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Of Dice & Pen

11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fred Joseph Poutre

£10.95 11 Aug 2008 Paperback Flying Pen Press

The Scarlet Gospels

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Clive Barker

£18.99 04 Aug 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

Tales of this world and others.

Balefires

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Drake, David

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Night Shade Books

Balefires is the long-awaited collection of David Drake's weird and fantastic fiction, featuring many stories set in the worlds of his fantasy novels (Ranks of Bronze, Lord of the Isles, etc.). More than just a collection of stories, Balefires features extensive story notes that chronicle the development of the writing career of one of science fiction's most popular writers, and provides detailed snapshots of the larger-than-life editors, publishers, and writers with whom Drake has worked with throughout his career.

The Darker Mask

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Heroes from the Shadows

By Phillips, Gary Chambers, Christopher

£10.50 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Tor Books

"The Darker Mask" is a collection of original prose stories recalling the derring-do of the beings called Superheroes and the worlds they fight to save.

Darker Mask, the

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gary Phillips

£19.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Tor Books

Wildly fantastic stories by a cross section of today's cutting-edge urban fantasy and crime writers

Beacons of Tomorrow: Second Collection

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Funk, Bret

£6.87 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Tyrannosaurus Press

Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Langan, John

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Prime Books

Presents a collection of uneasy meetings from an award-nominated writer.

Balefires

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Drake, David

£4.39 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Night Shade Books

Best New Romantic Fantasy (v. 3)

20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paula Guran

£5.50 20 May 2008 Paperback Wildside Press

Features enchanting and enchanted lovers, magical romance, dark desires, otherworldly sensations, ethereal encounters, paranormal thrills, sensual spells, supernatural suspense, sizzling speculations. This title showcases a compilation of the short romantic fantasy of the year.

Tempting the Gods (v. 1)

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tanith Lee

£16.99 15 May 2008 Hardback Wildside Press

A short story collection by the author of "The Birthgrave" and "The Silver Metal Lover".

Secret Lives

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeff VanderMeer

£23.50 15 May 2008 Hardback Wildside Press

Reveals the secret lives of librarians, doctors, lawyers, university students, bank tellers, sex shop clerks, and others. Ordered by profession, these short stories range from the hilarious to the somber, the absurd to the revelatory. This is a blend of the factual and the imaginary.

Less Lonely Planet

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rhys Hughes

£12.99 01 May 2008 Hardback Humdrumming

Rite: Short Work

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Williams, Tad Far Territories

£9.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Far Territories

Gives evidence of Tad Williams as an accomplished practitioner of the short form! This title includes a knockout novella later expanded to novel length ("Child of an Ancient City"), riffs on the fantasist Michael Moorcock ("The Author at the End of Time", "Go Ask Elric"), along with excursions into some of his most popular creations and beyond.

The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tafolla, Carmen

£8.79 01 May 2008 Paperback Wings Press (TX)

As a helping of "down-home magical realism," this collection of 16 short stories explores the human spirit inherent in the bilingual, bicultural world of the Texas-Mexico border. With a fresh sense of humor and human understanding, these stories skillfully bridge the gap between miracles and tragedies, prejudice and transcendence, and oppression and liberation. From the comical exploration of the hypocrisy expressed at funerals to the spiritual mission of a magical tortilla, the collection draws upon a wide range of emotions but comes together in a singular, powerful voice that reflects the holiness found in everyday life.

Best New Romantic Fantasy 3

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Guran, Paula Juno Books

£5.50 01 May 2008 Paperback Juno Books

Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dann, Jack Dozois, Gardner

£8.24 01 May 2008 Paperback Ace Books

All-new stories of the wise, the wicked, and the wizards in between are collected from today's masters of modern fantasy, including Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, and Garth Nix.

Japanese Dreams

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sean Wallace

£6.95 30 Apr 2008 Paperback Wildside Press

Part of a series of anthologies offering short stories drawn from the storehouse of world mythology, this volume takes the reader to the islands of fire and smoke - where shape-shifters, demons and lovers all populate a landscape blossoming with story.

Balefires

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Drake, David

£4.39 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Night Shade Books

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 4: The Maze of the Enchanter

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Smith, Clark Ashton

£21.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Night Shade Books

This series presents Clark Ashton Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts. The Maze of the Enchanter includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Mandrakes" (February, 1933) to "The Flower-Women" (May, 1935). This volume also features an introduction, and extensive notes on each story.

Best New Fantasy

26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sean Wallace

£7.95 26 Mar 2008 Paperback Wildside Press

Undefined.

The Dragon Done it

04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Flint

£15.99 04 Mar 2008 Hardback Baen Books

Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered or planted by an itinerant sorcerer, and supernatural entities.

Many Bloody Returns: Tales of Birthdays with Bite

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harris, Charlaine Kelner, Toni

£17.55 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Wheeler Publishing

The Dragon Done It

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Flint

£15.99 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Baen Books

Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The First Year of "Clarkesworld" Magazine

By Wallace, Sean Mamatas, Nick

£19.99 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Wyrm

Step into a world of wonder, epiphany and danger. From the return of old gods to the adventures of the last dragon on Earth, from quantum physics to manticores trained for the circus, this unique anthology takes readers on journeys to realms both distant and oddly familiar. Selected from the critically-acclaimed online magazine Clarkesworld, Realms collects the work of twenty-four visionary writers of short fiction.

Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The First Year of "Clarkesworld" Magazine

By Mamatas, Nick Wallace, Sean

£8.99 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Wyrm

Step into a world of wonder, epiphany, and danger. From the return of old gods to the adventures of the last dragon on Earth, from quantum physics to manticores trained for the circus, this unique anthology takes readers on journeys to realms both distant and oddly familiar. Selected from the critically-acclaimed online magazine Clarkesworld, Realms collects the work of twenty-four visionary writers of short fiction.

Weird Tales Audio Collection, Volume One

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Scithers, George Schweitzer, Darrell Betancourt, John Gregory

£19.99 01 Mar 2008 Compact Disk Audio Realms

Includes stories by F Marion Crawford, Katrien Rutten, Barbara Krasnoff and read by Wayne June ("The Call of Cthulhu"), Jeffery West ("Elric of Melnibone"), Bob Barr and Deborah Stromberg.

Tempting the Gods: The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee Volume One

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lee, Tanith

£19.99 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Wildside Press

A short story collection by the author of "The Birthgrave" and "The Silver Metal Lover".

Something Magic This Way Comes

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenberg, Martin Harry Hoyt, Sarah

£4.39 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Daw Books

In this original fantasy anthology, 20 masters of the genre present their unique takes on the magical possibilities that exist. Includes stories by Harry Turtledove, Eric Flint, and Laura Resnick. Original.

Rocky the Lighthouse Makes a Difference

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Noel, Jeffrey

£7.69 01 Feb 2008 Hardback Robert Reed Publishers

This is a Children's story about a lighthouse that did not realize the value he played in the world. He felt sad and lonely and forgotten. Then a captain was out at sea during a storm and needed his light to get to safety.This book was inspired by the author's sister's death. He wants people young and old to recognize their value to other people and not discount the role they play is important.

The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 3

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lovecraft, H. P.

£17.50 01 Feb 2008 Compact Disk Audio Realms

Includes "The Horror at Red Hook," "Herbert West: Re-animator," "The Outsider," and "The Statement of Randolph Carter."

Robert E. Howard's the Garden of Fear

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£7.12 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Wildside Press

Meticulously-restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the sixth in a 10-book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian.

Japanese Dreams

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wallace, Sean

£6.95 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Prime Books

Strange Tales of Secret Lives

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Vandermeer, Jeff

£23.50 01 Feb 2008 Hardback Prime Books

Best New Fantasy 2

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wallace, Sean

£7.95 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Prime Books

Undefined.

The Fair Folk

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kaye, Marvin

£4.39 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Ace Books

From blithe fairies to sinister fey, this collection features six tales by such luminaries as Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, and a joint effort by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder. Winner of the 2006 World Fantasy Award.

Bedlam's Edge

18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Mercedes Lackey

£5.50 18 Dec 2007 Paperback Baen Books

Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill are the biggest names in the urban fantasy subgenre where elves, banshees, trolls, and even stranger creatures walk modern city streets, their presence, and even their existence unsuspected by the human inhabitants.

My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Elrod, P. N.

£7.66 01 Dec 2007 Paperback St. Martin's Griffin

Werewolves, vampires, and Elvis populate this collection of all new and original supernatural wedding stories from such award-winning authors as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L.A. Banks, and Jim Butcher.

Tesseracts Eleven: Amazing Canadian Speculative Fiction

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Phillips, Holly

£10.96 01 Nov 2007 Paperback EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing,

Twenty-four of the best new stories and poems by neophyte and established Canadian science fiction authors are presented in this seminal anthology which has entered its third decade of existence. Edited by award-winning authors Cory Doctorow and Holly Phillips, Tesseracts Eleven showcases the very best in Canadian speculative fiction literature (including English translations of works by French-Canadian authors) that has been written in the new millennium.

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 3: A Vintage from Atlantis

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Smith, Clark Ashton

£21.95 01 Nov 2007 Hardback Night Shade Books

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This third volume of the series brings together 21 of his fantasy stories.

Cabinet Des Fees 2

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Pilinovsky, Erzebet YellowBoy

£7.95 01 Nov 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Wallace, Sean Mamatas, Nick

£16.46 01 Nov 2007 Hardback Wyrm

Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Mamatas, Nick Wallace, Sean

£7.66 01 Nov 2007 Paperback Wyrm

Cat Tales (v. 1)

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By George Scithers

£6.50 01 Nov 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Cats and mysterious fantasy: it's a magical mix that appeals to the imaginations of young and old readers alike. This volume of an anthology series includes stories by authors Nancy Springer, Ann Marston, Jack Williamson, Fred Chappell and P D Cacek, as well as classics by Fritz Leiber and H P Lovecraft.

Mapping the Beast

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Best of Leviathan

By Jeff VanderMeer

£9.99 01 Nov 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Collects the fiction from the anthology series "Leviathan" and its sister publication "Album Zutique". From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, "Leviathan" provided confrontational, sometimes controversial surreal short stories, and helped chart the limits of fantasy fiction.

Adrift on the Haunted Seas

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson

By Hodgson, William Hope

£7.99 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Cold Spring Press,US

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) is acknowledged as one of the undisputed masters of the sea story. There has never been a collection of his very best short stories offered to the trade. Hodgson's sea stories have unusual authenticity owing to his having spent a lot of time on merchant's ships-he left his family in 1890 at the age of thirteen to spend eight years at sea, where the experience of mistreatment, poor pay, and worse food was contrasted by Hodgson's immeasurable fascination with the sea. His obsession for the sea fills his writings. This volume collects the very best of Hodgson's sea stories-which has not been done before-with some of the most exciting and dramatic creatures of fantasy on the written page, exhibiting the sea in all her moods: wonder, mystery, beauty, and terror.

Seekers of Dreams

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Masterpieces of Fantasy

By Douglas A. Anderson

£8.99 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Cold Spring Press,US

Fantasy is one of the best-selling genres today, long fueled by the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien and writers inspired by him. In the wake of Peter Jackson's film versions of The Lord of the Rings, many other classic works of fantasy are being filmed too-those of J.K. Rowling, Phillip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, and Ursula K. Le Guin, to name a few-and the appetite for good classic fantasy has only increased. Contemporary writers such as Jonathan Carroll and Thomas Ligotti are represented, and for Tolkien fans, Andy Duncan's wicked "Senator Bilbo" and Verlyn Flieger's "Green Hill Country" are especially satisfying.

Strange Tales of Secret Lives

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Vandermeer, Jeff

£6.50 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Prime Books

A collection of "secret lives".

Fate Fantastic

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenberg, Martin Harry Hoyt, Daniel M.

£4.39 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Daw Books

Exploring the concept of fate and destiny, this collection of 16 original tales follows the paths of fate to distant worlds, dimensions, and times. Includes stories by Julie E. Czerneda, Alan Dean Foster, Robert A. Hoyt, and other noted fantasy and sci-fi writers. Original.

The Dog Said Bow-Wow

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Swanwick, Michael

£8.21 01 Sep 2007 Paperback Tachyon Publications

Bruise and Dishonour

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Maroulla

£75.00 01 Sep 2007 Hardback Bruise and Dishonour

Deceptive Bends

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Psciuk, Michael

£14.95 01 Sep 2007 Hardback One Off Publishing

Things aren't always what they appear to be in this collection of short stories. With elements of Sci-Fi, Comedy and Horror they explore the back roads and porous borders between reality and fantasy. Enjoy the ride. Michael Psciuk is a Scottish writer living, not in the highlands of Scotland. but in the highlands of northern Thailand.

The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 8

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Lovecraft, H. P.

£17.86 01 Sep 2007 Compact Disk Audio Realms

Includes the stories: "The Lurking Fear," "Haunter of the Dark" and "The Thing on the Doorstep."

Many Bloody Returns

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Harris, Charlaine Kelner, Toni L. P.

£13.71 01 Sep 2007 Hardback Ace Books

Suspenseful, surprising, dark, and humorous, these all-new stories by "New York Times" bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and Kelley Armstrong ensure that readers will never think of vampires--or birthdays--in quite the same way again.

Japanese Dreams

15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sean Wallace

£6.95 15 Aug 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

The Bone Key

15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sarah Monette

£7.95 15 Aug 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

The dead and the monstrous will not leave Kyle Murchison Booth alone, for an unwilling foray into necromancy has made him sensitive to - and attractive to - the creatures who roam the darkness of his once-safe world. Ghosts, ghouls, incubi: all have one thing in common. They know Booth for one of their own.

Swords of the Steppes

15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Four

By Harold Lamb

£11.99 15 Aug 2007 Paperback University of Nebraska Press

Also of interest by Harold Lamb Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One Warriors of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Two Riders of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Three For more information about the author, visit the official Harold Lamb Web site at www.haroldlamb.net

Riders of the Steppes

15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Three

By Harold Lamb

£11.99 15 Aug 2007 Paperback University of Nebraska Press

Also of interest by Harold Lamb Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One Warriors of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Two Swords of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Four For more information about the author, visit the official Harold Lamb Web site at www.haroldlamb.net

Wedding Night

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories

By Carl Muller

£4.00 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Perera - Hussein Publishing House

The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 6

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Lovecraft, H. P.

£19.57 01 Aug 2007 Compact Disk Audio Realms

Part of the "Dark Worlds of H P Lovecraft" series.

Robert E. Howard's People of the Dark

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£21.27 01 Aug 2007 Compact Disk Audio Realms

Features Robert E Howard's exciting stories.

Black Hounds of Death

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert E. Howard

£23.50 01 Aug 2007 Hardback Wildside Press

Part of a ten book chronological collection of Robert E Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered "Weird Tales". Howard is the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian and considered the Godfather of "Sword and Sorcery".

Robert E. Howard's the Garden of Fear

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£7.12 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Japanese Dreams

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Wallace, Sean

£6.95 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Prime Books

Best New Fantasy 2

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Wallace, Sean

£7.95 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Prime Books

Undefined.

The Bone Key

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Monette, Sarah

£7.95 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Prime Books

The Wow Signal

24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick Chapman

£20.00 24 Jul 2007 Hardback bluechrome Publishing

Featuring different stories, this work contains terror and wonder, love and regret, and a vision of the world that ranges from haunting tragedy to the darkest comedy.

Invasion!

02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Lee, Mike Long, Nathan

£6.99 02 Jul 2007 Paperback Games Workshop

An exciting collection of Warhammer short stories that explores the theme of invasion, both literally and metaphorically. From the shores of Naggaroth, the Land of Chill, to the dark forests that lie at the heart of the Empire, these tales will thrill and entertain.

The Imago Sequence

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Barron, Laird

£13.71 01 Jul 2007 Hardback Night Shade Books

The title story of this collection - a devilishly ironic riff on H. P. Lovecraft's "Pickman's model" - was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, while "Probiscus" was nominated for an International Horror Guild award and reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19. In addition to his previously published work, this collection contains an original story.

Fantasy: The Best of the Year

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Horton, Rich

£4.39 01 Jul 2007 Paperback Leisure Books

The best fantasy fiction of the year, by some of the genre's greatest authors.

Shadow Kingdoms: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume One

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£3.84 01 Jul 2007 Paperback Leisure Books

Meticulously restored text by renowned Robert E. Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the first in a ten-book definitive chronological collection of Howard's weird stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales.

The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By H.P. Lovecraft

£17.86 01 Jul 2007 Audio Cd Wildside Press

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, has been hailed by literary critics as the inventor of modern horror, and a cultivating force behind such modern writers as Robert Bloch ("Psycho"), Wes Craven ("The Craft", "Nightmare on Elm Street", "Scream") and Stephen King ("Pet Semetary", "Carrie", "Children of the Corn"), just to name a few.

A Thunder of Trumpets

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert E. Howard

£23.50 01 Jul 2007 Hardback Wildside Press

Last in a ten-book chronological collection of Robert E Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the "Weird Tales".

Tempting the Gods

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Tanith Lee

£19.99 01 Jul 2007 Hardback Wildside Press

A short story collection by the author of "The Birthgrave" and "The Silver Metal Lover".

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 2: The Door to Saturn

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Smith, Clark Ashton

£21.95 01 Jun 2007 Hardback Night Shade Books

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This second volume of the series brings together 20 of his fantasy stories.

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Elrod, P. N.

£16.46 01 Jun 2007 Hardback Wheeler Publishing

The Maker of Gargoyles

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Clark Ashton Smith

£18.99 01 Jun 2007 Audio Cd Wildside Press

Clark Ashton Smith was a prodigy, who wrote "Arabian Nights" novels in his mid-teens. Most of his stories were published in "Weird Tales", "Strange Tales", "Wonder Stories", and other pulps, but he was by no means a conventional pulp writer. This collection of his work reprints eight of his fantasies, including two set in Hyperborea.

The Bone Key

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sarah Monette

£7.95 01 Jun 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Leading the Dance

24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sarah Salway

£20.00 24 May 2007 Hardback bluechrome Publishing

A collection of short stories which feature - a bored housewife who welcomes the nomadic painter of family pets into her home and commissions a portrait of her fridge; a schoolboy who learns how to survive when his gang turns against him; and a man, whose life is turned around when he hears his wife make a new noise in bed.

Robert E. Howard's Red Nails

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£15.36 01 May 2007 Compact Disk Wildside Press

Robert E. Howard's Hour of the Dragon

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard, Robert E.

£8.50 01 May 2007 Hardback Wildside Press

Eighth installment in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered "Weird Tales".

Japanese Dreams

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sean Wallace

£6.95 01 May 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Twists of the Tale

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellen Datlow

£7.95 01 May 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

In ancient Egypt they were worshipped. In the Middle Ages they were crucified. In this collection, 24 storytellers look into the inscrutable eyes of felis catus, and see a reflection of the frightening, the fantastic and the bizarre.

Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Dann, Jack Dozois, Gardner

£13.74 01 May 2007 Hardback Berkley Publishing Group

All-new stories of the wise, the wicked, and the wizards in between are collected from today's masters of modern fantasy, including Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, and Garth Nix.

Tales of the Old World

16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Gascoigne, Marc Dunn, Christian

£9.99 16 Apr 2007 Paperback Games Workshop

"Tales of the Old World" is an anthology of classic fantasy tales from the grim world of Warhammer.

Balefires

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Drake, David

£14.81 01 Apr 2007 Hardback Night Shade Books

Balefires is the long-awaited collection of David Drake's weird and fantastic fiction. Before Drake was a best-selling author of military science fiction, he was a prolific writer of horror and fantasy short fiction. Balefires collects some of his earliest professional sales (including his first sale to Arkham House.) In addition, Balefires brings together many stories set in the worlds of his fantasy novels (Ranks of Bronze, Lord of the Isles, etc.) and contains original fiction. More than just a collection of stories, Balefires features extensive story notes that chronicle the development of the writing career of one of the science fiction's most popular writers, and provides detailed snapshots of the larger than life editors, publishers and writers that Drake has worked with throughout his career.

Rehearsals for Oblivion (ACT I)

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Francis, Dorothy

£9.86 01 Apr 2007 Paperback Elder Signs Press

The first volume in a comprehensive set of weird fiction and poetry focused on one of the genre's most mysterious and intriguing figures, the King in Yellow, features works by Richard L. Tierney, William Laughlin, Mark McLaughlin, Joseph S. Pulver Sr., John Tynes, Will Murray, G. Warlock Vance, Ann K. Schwader, Roger Johnson, Robert M. Price, and others.

Best New Paranormal Romance

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Paula Guran

£7.95 01 Apr 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

An annual anthology of outstanding stories of love and wonder are compiled and honored as the best of the year. This book contains stories about enchanting and enchanted lovers, magical romance, dark desires, otherworldly sensations, ethereal encounters, paranormal thrills, sensual spells, supernatural suspense, sizzling speculations.

Best New Fantasy

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sean Wallace

£7.95 01 Apr 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Undefined.

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume Five

By Robert E. Howard

£7.95 01 Apr 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

A collection of fantasy work from the pulp magazine "Weird Tales". This volume includes four stories with famous character, Conan ("Black Colossus," "The Slithering Shadow," "The Pool of the Black One," and "Rogues in the House"), as well as several historical and contemporary fantasies.

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1

01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Strahan, Jonathan

£10.96 01 Mar 2007 Paperback Night Shade Books

For the first time ever, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has assembled the best science fiction and the best fantasy stories of the year in one volume. More than just two books for the price of one, this book brings together over 200,000 words of the best genre fiction anywhere. Strahan's critical eye and keen editorial instincts have served him well for earlier best of the year round-ups in the Best Short Novels, Science Fiction: Best of and Fantasy: Best of series, and this is his most impressive effort yet.

Pulp Classics

01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Submarine Stories Magazine (March 1930)

By John, Gregory Betancourt

£14.95 01 Mar 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

The March 1930 issue of the rare pulp magazine SUBMARINE STORIES, which lasted for thirteen issues and so must count as one of the more successful of the hyper-specialized pulps. Long prized by collectors as a curiosity, too scarce and valuable to be actually read, it turns out to be quite an entertaining magazine, containing stories by such pulp stalwarts as George Fielding Eliot (author of the grisly WEIRD TALES classic "The Copper Bowl") and Alan R. Bosworth, a prolific pulp writer who appeared in everything from ARGOSY to UNKNOWN WORLDS. Here too is a vivid first-hand account of undersea warfare by a genuine German U-boat captain.

Secret Lives

01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By VanderMeer, Jeff

£23.50 01 Mar 2007 Hardback Wildside Press

Living Shadows: A Collection

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A Collection

By Shirley, John

£8.95 01 Feb 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

On the streets, in the midst of darkest suburbia, or just beyond consensus reality - this work brings the shadows to life.

Tales of Angria

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Bronte, Charlotte

£8.99 01 Feb 2007 Paperback Penguin Books

In 1834, Charlotte Bronte and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. The five novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte, and depict a aristocratic beau monde in ironic language. She creates an atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions.

Bedlam's Edge

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Lackey, Mercedes Edghill, Rosemary

£4.39 01 Jan 2007 Paperback Baen Books

Two of the biggest names in the urban fantasy sub-genre present a volume of all-new urban fantasy, with a stellar lineup of such fantasy writers as Roberta Gellis, Dave Freer, Eric Flint, and Diana Paxton.

Wings in the Night: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume Four

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume Four

By Howard, Robert E.

£7.95 01 Jan 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

Collects Robert E Howard's fiction and prose published in "Weird Tales Magazine" from July 1932 to May 1933. These works represent literary stepping-stones to Howard's infamous Cthulhu mythos stories and his most famous character of all - Conan the Cimmerian.

The End of the Story: The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Volume 1

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

By Smith, Clark Ashton

£21.95 01 Dec 2006 Hardback Night Shade Books

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This first volume of the series, brings together 25 of his fantasy stories, written between 1925 and 1930, including such classics as "The Abominations of Yondo," "The Monster of the Prophecy," "The Last Incantation" and the title story.

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert E. Howard

£24.99 01 Dec 2006 Audio Cd Wildside Press

Presented in a CD-audio format, this first volume of "The Weird Works" of Robert E Howard presents all of Howard's work from the classic magazine "Weird Tales". It begins with "Spear and Fang," Howard's first professional fiction sale, and concludes with "Red Thunder," a sword and sorcery tale.

People of the Book

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

£7.95 01 Dec 2006 Paperback Wildside Press

From Sholom Aleichem to Avram Davidson, Isaac Bashevis Singer to Tony Kushner, the Jewish literary tradition has always been one rich in the supernatural and the fantastic. This book features these characters.

Secret Lives

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

By VanderMeer, Jeff

£23.50 01 Dec 2006 Hardback Wildside Press