled'
variety gives this quarterly digest its name. Hard-hitting fiction
and non-fiction in this issue comes from Mickey Spillane, Richard
Lupoff, Stephen Solomita, Don Sontup, and Steve Rasnic Tem (Feb
98).
**HEADPRESS #16, ISBN 1-900486-02-4, B5, 100pp p/b, =A34:95/$8:95 from
Headpress, 40 Rossall Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 1JD
(e-mail: david.h...@zen.co.uk). This issue of the top-notch
"journal of sex, religion, death" looks at human gargoyles, the
untimely and often horrible deaths of filmstars, pornography and
music culture, a day out at Erotica '97, shaven ladies, evil kids,
Led Zeppelin and more (Mar 98).
**IMPLOSION #8, A4, 64pp, $4:95 (4/$14) from Implosion Publishing,
777 28th Street, Orlando, FL 32805, USA
(e-mail: da...@implosion-mag.com; http://www.implosion-mag.com). A
glossy colour exploration of all things highly unusual, this issue
featuring Kirby Dick, Nick Zedd, Loop Guru, Joe Christ, Pigface's
Martin Atkins, Papua New Guinea's volunteer police force, plus
fiction by Joe Hill, reviews and other oddities (Jan 98).
**INSTANT CONTACT Nov 97, A4, 4pp, free for SAE from Bob Neilson, 8
Commons Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland (e-mail:
bo...@iol.ie). Special issue of Bob's First Contact fanzine edited
by Lynne Ann Morse, rounding up reactions and impressions of the
Dublin Octocon/Eurocon convention. Apparently Margaret Moran found
my Small Press GoH speech "earnest, didactic and dull" -- oh
well... (Dec 97)
**JUGGERNAUT #1, A4, 64pp, $3:95 (4/$10) from Implosion Publishing,
777 28th Street, Orlando, FL 32805, USA (e-mail:
jugge...@implosion-mag.com;
http://www.implosion-mag.com/juggernaut.html). New magazine
covering the full range of extreme music, including death metal,
hardcore, industrial, noise, and free jazz. This issue features
Karyn Crisis's knack for psychological warfare, Sepultura frontman
Max Cavalera on his new band Soulfly, Atlanta metal band Stuck
Mojo, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Deicide's Glen Benton, Hypocrisy's
Peter Tagtgren, and Morbid Angel's Trey Azagthoth, plus news,
reviews and gig reports (Jun 98).
**KIMOTA #7, A5, 76pp p/b, and #8, A5, 92pp p/b, =A32:50 each (4/=A39)
from Graeme Hurry, 52 Cadley Causeway, Preston, Lancs PR2 3RX
(e-mail: g.h...@virgin.net;
http://freespace.virgin.net/g.hurry/kimota.htm). Well-rounded
selection of SF/F/H from Conrad Williams, Steve Lockley, Keith
Marsland, Paul Finch, Katherine Roberts, Peter Tennant, Peter
Smith, Anthony Barker, Paul Pinn, Caroline Dunford, and Nicholas
Royle (#7, Dec 97). Issue #8 features Neal L. Asher, Joel Lane,
Paul Finch, Ceri Jordan, Cherith Baldry, Mark Gale, Mark Asheton,
Michael O'Connor, William Meikle, Steve Dean, and Hugh Cook, plus
an interview with Peter Hamilton (Apr 98).
**LIGHT'S LIST 1998, A5, 56pp, =A31:50 (US surface $4; US air $5) from
John Light, The Light House, 37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Northumberland TD15 1NY. Seminal listing, now in its 13th year of
publication, of names, addresses and a brief note of interests of
over 1200 UK and overseas small press magazines publishing
fiction, poetry, artwork, articles, reviews, cartoons, market
news, etc (Feb 98).
**LOCHS #4, A5, 32pp, 5/=A38 from Kimbo International, P.O. Box 12412,
London SW18 5ZL. Humorous fiction and articles, the winner of the
1997 Humorous Writing Competition, plus your chance to become a
Highland Laird of Camster or John O'Groats (Jan 98).
**METALUNA #2, A5, 16pp, free for SAE from Metaluna, 5 Rhyber
Avenue, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Lively pop
situationist fanzine including articles on consumer processes, The
Green Hornet, telepathy, and the 1996 Sex Pistols tour (Apr 98).
**MOONGATE DE HOMO SENTIENS Vol.4 #6, A5, 12pp, enquire to Mother
Bird Books, 1213 Durango, Silver City, New Mexico 88061, USA.
Thoughtful poetry from New Mexico and beyond (May 98).
**NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #111--#118, A4, 24pp, $3:50
each (12/$31; Canada 12/$36; r.o.w. 12/$44) from Dragon Press,
P.O. Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA
(http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html). Essays, reviews
and topical comment for the SF field from a nine-time Hugo award
nominee. In #111, Chip Delany remembers Judith Merril's best, Bill
Sheehan looks at Dozois's Year's Best, and Joan Gordon gets coy
with Sheri S. Tepper; in #112, Bill Sheehan buries himself in Don
DeLillo's Underworld, Henry Wessells looks at Joyce Carol Oates on
H.P. Lovecraft, and Michael Levy gets down under with Australia's
Year's Best (Jan 98). In #113, Michael Andre-Driussi explores the
future history of Jack Vance and Rudy Rucker draws parallels
between the Beat and Cyberpunk generations; in #114, Grania Davies
discovers Avram Davidson's view of his own literary life and
Robert T. Eldridge investigates 1897's Other Vampire Novel (Feb
98). In #115, Brian Stableford looks at the past and future of
speculative fiction in Europe and America, and Brian Evenson
explains what magic realism really means; in #116, Michael
Swanwich finds the lost Avram Davidson and Barton Paul Levenson
defines the ideology of Robert A. Heinlein (May 98). Issue #117
looks in depth at Fritz Leiber's early reading habits, Kim Stanley
Robinson's music while he writes, and Paul Park's The Gospel of
Corax, while in #118 David Langford explores Diana Wynne-Jones's
Deep Secret, Brian Stableford looks at the relative hardness of
Benford's Cosm and Flynn's Rogue Star, and Arthur D. Hlavaty sees
Dean Koontz as hometown boy made good (Jun 98).
**NIGHT DREAMS #8, A4, 44pp p/b, =A32:80 (4/=A310:50) from K.S. King, 60
Brand Road, Honiton, Devon EX14 8FD. Horror fiction from Mark
Chadbourn, Derek M. Fox, Simon Williams, William Meikle, P.C.
Attaway, and Neal L. Asher, plus an interview with Mark Chadbourn
(Dec 97).
**NOTES FROM OBLIVION #30, A4, 10pp, and #31, A4, 8pp corner
stapled, free for SAE or audiotape correspondence from Jay Harber,
626 Paddock Lane, Libertyville, IL 60048, USA. Further stream of
consciousness musings and updates on Jay's battle with the medical
authorities for his debilitating combination of neurological
disorder and environmental illness to be taken seriously (Dec 97).
**NOT ONE OF US #19, A5, 52pp, $4:50 (3/$10:50) from John Benson, 12
Curtis Road, Natick, MA 01760, USA. Horror and dark fantasy
exploring the concept of 'otherness' from every fictional angle.
Issue #19 is a 'Skeleton in the Closets' special, with stories by
Stefano Donati, S. Lawrence Parrish, Steve Eller, James Lecky,
Kurt Newton, Jeff Hufford, David Price, Dave Eisenstark, and
Elisabeth Perrin (May 98).
**NOVA EXPRESS Vol.4 #4, A4, 48pp, $4 (4/$12; Canada/Mexico 4/$16;
r.o.w. 4/$22) from Lawrence Person, P.O. Box 27231, Austin, Texas
78755-2231, USA (e-mail: lawr...@bga.com;
http://www.delphi.com/sflit/novaexpress/). Hard-hitting critical
zine with an emphasis on post-cyberpunk and slipstream works. This
issue contains an interview with Stephen Baxter, whilst Lawrence
Person, Pat Cadigan, Stephen Dedman, Howard Hendrix and Fiona
Kelleghan debate the post-cyberpunk issue, and Don Webb, John
Kessel, David Langford chew over the latest book releases (Jul
98).
**ODYSSEY #3, A4, 72pp, =A33 (5/=A315; Europe 5/=A320; r.o.w. 5/=A322:50)
from Caliver Books, 816-818 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9
3NH (e-mail: l...@gila.demon.co.uk;
http://www.jeapes.ndirect.co.uk/odyssey) (USA 5/$35 from On
Military Matters, 55 Taylor Terrace, Hopewell, NJ 08525). Glossy
pro SF/F magazine going head-to-head with Interzone in the
newsstand arena, with fiction by Ben Jeapes, Sten Westgard, Chris
Paul, Roz Kaveney, Alex Stewart, Jason Tanner, Chris Amies, Kurt
Roth, and Steve Rushbrook & Alex Stewart, plus interviews with
Gabriel King and Tim Powers (Apr 98).
**ON SPEC #31: Winter 1997, A5, 100pp p/b, and #32: Spring 1998, A5,
116pp p/b, Can$4:95 each (4/Can$19:95; USA 4/US$18; r.o.w.
4/US$25) from On Spec, Box 4727, Edmonton, AB T6E 5G6, Canada
(http://www.icomm.ca/onspec). Award-winning SF and fantasy
magazine with fiction by William Southey, Robert Boyczuk, Aaron V.
Humphrey, Elizabeth Westbrook, Cory Doctorow, David Chato, Laurie
Channer, Wesley Herbert, and Catherine MacLeod (#31, Feb 98), and
Gerald L. Truscott, Edo van Belkom, Michael Vance, Bonnie Blake,
Susan MacGregor, David Chato, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Kate Riedel,
and Apollonia Leaf (#32, Jun 98).
**PAPERBACK PARADE #49, A5, 106pp, $7 (6/$35, overseas surface
6/$42) from Gryphon Publications, P.O. Box 209, Brooklyn, NY
11228-0209, USA. Aimed at paperback readers and collectors
world-wide, Paperback Parade is packed with features, articles,
bibliographies and interviews. This issue features articles on
adult-oriented gay and lesbian paperbacks of the 40s--60s, 0008
and Clyde Allison, plus an interview with Barclay Shaw, an
appreciation of John Garbarino, and plenty of news, letters and
adverts (Feb 98).
**PEEPING TOM #28--#30, A5, 52pp, =A32:25 each (4/=A38) from Peeping
Tom, 15 Nottingham Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics LE65 1DJ. Horror
fiction by Chaz Brenchley, Guy N. Smith, Dallas Goffin, Madeleine
Finnegan, Carol Fenlon, Ashley Thomas, and John Moralee (#28, Nov
97); Stephen Gallagher, D.F. Lewis, James A. Tucker, P.C. Attaway,
Dave Ellis, Harry Crossley, and Elle Ludkin (#29, Feb 98); and
Steve Harris, Pamela Stuart, M.M. O'Driscoll, Alan Hann, and
Anthony Cawood (#30, Jun 98).
**PENNY DREADFUL #4, A5, 32pp, #5, A5, 40pp, and #6, A5, 44pp,
enquire to Penny Dreadful, 407 West 50th St #16, Hell's Kitchen,
NY 10019, USA. Literary poetry and short fiction in the tradition
of Poe, M.R. James, Shelley and LeFanu, by the likes of Scott
Thomas, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Douglas M. Stokes, Karen R. Porter,
Steve Gans, Nancy Bennett, and Mark Antony Rossi (May 98).
**PIFFLE #2, A4, 28pp, =A31:00 from David Floyd, Piffling Publishing,
93 Nightingale Lane, Hornsey, London N8 7QY (e-mail:
pif...@lycosmail.com). Homourous/satirical magazine of poetry,
prose, trivia and general silliness. In this issue there's a
chance to win Linford Christie, and discover that Diana's not
really dead, she's in a teapot (Jul 98).
**PSYCHOTROPE #6, A5, 56pp, =A32:10 (4/=A37:50; USA 4/$20) from
Psychotrope, Mark Beech, Flat 6, 10 Ombersley Road, Worcester WR3
7ET. Further tales of mad love, surrealism and psychological
horror from Mark McLaughlin, Mark Astley, Paul Pinn, Nigel
Quinlan, J.C. Hartley, Robert Caldwell, Gwyneth Jones, Rhys H.
Hughes, D.F. Lewis, Mark Asheton, and Uncle River (Jun 98).
**RAW NERVE #6, A4, 44pp, =A32:50 (7/=A315) from Darren Floyd, 186
Railway Street, Splott, Cardiff CF2 2NH (e-mail:
darren...@virgin.net;
http://freespace.virgin.net/ana.k/rawsite.htm). More stories of
decadent lust, razor blades and extreme hedonism from Paul
Chidgey, Jane Fell, Gary Greenwood, Mark Collins, Pamela Stuart,
T.G. Iswan, Brian Willis, Andrew Campbell, and Julia Jones, plus
an interview with Rob Grant (May 98).
**ROADWORKS #1, A4, 48pp, =A32:50 (4/=A39:50; USA 4/$18) from Trevor
Denyer, 7 Mountview, Church Lane West, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11
3LN (e-mail: tde...@aol.com). This new horror, dark fantasy and
slipstream magazine opens its account with Gary Couzens as
featured writer, plus stories from Anthea Holland & D.F. Lewis,
Michael O'Connor, Christine Goody, Allen Ashley, L.H. Maynard &
M.P.N. Sims, Mark Leon Collins, Val Waters, Trevor Denyer, Paul
Pinn, and Anthony Lewing (Jun 98).
**SCAR TISSUE #12, A5, 4pp, and #13, A4, 2pp, available for one SAE
per issue from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton,
Isle of Wight PO30 3AJ. Lively flysheet of poetry, fiction,
artwork, reviews and small press adverts -- in fact anything goes
so long as you can say it in less than 500 words (#12, Dec 97;
#13, Mar 98).
**SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #165--#168, A5, 28pp, #169, A5, 32pp, and
#170--#173, A5 28pp, $2:50 each (12/$17; Canada 12/$20; r.o.w. air
12/$26; r.o.w. surface 12/$17) from Janet Fox, 519 Ellinwood,
Osage City, KS 66523-1329, USA (e-mail: foxs...@jc.net;
http://www.cza.com/scav/index.html). Monthly newsletter for
SF/F/H/mystery writers and artists with an interest in the small
press. Market news, letters and reviews from USA, UK and
elsewhere, plus Lisa Jean Bothell on effective self-promotion
(#165, Nov 97; #170, Apr 98), interviews with J.N. Williamson
(#166, Dec 97; #167, Jan 98) and Jeff VanderMeer (#171, May 98),
fiction by Dan Crawford (#172, Jun 98), a discussion on whether
illustrations should be stripped from fiction magazines (#168, Feb
98; #169, Mar 98), plus Don Webb's excellent negative guide to
marketing and Rebecca M. Senese on why books will outlive
computers (#173, Jul 98).
**SCAVENGER'S SCRAPBOOK January 1998 and June 1998, A5, 28pp, $4
each (4/$13; Canada 4/$13; r.o.w. 4/$16) from Janet Fox, 519
Ellinwood, Osage City, KS 66523-1329, USA (e-mail:
foxs...@jc.net; http://www.cza.com/scav/index.html). Twice-a-year
round-up of market information in the genres of SF, fantasy,
horror and mystery from Scavenger's Newsletter, with capsule
listings providing an overview of the field and making this a
useful small press directory (Feb 98; Jul 98).
**SCHEHERAZADE #16, A5, 40pp, =A32:50 (4/=A38:50; outside UK 4/=A310:50)
from Scheherazade, 14 Queens Park Rise, Brighton BN2 2ZF. A
magazine of fantasy and science fiction incorporating the gothic,
the magical and the mythological, with fiction this time from
Cherith Baldry, Anna Kemble, Martin Owton, Guy Russell, Julia
Hawkes-Moore, and Alison Brookes (Jun 98).
**SCIENCE FICTION LAW JOURNAL Vol.3 #4, A4, 48pp, 4/$20 from John E.
Rogers Jr., c/o Los Angeles Daily Journal, 915 E. First Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. A classic SF trope is extrapolation,
and so for SF fans with an interest in law there's nothing quite
so satisfying as sitting round a coffee table and speculating on
the future disposition of jurisprudence. For example, consider the
impact of alien contact, and its subsequent commercial, industrial
and political interaction, on the laws of both species, or the
myriad possibilities concerning race, gender and human/non-human
rights. With fictionalised trial reports, or stories using legal
battles as key plot devices, the SFLJ provides that forum for
discussion and, although at first glance this seems a highly
specialised topic, it's actually a cornerstone of SF as we know
it.
**SF EYE #15, A4, 132pp p/b, $5 (3/$12:50; overseas 3/$20) from SF
Eye, P.O. Box 18539, Asheville, NC 28814, USA (e-mail:
eyeb...@interpath.com;
http://www.empathy.com/eyeball/sfeye.html). Tenth anniversary
issue with an interview with Jack Womack, plus articles by Michael
Bishop, Richard Calder, Paul Di Filippo, William Gibson, Nicola
Griffith, Gwyneth Jones, Eugene Mosburg, Bruce Sterling, Lucy
Sussex, Takayuki Tatsumi, Don Webb, and Julia Witwer (Dec 97).
**SIERRA HEAVEN #4, A4, 52pp, =A33:75 (4/=A315; Europe 4/=A322; USA
4/$40); this issue was received in Dec 97 and gives a contact
address of Alex Bardy, 29 Harrier Way, Evelyn Mews, Beckton,
London E6 4YP which is no longer valid -- see 'Update' section
above. Entertaining SF/F/H from Kim Padgett-Clarke, Neil Asher,
Michael O'Connor, Heather Douglass, and Paul Birkett, plus Andy
Darlington on the revival of Hammer Horror, and Steve Sneyd on the
life and works of Lilith Lorraine.
**SPACE AND TIME #88, A4, 52pp, $5 (2/$10; outside USA 2/$11) from
Space and Time, 138 W. 70th Street (4B), New York, NY 10023-4468,
USA (http://www.bway.net/~natalia/space&time.html). A rich mixture
of fiction and poetry covering all aspects of the fantasy genre --
science fiction, supernatural horror, swords and sorcery, and the
unclassifiable -- from Jeffrey Thomas, William Meikle, Lorraine
Schein, Barbara Melenky, Betty Nolley, Mario Milosevic and others
(May 98).
**SQUANE'S JOURNAL #2--#3, A5, 52pp each, and #4, A5, 60pp, =A32:50
each from Simon Wady, 35 Duchess of Kent Drive, Lordswood,
Chatham, Kent ME5 8DG (e-mail: squ...@cableinet.co.uk). Horror
magazine with fiction, interviews and articles. #2 has a profile
of and interview with Mark Morris, plus stories by Simon Clark and
Peter James, #3 has fiction by Mark Chadbourn, John Pritchard and
Simon Kerr, and articles by Simon Clark, Steve Harris and Mark
Chadbourn, while #4, subtitled 'Ramsey's Journal', is a tribute
issue to Mr Campbell with contributions by Stephen Jones, Stephen
Laws, Jenny Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, Graham Joyce, Peter
Crowther, Mark Morris, J.K. Potter and numerous other horror
luminaries (Dec 97).
**TALEBONES #10, A5, 72pp, $4:50 (4/$16; Canada 4/$20; r.o.w. 4/$24)
from Talebones Magazine, 10531 SE 250th Place #104, Kent, WA
98031, USA (e-mail: tale...@nventure.com;
http://www.nventure.com/talebones). SF and dark fantasy in a smart
digest format with full colour cover, and winner of the Genre
Writers Association Award. Fiction in this issue comes from
Stefano Donati, Trey R. Barker, David W. Hill, Uncle River, and
Rhonda Eikamp, with Spider Robinson interviewed by Ken Rand (Apr
98).
**TANGENT #19, A4, 80pp, $5 (4/$20; non-USA 4/$28) from David A.
Truesdale, 5779 Norfleet, Raytown, MO 64133, USA (e-mail:
Dave_Tr...@compuserve.com; http://www.sff.net/tangent/). The
only SF/F short fiction review magazine interviews Ellen Datlow,
profiles Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Swanwick, Mike Resnick, Robert
Reed and others, and reviews over 30 SF/F magazines and
collections (Nov 97).
**THE TANJEN NEWSLETTER #2, A5, 12pp, free for SAE from Tanjen Ltd,
52 Denman Lane, Huncote, Leicester LE9 3BS (e-mail:
a...@tanjen.demon.co.uk; http://www.tanjen.demon.co.uk. Promo for
current and forthcoming releases including extracts from The
Engineer by Neal Asher, Rawhead and Bloody Bones by Rhys H.
Hughes, and Derek M. Fox's Demon, and an interview with Tim Lebbon
(Jul 98).
**THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE #14, A4, 60pp, =A32:75 and #15--#16, A4, 60pp,
=A33 each (4/=A311; Europe 4/=A313; USA 4/$22; r.o.w. 4/=A315) from TTA
Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB (e-mail:
ttap...@aol.com). "Extraordinary new fiction" from Mark Morris,
Paul Meloy, David Langford, and Jeff VanderMeer, plus an interview
with Nicholas Royle, and features on Christopher Priest and Kim
Stanley Robinson (#14, Dec 97); #15 carries fiction from Conrad
Williams, Mike O'Driscoll, Justina Robson, Jason Gould, and Rhys
Hughes, plus features on John Fowles, Storm Constantine, and
slipstream cinema (Mar 98); and #16 has stories by Christopher
Priest, Tamar Yellin, Paul Finch, Terence Greenhough, and James
Lovegrove, plus interviews with Graham Joyce and Jonathan Coe and
a feature on Nicolas Roeg (Jun 98).
**TOUCHPAPER #5, A4, 4pp, 5/=A31:50 (non-UK: one IRC per issue) from
Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight
PO30 3AJ. Peter Tennant on forbidden knowledge in horror, David
Ratcliffe on the human element in SF, plus polemic, comment and
reviews (Dec 97).
**THE URBANITE #9: Strange Places, A4, 56pp, $5 (3/$13:50) from
Urban Legend Press, P.O. Box 4737, Davenport, Iowa 52808, USA.
Surreal, lively and bizarre fiction by Pamela Briggs, Hertzan
Chimera, Dan Clore, Charles M. Saplak, Lois H. Gresh, Nancy
Kilpatrick, Hugh B. Cave, Jeffrey Thomas, Thomas Wiloch, Marni
Scofidio Griffin, Wilum H. Pugmire, and Basil Copper, plus poetry
by Donna Taylor Burgess (Feb 98).
**VIDEOVISTA #10, A5, 4pp, available for one SAE per issue from Tony
Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30
3AJ. An A-Z of the UK's latest video releases reviewed and rated
in short snappy write-ups (Mar 98).
**ZENE #13--#15, A5, 36pp each, 4/=A38 (Europe 4/=A310; USA 4/$16;
r.o.w. 4/=A312) from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs
CB6 2LB (e-mail: ttap...@aol.com). Small press writers' magazine
with guidelines from the UK and around the world, and poetry, book
and small press news and reviews, plus articles on cross-gender
narration (#13, Dec 97), poetry readings, and making the most of
the WWW (#15, Jun 98), plus an interview with Tanjen's Anthony
Barker (#14, Apr 98).
**THE ZONE #6, A4, 68pp, =A33:20 (4/=A312; Europe 4/=A318; r.o.w. 4/=A322)
from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of
Wight PO30 3AJ. Well-rounded magazine of SF fiction, poetry,
essays and reviews, this issue featuring stories by J.C. Hartley,
Robert Reed, Cyril Simsa, and J.P.V. Stewart, plus an interview
with Paul J. McAuley (Jan 98).
Author Collections
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**AT THE CITY LIMITS OF FATE by Michael Bishop, ISBN 0-9629066-6-2,
328pp p/b, $14 (non-USA $19) from Edgewood Press, P.O. Box 380264,
Cambridge, MA 02238, USA. Collection of short story previously
published in OMNI, Asimov's, CRANK! and elsewhere. Full colour
cover by Rick Berry (Nov 97).
**THE SOMNAMBULISTS by Julian Leonard Bourne, ISBN 1-86106-451-9,
A5, 260pp p/b, =A36.99 from Minerva Press, 195 Knightbridge, London
SW7 1RE. In 22nd-century Sao Paulo, now capital of the world,
scientist Milton Mazzei catches two soldiers from the Somme out of
fragments moving at the speed of light. Without realising the
consequences of his research, his study of these creatures becomes
surrounded with intrigue and danger (Jun 98).
**THE WORKYRIE by Wilson Bruce, ISBN 1-84039-003-4, 139pp p/b, =A36:95
from Marionette Books, 1 Hutton Close, South Church, Bishop
Auckland, Co. Durham DL14 6XB. Fantasy novel in which the
protagonist is removed from his humdrum existence into an eldritch
world where the good Faeires, Humans and Dwarves battle the evil
Duke Lansiorous (Dec 97).
**CENTAURUS TRIANGLE by Lionel Butcher, ISBN 1-84039-006-9, 255pp
p/b, =A38:95 from Marionette Books, 1 Hutton Close, South Church,
Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham DL14 6XB. The discovery of a
mysterious alien capsule in the South Atlantic not only
precipitates astonishing technological breakthroughs but also
geopolitical instability and terrorist sabotage, in the midst of
which this novel's characters struggle to maintain their
individual autonomy and freedom of action (Dec 97).
**LONG MEMORIES by Peter Cannon, A5, 68pp, =A35:00 from The British
Fantasy Society, 2 Harwood Street, Stockport SK4 1JJ
(http://www.geocities.com/soho/6859/). A warm and touching account
of the life of venerable SF/F/H author Frank Belknap Long, who
died in 1994. One of the few fans to know Long closely, Peter
Cannon draws on his personal memories of the writer to paint a
candid portrait of the man behind the legend, and pays tribute to
Long's devoted wife Lyda (Jul 98).
**THE TROIKA by Stepan Chapman, ISBN 1-890464-02-3, 250pp p/b,
$14:99 from The Ministry of Whimsy, P.O. Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL
32315, USA (http://www.mindspring.com/~toones/ministry.htm).
Beneath the glare of three purple suns, manipulated by unseen
forces, three travelers cross an endless desert: Alex, who wanted
to be a machine, Naomi the corpsicle, and Eva, who escaped the
whale-emperor of her native land ... adventurous speculative
fiction which recently won the Philip K. Dick Award (received Jan
98; see 'Update' section above for Dick Award news).
**SHOCKS by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, A5, 68pp, =A36:00 from The British
Fantasy Society, 2 Harwood Street, Stockport SK4 1JJ
(http://www.geocities.com/soho/6859/). A collection of four
horror-humour stories, all dating originally from the mid-1970s,
published to celebrate the author's Guest of Honour appearance at
the 1997 London World Fantasy Convention (Jul 98).
**THE PALADIN MANDATES by Mike Chinn, A5, 95pp p/b, =A36:00 from The
Alchemy Press, 46 Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT
(e-mail: pe...@alchemypress.demon.co.uk). Reflecting the author's
keen interest in early 20th Century history, aviation, and the
unknown, The Paladin Mandates brings together six stories with a
common hero, Damian Paladin. An adventurer and pilot, ghost hunter
and restaurateur, Paladin combines elements of Doc Savage, Indiana
Jones and The X-Files. With a full-colour cover by Bob Covington,
this book has already received critical acclaim, and is a
promising debut for National Lottery Arts Grant-funded Alchemy
Press (Jul 98).
**THE PILGRIMAGE OF LOVE by Francesco Colonna, ISBN 0-9527723-1-0,
164pp p/b, =A37:99 from Christoffel Press, 44 Elm Road, Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire PE13 2TB (e-mail: arg...@compuserve.com;
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/arghol). Classic fantasy
novel first published in Italian at the end of the 15th Century
(Nov 97).
**THE HANGING MAN by S. Darnbrook Colson, ISBN 1-886988-03-X, 63pp
p/b, $5 from Jasmine Sailing, Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D., P.O. Box 581,
Denver, Colorado 80201, USA (e-mail:
jsai...@netone.netonecom.net;
http://www.netonecom.net/~jsailing). In a world that becomes
steadily more desensitized, a mutilated -- and thoroughly helpless
-- man brings only the emotions of rage and homicidal desire to
the more friendly minds (Dec 97).
**SPACE OPERA by A.C. Evans, ISBN 1-900152-00-2, 38pp p/b, =A34:99
from Stride Publications, 11 Sylvan Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 6EW. A
sequence of linked poetic texts recording the first, last and only
voyage of the starship Grim Reaper as its crew attempt to explore
the massive mysterious planet NeoGaea. First published in Stride's
The Seredipity Caper in 1986, this special republication features
related illustrations by the author, and an interview conducted by
Steve Sneyd (Dec 97).
**MACABRE DELIGHTS & TWISTED TALES by John B. Ford, A5, 84pp, =A33
(USA $6:50) from J.B. Ford, 95 Compass Crescent, Old Whittington,
Chesterfield, S41 9LX. Collection of macabre and morbid tales
influenced by William Hope Hodgson, introduced by Simon Clark, and
illustrated by Chris Webb, Desmond Knight, Colin Langeveld, and
Gerard Gaubert (Jul 98).
**THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by Steven J. Frank, ISBN 1-882633-26-1,
230pp p/b, $15 (outside USA surface $17; outside USA air $20) from
Cambrian Publications, P.O. Box 112170, Campbell, CA 95011-2170,
USA (e-mail: ord...@cambrianpubs.com;
http://www.cambrianpubs.com/permeable/permeable.html). Will we
ever unlock the secrets of the weather? What about those of the
heart? Does the key to one open the door to the other? These are
the questions pondered by Paul Bustamante in this novel as he
negotiates the limits of understanding, the lure of the dollar,
and the lessons of love at MIT (Dec 97).
**FLYING SAUCERS OVER HENNEPIN by Peter Gelman, ISBN 1-882633-24-5,
148pp p/b, $14 (outside USA surface $16; outside USA air $19) from
Cambrian Publications, P.O. Box 112170, Campbell, CA 95011-2170,
USA (e-mail: ord...@cambrianpubs.com;
http://www.cambrianpubs.com/permeable/permeable.html). Written by
an X-Gen zarathustra with X-ray deflecting glasses, Gelman crushes
the false idols in this corrosively funny, sadly romantic, and
ultimately eye-opening novel of our consumptive fin de siecle
times (Dec 97).
**THE BRIGHTSIDE AND MONGER WAR by Noel Hannan, A5, 24pp, =A31:50 from
Noel K. Hannan, Bad to the Bone, 18 Lansdowne Road, Sydney, Crewe,
Cheshire CW1 5JY
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BAD2BONE). Far-future
wartime romance short story, illustrated by Nigel Dobbyn (Dec 97).
**THE HALLELUJAH MAN by Noel Hannan, A5, 44pp, =A31:50 from Noel K.
Hannan, Bad to the Bone, 18 Lansdowne Road, Sydney, Crewe,
Cheshire CW1 5JY
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BAD2BONE). A short story
from the Weird West, a hybrid wild-west/near-future-disaster
scenario created by Noel with Rik Rawling, and illustrated by
Stephen Meryk Colgan. Presented in an upside-down-and-back-to-back
format with 'Pony Boy', a 10-page comic strip written by Noel
Hannan and illustrated by Ralph Horsley (Dec 97).
**CHALLENGING THE WOLF by Steve Harris, ISBN 0-9531097-0-4, 62pp
p/b, =A35 from Simon Wady, 35 Duchess of Kent Drive, Lordswood,
Chatham, Kent ME5 8DG (e-mail: squ...@cableinet.co.uk). Horror
novella that foreshadows Harris's novels AdventureLand and Wulf,
plus the first chapter of The Switch, a novel deemed "too nasty to
publish" (Dec 97).
**MINSTRELS by Michael Hemmingson, ISBN 1-882633-23-7, 148pp p/b,
$13 (outside USA surface $15; outside USA air $18) from Cambrian
Publications, P.O. Box 112170, Campbell, CA 95011-2170, USA
(e-mail: ord...@cambrianpubs.com;
http://www.cambrianpubs.com/permeable/permeable.html). An American
in Paris, Albert finds himself in deep merde after he commits a
crime in self-defence and is blackmailed by EuroTV into spying on
his friends, his lover -- and a ruthless bunch of
computer-hacking, bomb-planting terrorists (Dec 97).
**SNUFF FLIQUE by Michael Hemmingson, ISBN 1-886988-04-8, 101pp p/b,
$5 from Jasmine Sailing, Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D., P.O. Box 581,
Denver, Colorado 80201, USA (e-mail:
jsai...@netone.netonecom.net;
http://www.netonecom.net/~jsailing). Embrace the Jellyfish and
witness what you've been missing in these final days -- a round of
short stories too true to believe (Dec 97).
**DRIVE, DIVE, DANCE & FIGHT by Thomas E. Kennedy, ISBN
1-886157-14-6, 152pp p/b, $14:95 from BkMk Press of UMKC,
University House, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499,
USA. Collection of short literary fiction on the themes of youth,
growth and discovery, from the author of The Book of Angels and
Unreal City (Nov 97).
**THE MIRROR OF NIGHT by Roberta Lannes, 225pp ltd edn h/b (1 of 300
copies), $39 (trade p/b $16, deluxe edn h/b (1 of 50), $69) from
Silver Salamander Press, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N., Seattle, WA
98103, USA (e-mail: jpe...@cnw.com;
http:www.horrornet.com/silver.htm). Debut collection of short
fiction from an author who's made her mark with dark and gritty
tales. Collected here are such well-known pieces as 'Apostate in
Denim', 'Precious', and 'I Walk Alone', plus over 30,000 words of
new material written especially for this collection. Introduction
by Harlan Ellison (Mar 98).
**WITHOUT HONOUR by Robert Neilson, A5, 88pp, Ir=A34 from Albedo 1, 2
Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland (e-mail: bh...@iol.ie;
http://www.iol.ie/~bobn). Selection of SF and speculative short
stories from a widely published writer (Dec 97).
**SCATTERED REMAINS by Paul Pinn, ISBN 1-901530-05-1, 209pp p/b,
=A36:99 from Tanjen Ltd, 52 Denman Lane, Huncote, Leicester LE9 3BS.
Collection of short horror fiction on the theme of mental illness
to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Royal Bethlem Mental
Hospital, the origin of the word bedlam (Dec 97).
**MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE AND OTHER STORIES by Edgar Allan Poe,
ISBN 1-902058-02-X, 319pp p/b, =A34:99 from Pulp Fictions, P.O. Box
144, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 6NW. Eight ripping yarns by the
grandfather of horror and detective fiction, including 'The Fall
of the House of Usher', 'The Pit and the Pendulum', and 'The
Murders in the Rue Morgue' (May 98).
**LAYING SIEGE TO TOMORROW: POETRY IN UK SFANZINES FROM THE 1930S TO
1950S (aka DATA DUMP #23/#24) by Steve Sneyd, ISBN 0-905262-16-6,
A5, 20pp, =A32:50/$6 (USA orders in cash or stamps of 50 cents or
less) from Steve Sneyd, Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Place, Almondbury,
Huddersfield HD5 8PB. Revised and updated version of an article
which first appeared in Critical Wave #16 in 1990, exploring how
even during the difficult times of WWII, austerity and the Cold
War, fanzine editors enriched their pages with poems that explored
a testing, often terrifying Present, the astounding possibilities
of the Future, and the misty magics of the Otherworldly, and
revealing a remarkable era in genre poetry's history (Feb 98).
**NOR NONE OF THIS WOE BE TRULY WASTED by Steve Sneyd, A4, 8pp
side-stapled, 70p from Ink Pot Press, 20 Radburn Road, Rossington,
Doncaster, S. Yorks DN11 0RE. Slim publication containing one of
Steve's darker SF/F verses (Apr 98).
**STIGMA: AFTERWORLD by Jeffrey A. Stadt, ISBN 1-886988-02-1, 66pp
p/b, $5 from Jasmine Sailing, Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D., P.O. Box 581,
Denver, Colorado 80201, USA (e-mail:
jsai...@netone.netonecom.net;
http://www.netonecom.net/~jsailing). Schizophrenic novella dealing
with the interacting lives of residents of a half-way house (from
a mental institution). Friendship, love, desire, rage and insanity
in alternate dimensions in which manifesting ogres and cartoons
rage (Dec 97).
**LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM by Bram Stoker, ISBN 1-902058-01-1, 191pp
p/b, =A34:99 from Pulp Fictions, P.O. Box 144, Polegate, East Sussex
BN26 6NW. Originally published in 1911 and out of print for many
years, this camp slice of gothic horror is now republished in an
affordable no-frills edition evocative of the original pulps (May
98).
**THE CROXTON WITCH by Len Tate, ISBN 1-84039-010-7, 190pp p/b,
=A37:95 from Marionette Books, Belasis Hall, Coxwold Way,
Billingham, Cleveland TS23 4EA. The profound and nebulous workings
of a 450-year-old curse, spat out by a young woman burned at the
stake for witchcraft, come increasingly to the fore as the scions
of two of the families who conspired her death fall victim to the
inexorable forces of Time, History and Nemesis (Apr 98).
**PAINTED IN BLOOD by Lucy Taylor, 229pp p/b, $16 (ltd edn h/b (1 of
300 copies) $39, deluxe edn h/b (1 of 50), $69) from Silver
Salamander Press, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103,
USA (e-mail: jpe...@cnw.com; http:www.horrornet.com/silver.htm).
New collection of short fiction from the 'Queen of Erotic Horror'
(Mar 98).
**NIGHT'S VOICE by Scott Urban, A5 48pp, $3 from Hatchett-Job Press,
P.O. Box 92, Brooklyn, CT 06234-0092, USA. Collection of dark and
unnerving poetry from a writer whose work has appeared in
Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D., Thin Ice and elsewhere, illustrated by Mark
McLaughlin and with an introduction by Kurt Newton (Jun 98).
**ROBOTOMY by Andres Vaccari, ISBN 0-646-32003-3, A5, 125pp p/b,
Aus$12:95 from Saturn Press, P.O. Box 419, Church Point, NSW 2105,
Australia (e-mail: jvac...@mypostbox.com). When Drake Ulhman
escapes the world of flesh into a virtual world, he finds it's
gradually disintegrating inside its virtual storage. His
disembodied and forever-mutating memories chase him through the
burnt and shadowy landscapes of his brave new mind as he searches
for the truth about Fabiana's death and the Ghost taking her
place. This existential cyberpunk thriller combines text and
electronic images to create a multilayered story presented with a
refreshing and appropriately adventurous layout (Jun 98).
**THE EXPLANATION AND OTHER GOOD ADVICE by Don Webb, ISBN
1-877655-25-2, A5, 123pp p/b, $9:95 (r.o.w. $11:95) from Wordcraft
of Oregon, P.O. Box 3235, La Grande, OR 97850, USA (e-mail:
word...@oregontrail.net). Twenty-five short fictions by the mad
shaman genius of Austin, with nine new pieces and the rest
reprinted from various small press magazines of the 80s (including
five from early issues of Back Brain Recluse) (Jun 98).
**STEALING MY RULES by Don Webb, ISBN 1-886988-05-6, 71pp p/b, $5
from Jasmine Sailing, Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D., P.O. Box 581, Denver,
Colorado 80201, USA (e-mail: jsai...@netone.netonecom.net;
http://www.netonecom.net/~jsailing). Another short story excursion
into the beyond, through the medium of Don Webb's twisted mirror
(Dec 97).
**INTENSE DEVICE: A JOURNEY THROUGH LUST, MURDER AND THE FIRES OF
HELL by Simon Whitechapel, ISBN 0-9523288-9-5, B5, 192pp p/b,
=A312:50 from Headpress, 40 Rossall Avenue, Radcliffe, Manchester
M26 1JD. Dildos through the ages, the life and crimes of the
Marquis de Sade, Anti-Darwinism and denial of the holocaust, and
H.P. Lovecraft and noise are just some of the sights to be seen in
Whitechapel's tour of a wholly unique hell, in this collection of
essays where sexual excess, murder, absurdity and chaos reign
supreme (Dec 97).
**THE CASTLE OF OBLIVION by Martin Wilson, ISBN 0-9527723-2-9, 140pp
p/b, =A34:99 from Christoffel Press, 44 Elm Road, Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire PE13 2TB (e-mail: arg...@compuserve.com;
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/arghol). Debut fantasy
novel, the first volume of an intended trilogy (Nov 97).
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**THE FIFTH DI... (June 1998) edited by James B. Baker, A4, 170pp
spiral-bound, $12 from Promart Publishing, P.O. Box 1094,
Carmichael, CA 95609, USA (e-mail: prom...@juno.com;
http://www.arrowweb.com/promimart). This SF anthology is packed
with content (including material by many familiar contributors
such as Marge Simon, Ken Rand, Cathy Buburuz, and Don D'Ammassa),
but is badly let down by its cheap and cheerful production quality
(Jun 98).
**GOING POSTAL edited by Gerard Daniel Houarner, ISBN 0-917053-11-7,
A5, 125pp p/b, $11:50 Space and Time, 138 W. 70th Street (4B), New
York, NY 10023-4468, USA
(http://www.bway.net/~natalia/space&time.htm). Taking out your
frustrations on other people used to be the perogative of US
postal workers, but 'going postal' is not just for postal workers
any more. 19 original tales of dark fantasy, SF and horror from
James Dorr, Charlee Jacob, Gordon Linzner, Bentley Little, Daniel
Pearlman, Tom Piccirilli, Melanie Tem, Don Webb, and others (Jul
98).
**GRAVITY'S ANGELS edited by Gary Couzens, Trevor Denyer, Sarah
Ellender, Trevor Mendham, and Martin Owton, ISBN 0-9532949-0-0,
100pp p/b, =A34:95 from T Party Writers' Group, Flat 2, 123 St
Michael's Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4JW (e-mail:
tpa...@fnapf.demon.co.uk; http://www.fnapf.demon.co.uk/t-party).
From the past to the present day, to the future and the never was,
Gravity's Angels is a collection of 14 stories of horror, fantasy,
SF and slipstream from authors including Mark Leon Collins, Maria
Contos, Gary Couzens, David Gullen, D.F. Lewis, Trevor Mendham,
and Martin Owton (May 98).
**LEVIATHAN 2: NOVELLAS edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Rose Secrest,
ISBN 1-890464-03-1, A5, 183pp p/b, $10:99 from The Ministry of
Whimsy, P.O. Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315, USA
(http://www.mindspring.com/~toones/ministry.htm). Following up the
acclaimed cross-genre short fiction anthology Leviathan: Into the
Gray, Ministry of Whimsy have issued this new collection featuring
novellas by Richard Calder, Rhys Hughes, L. Timmel Duchamp, and
Stepan Chapman, together with interviews with each of the authors
and an introductory essay by Interzone editor David Pringle (Jun
98).
**MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS edited by Beecher Smith, ISBN 1-880964-21-X,
345pp p/b, $14:45 from Hot Biscuit Productions, 44 North Second St
#1000, Memphis, TN 38103-2220, USA (e-mail: beech...@aol.com;
http://members.aol.com/beecherhbp/mfm1.html). Thirty-one
spine-tingling tales of Modern Southern Horror from authors
including Tom Piccirilli, Don Webb, Cynthia Ward, and Charlee
Jacob (Dec 97).
**RAZORBLADES edited by Darren Floyd, ISBN 0-9531468-0-4, 146pp p/b,
=A33:99 from Darren Floyd, RazorBlade Press, 186 Railway Street,
Splott, Cardiff CF2 2NH (e-mail: darren...@virgin.net;
http://freespace.virgin.net/ana.k/rawsite.htm). Selection of
fiction from the first seven issues of horror magazine Raw Nerve,
with contributions from Tim Lebbon, Rhys Hughes, D.F. Lewis &
Stuart Hughes, Brian Willis and others (Dec 97).
**SCAREMONGERS edited by Andrew Haigh, ISBN 1-901530-07-8, 280pp
p/b, =A36:99 from Tanjen Ltd, 52 Denman Lane, Huncote, Leicester LE9
3BS. Horror anthology in aid of animal welfare with fiction by
Ramsey Campbell, Michael Marshall Smith, Poppy Z. Brite, Simon
Clark, Mark Chadbourn, Dennis Etchison, Stephen Gallagher,
Nicholas Royle, Peter Tennant and many more (Nov 97).
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**SMALL PRESS GUIDE 1998, ISBN 0-9529119-6-5, 487pp p/b, =A39:99 from
Writers' Bookshop, 7-11 Kensington High Street, London W8 5NP.
Revised third edition featuring the guidelines and requirements of
over 600 UK small press magazines, with a spot-on introduction by
Peter Finch. The deadline for inclusion is September of the
previous year, so the book advises that a certain amount of caveat
lector applies (Mar 98).
Catalogues
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**COLD TONNAGE BOOKS Nov 97, A5, 44pp, Jan 98, A5, 48pp, and Mar 98,
A5 64pp, enquire to Cold Tonnage Books, Andy Richards, 22 Kings
Lane, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6JQ. Extensive selection of SF/F/H
signed, hardback and limited editions, and many collectable
paperbacks (Nov 97/Jan 98/Mar98).
**CREATIVE ARTS COURSES 1998, A5, 20pp, enquire to Creative Arts
Courses, The Indian King Arts Centre, Fore Street, Camelford,
Cornwall PL32 9PG (tel: 01840 212111; e-mail:
indi...@btinternet.com). Latest catalogue of residential courses
sees a number of courses in the visual and performing arts added
to those for writers of all levels and persuasions; the SF/F/H
session is run by horror novellist Ben Leech. Both weekend and
full-week courses are available, with groups strictly limited to
eight people to ensure full participation and individual attention
(Dec 97).
**OBSIDIAN BOOKS Jan 98, A4, 12pp, enquire to Matt Johnson, Obsidian
Books, 37800 -- 38th Ave. S., Auburn, WA 98001, USA (e-mail:
mjobs...@aol.com). Excellent selection of rare, not-so-rare, and
independently-published horror hardbacks, paperbacks, and videos
(Mar 98).
**PHOTON PRESS 1997, A5, 8pp, enquire to John Light, The Light
House, 37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15
1NY. Catalogue of John's collected output of SF novels and poetry,
original postcards and artwork, and children's stories, from
publishers including the University of Salzburg as well as his own
Photon Press (Feb 98).
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