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Screaming Dreams (www.screamingdreams.com), 25 Heol Evan Wynne, Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan CF81 9PQ, UK. E-mail: steve@screamingdreams.com
Skullvines Press (www.skullvines.com). E-mail: mail@skullvines.com
Small Beer Press (www.smallbeerpress.com), 150 Pleasant Street #306, Easthampton, MA 01027, USA. E-mail: info@smallbeerpress.com
Strange Publications (www.strangepublications.com), Attn: Aaron Polson, 3038 West 7th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049, USA. E-mail: strange.pubs@gmail.com
Stygian Publications (www.necrotictissue.com), PO Box 787, Forest Lake, MN 55025, USA. E-mail: anthology@nectrotictissue.com
Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com), PO Box 190106, Burton, MI 48519, USA. E-mail: subpress@earthlink.net
The Swan River Press (www.brianjshowers.com). E-mail: gothicdublin@gmail.com
Tartarus Press (tartaruspress.com), Coverley House, Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4AY, UK. E-mail: tartarus@pavilion.co.uk
Telos Publishing Ltd (www.telos.co.uk), 17 Pendre Avenue, Prestatyn, Denbighshire LL19 9SH, UK. E-mail: feedback@telos.co.uk
Ticonderoga Publications (www.ticonderogapublications.com), PO Box 29, Greenwood, WA 6924, Australia.
Undertow Publications (www.undertowbooks.com), 1905 Faylee Crescent, Pickering, ON L1V 2T3, Canada. E-mail: undertowbooks@gmail.com
University of Nevada Press (www.unpress.nevada.edu), MS 0166, Reno, NV 89557-0166, USA.
ZED Presents . . . Publishing (www.zombiesexist.com), 424 W. Bakerview Road, Suite 105-272, Bellingham, WA 98226, USA.
SELECTED MAGAZINES
Albedo One (www.albedo1.com) is Ireland’s magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror. The editorial address is Albedo One, 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: bobn@yellowbrickroad.ie
Ansible is a highly entertaining monthly SF and fantasy newsletter/gossip column edited by David Langford. It is available free electronically by sending an e-mail to: ansible-request@dcs.gla.ac.uk with a subject line reading “subscribe”, or you can receive the print version by sending a stamped and addressed envelope to Ansible, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks RG1 5AU, UK. Back issues, links and book lists are also available online.
Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature (www.blackgate.com) is an attractive pulp-style publication that includes heroic fantasy and horror fiction. Subscriptions are available from: New Epoch Press, 815 Oak Street, St. Charles, IL 60174, USA. E-mail: john@blackgate.com
Black Static (www.ttapress.com) is the UK’s premier horror fiction magazine. Published bi-monthly, six- and twelve-issue subscriptions are available from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2LB, UK, or from the secure TTA website. E-mail: blackstatic@ttapress.com
Cemetery Dance Magazine (www.cemeterydance.com) is edited by Richard Chizmar and includes fiction up to 5,000 words, interviews, articles and columns by many of the biggest names in horror. For subscription information contact: Cemetery Dance Publications, PO Box 623, Forest Hill, MD 21050, USA. E-mail: info@cemeterydance.com
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine (www.gudmagazine.com) is a paperback magazine of fiction and poetry published twice yearly by Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, PO Box 1537, Laconia, NH 03247, USA. E-mail: editor@gudmagazine.com
Locus (www.locusmag.com) is the monthly newspaper of the SF/fantasy/horror field. Contact: Locus Publications, PO Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661, USA. Subscription information with other rates and order forms are also available on the website. E-mail: locus@locusmag.com
Locus Online (www.locusmag.com/news) is an excellent online source for the latest news and reviews.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (www.fandsf.com) has been publishing some of the best imaginative fiction for more than sixty years. Edited by Gordon Van Gelder, and now published bi-monthly, single copies or an annual subscription are available by US cheques or credit card from: Fantasy & Science Fiction, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA, or you can subscribe via the new website.
Morpheus Tales (www.morpheustales.com), 116 Muriel Street, London N1 9QU, UK. www.myspace.com/morpheustales
The Paperback Fanatic (www.thepaperbackfanatic.com) has become a mostly subscription-only title after changing to a more attractive digest format. This is a shame, because it is quite simply the best magazine available dedicated to old paperbacks and the people who produced and published them. Each issue includes interviews, articles and numerous full-colour cover reproductions. E-mail: thepaperbackfanatic@sky.com
Rabbit Hole is a semi-regular newsletter about Harlan Ellison®. A subscription is available from The Harlan Ellison® Recording Collection, PO Box 55548, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-0548, USA.
Rue Morgue (www.rue-morgue.com) is a glossy monthly magazine edited by Dave Alexander and subtitled “Horror in Culture & Entertainment”. Each issue is packed with full-colour features and reviews of new films, books, comics, music and game releases. Subscriptions are available from: Marrs Media Inc., 2926 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8, Canada, or by credit card on the website. E-mail: info@rue-morgue.com. Rue Morgue also runs the Festival of Fear: Canadian National Horror Expo in Toronto. Every Friday you can log on to a new show at Rue Morgue Radio at www.ruemorgueradio.com and your horror shopping online source, the Rue Morgue Marketplace, is at www.ruemorguemarketplace.com
Space and Time: The Magazine of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com) is published quarterly. Single issues and subscriptions are available from the website or from the new address: Space and Time Magazine, 458 Elizabeth Avenue #5348, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA. In the UK and Europe, copies can be ordered from BBR Distributing, PO Box 625, Sheffield S1 3GY, UK.
Subterranean Press Magazine (www.supterraneanpress.com/magazine).
Supernatural Tales (suptales.blogspot.com) is a twice-yearly fiction magazine edited by David Longhorn. Three-issue subscriptions are available via post (UK cheques or PayPal only) to: Supernatural Tales, 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead NE8 4NN, UK. E-mail: davidlonghorn@hotmail.com
Video WatcHDog (www.videowatchdog.com) describes itself as “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Fantastic Video” and is published bi-monthly. One-year (six issues) subscriptions are available from: orders@videowatchdog.com
Weird Tales (www.weirdtalesmagazine.com) continues to seek out that which is most weird and unsettling for the reader’s own edification and alarm. Single copies or a six-issue subscription are available from: Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville, MD 20850-7408, USA. E-mail: info@weirdtales.net. For subscriptions in the UK contact: Cold Tonnage Books, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6JQ, UK (andy@coldtonnage.co.uk).
Writing Magazine (www.writingmagazine.co.uk) is the UK’s best-selling magazine aimed at writers and poets and those who want to be. It is published by Warners Group Publications plc, 5th Floor, 31–32 Park Row, Leeds LS1 SJD, UK. E-mail: writingmagazine@warnersgroup.co.uk
DEALERS
Ted Ball, who co-owned the late and lamented Fantasy Centre bookstore, has set up a new mail-order business, with catalogues issued by e-mail (with a few print copies for those who do not have Internet access). Orders by post (E.W. Ball, 3 Barmouth Avenue, Andover Road, London N7 7HT, UK). Tel: +44 (0)20 7272-3046. E-mail: tedball@btinternet.com. Payment by PayPal or a cheque in UK pounds drawn on a UK bank.
Bookfellows/Mystery and Imagination Books (www.mysteryandimagination.com) is owned and operated by Malcolm and Christine Bell, who have been selling fine and rare books since 1975. This clean and neatly organised store includes SF/fantasy/horror/mystery, along with all other areas of popular literature. Many editions are signed, and catalogues are issued regularly. Credit cards accepted. Open seven days a week at 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203, USA. Tel: (818) 545-0206. Fax: (818) 545-0094. E-mail: bookfellows@gowebway.com
Borderlands Books (www.borderlands-books.com) is a nicely designed store with friendly staff and an impressive stock of new and used books fr
om both sides of the Atlantic. 866 Valencia Street (at 19th), San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Tel: (415) 824-8203 or (888) 893-4008 (toll free in the US). Credit cards accepted. World-wide shipping. E-mail: office@borderlands-books.com
Cold Tonnage Books (www.coldtonnage.com) offers excellent mail order new and used SF/fantasy/horror, art, reference, limited editions etc. Write to: Andy & Angela Richards, Cold Tonnage Books, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6JQ, UK. Credit cards accepted. Tel: +44 (0)1276-475388. E-mail: andy@coldtonnage.com
Ken Cowley issues a bumper catalogue filled with a huge number of titles both old and new, many from his own extensive collection. Write to: Ken Cowley, Trinity Cottage, 153 Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 7TU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1275-872247. E-mail: kencowley@blueyonder.co.uk
Richard Dalby issues an annual Christmas catalogue of used ghost stories and other supernatural volumes at very reasonable prices. Write to: Richard Dalby, 4 Westbourne Park, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Y012 4AT. Tel: +44 (0)1723-377049.
Dark Delicacies (www.darkdel.com) is a Burbank, California, store specialising in horror books, toys, vampire merchandise and signings. They also do mail order and run money-saving book club and membership discount deals. 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505, USA. Tel: (818) 556-6660. Credit cards accepted. E-mail: darkdel@darkdel.com
DreamHaven Books & Comics (www.dreamhavenbooks.com) store and mail order offers new and used SF/fantasy/horror/art and illustrated etc. with regular catalogues (both print and e-mail). Write to: 2301 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA. Credit cards accepted. Tel: (612) 823-6070. E-mail: dream@dreamhavenbooks.com
Fantastic Literature (www.fantasticliterature.com) mail order offers the UK’s biggest online out-of-print SF/fantasy/horror genre bookshop. Fanzines, pulps and vintage paperbacks as well. Write to: Simon and Laraine Gosden, Fantastic Literature, 35 The Ramparts, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 8PY, UK. Credit cards and PayPal accepted. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1268-747564. E-mail: sgosden@netcomuk.co.uk
Horrorbles (www.horrorbles.com), 6731 West Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA. Small, friendly Chicago store selling horror and sci-fi toys, memorabilia and magazines that has monthly specials and in-store signings. Specialises in exclusive “Basil Gogos” and “Svengoolie” items. Tel: (708) 484-7370. E-mail: store@horrorbles.com
Iliad Bookshop (www.iliadbooks.com), 5400 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA. General used bookstore that has a very impressive genre section, reasonable prices and knowledgeable staff. They have recently expanded their fiction section into an adjacent building. Tel: (818) 509-2665.
Kayo Books (www.kayobooks.com) is a bright, clean treasure-trove of used SF/fantasy/horror/mystery/pulps spread over two floors. Titles are stacked alphabetically by subject, and there are many bargains to be had. Credit cards accepted. Visit the store (Wednesday–Saturday, 11:00am to 6:00pm) at 814 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA or order off their website. Tel: (415) 749-0554. E-mail: kayo@kayobooks.com
Porcupine Books offers regular catalogues and extensive mailorder lists of used fantasy/horror/SF titles via e-mail brian@porcupine.demon.co.uk or write to: 37 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8554-3799.
Kirk Ruebotham (www.ukbookworld.com/members/kirk) is a mail-order only dealer, who specialises in out-of-print and secondhand horror/SF/fantasy/crime and related non-fiction at very good prices, with regular catalogues. Write to: 16 Beaconsfield Road, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4BX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1928-560540. E-mail: kirk.ruebotham@ntlworld.com
The Talking Dead is run by Bob and Julie Wardzinski and offers reasonably priced paperbacks, rare pulps and hardcovers, with catalogues issued very occasionally. They accept wants lists and are also the exclusive supplier of back issues of Interzone. Credit cards accepted. Contact them at: 12 Rosamund Avenue, Merley, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1TE, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1202-849212 (9:00am–9:00pm). E-mail: books@thetalkingdead.fsnet.co.uk
Ygor’s Books specialises in out-of-print science fiction, fantasy and horror titles, including British, signed, speciality press and limited editions. They also buy books, letters and original art in these fields. E-mail: ygorsbooks@earthlink.net
ONLINE
All Things Horror (www.allthingshorror.co.uk) is a genre interview site run by Johnny Mains that mainly focuses on authors, editors, artists and movie stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It also caters to reviews of both films and books, and features a short fiction section that is open to submissions.
Cast Macabre (www.castmacabre.org) is the premium horror fiction podcast that is “bringing Fear to your ears”, offering a free horror short story every week.
Fantastic Fiction (www.fantasticfiction.co.uk) features more than 2,000 best-selling author biographies with all their latest books, covers and descriptions.
FEARnet (www.fearnet.com) is a digital cable channel dedicated to all things horror, including news, free movie downloads (sadly not available to those outside North America) and Mick Garris’ online talk show Post Mortem.
Hellnotes (www.hellnotes.com) offers news and reviews of novels, collections, magazines, anthologies, non-fiction works, and chapbooks. Materials for review should be sent to editor and publisher David B. Silva, Hellnotes, 5135 Chapel View Court, North Las Vegas, NV 89031, USA. E-mail: news@hellnotes.com or dbsilva13@gmail.com
The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (irishgothic horrorjournal.homestead.com) features a diverse range of articles and reviews, along with a regular “Lost Souls” feature focusing on overlooked individuals in the genre.
SF Site (www.sfsite.com) has been posted twice each month since 1997. Presently, it publishes around thirty to fifty reviews of SF, fantasy and horror from mass-market publishers and some small press. They also maintain link pages for Author and Fan Tribute Sites and other facets including pages for Interviews, Fiction, Science Fact, Bookstores, Small Press, Publishers, E-zines and Magazines, Artists, Audio, Art Galleries, Newsgroups and Writers’ Resources. Periodically, they add features such as author and publisher reading lists.
Vault of Evil (www.vaultofevil.wordpress.com) is a site dedicated to celebrating the best in British horror with special emphasis on UK anthologies (although they apparently don’t care much for this series!). There is also a lively forum devoted to many different themes at www.vaultofevil.proboards.com
Table of Contents
Cover
Author biography
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Dedication page
Introduction
What Will Come After
Substitutions
A Revelation of Cormorants
Out Back
Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History
Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls
Fallen Boys
The Lemon in the Pool
The Pier
Featherweight
Black Country
Lavender and Lychgates
Christmas with the Dead
We All Fall Down
Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
Losenef Express
Lesser Demons
Telling
As Red as Red
With the Angels
Autumn Chill
City of the Dog
When the Zombies Win
Necrology: 2010
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