USEFUL ADDRESSES
THE FOLLOWING LISTING OF organisations, publications, dealers and individuals is designed to present readers and authors with further avenues to explore. Although I can personally recommend most of those listed on the following pages, neither the publisher nor myself can take any responsibility for the services they offer. Please also note that the information below is only a guide and is subject to change without notice.
—The Editor
ORGANISATIONS
The Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that was officially launched in July 2005. AHWA is the focal point and first point of reference for writers and fans of the dark side of literature in Australia. AHWA aims to spread the acceptance and improve the understanding of what horror is in literature to a wider audience, and in doing so gain a greater readership for established and new writers alike. The organisation offers new writers mentor programmes, critique services, competitions and information about how to get published. The website includes many links and articles.
The British Fantasy Society was founded in 1971 and publishes the bi-monthly newsletter Prism and the magazine Dark Horizons, featuring articles, reviews, interviews and fiction, along with occasional special booklets. The BFS also enjoys a lively online community – there is an e-mail news-feed, a discussion board with numerous links, and a CyberStore selling various publications. FantasyCon is one of the UK’s friendliest conventions and there are social gatherings and meet-the-author events organised around Britain. For yearly membership details, e-mail: . You can also join online through the Cyberstore.
The Friends of Arthur Machen is a group whose objectives include encouraging a wider recognition of Machen’s work and providing a focus for critical debate. Members get a hardbound journal, Faunus, twice a year, and also the informative newsletter Machenalia. For membership details, contact Jeremy Cantwell/Correspondence Secretary, 78 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London SW10 8UN, UK.
The Ghost Story Society is organised by Barbara and Christopher Roden. They publish the superb All Hallows three times a year. For more information contact PO Box 1360, Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada VOK 1A0. E -mail: .
The Horror Writers Association is a worldwide organisation of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy. It was formed in the early 1980s. Interested individuals may apply for Active, Affiliate or Associate membership. Active membership is limited to professional writers. HWA publishes a monthly Newsletter, and organises an annual conference and the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony. Apply online or write to HWA Membership, PO Box 50577, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
World Fantasy Convention is an annual convention held in a different (usually American) city each year, oriented particularly towards serious readers and genre professionals.
World Horror Convention is a smaller, more relaxed, event. It is aimed specifically at horror fans and professionals, and held in a different city each year. In 2007, it moves out of North America for the first time and will be held in Toronto, Canada .
SELECTED SMALL PRESS PUBLISHERS
Beccon Publications, 75 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG, UK. E-mail:
Burt Creations , 29 Arnold Place, Norwich, CT 06360, USA.
Cemetery Dance Publications , PO Box 943, Abingdon, MD 21009, USA.
Crowswing Books , PO Box 301, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE33 OXW, UK.
CSfG Publishing , PO Box 89, Latham ACT 2615, Australia. E-mail: .
Earthling Publications , PO Box 413, Northborough, MA 01532, USA. E-mail: .
Elder Signs Press, Inc. , PO Box 389, Lake Orion, MI 48361–0389, USA.
Endeavor Press , PO Box 4307, Chicago, IL 60680–4307, USA. E-mail: .
Eraserhead Press , 205 N.E. Bryant, Portalnd, OR 97211, USA.
Fantagraphics Books , 7563 Lake City N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, USA.
Gray Friar Press , 19 Ruffield Side, Delph Hill, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. E-mail: .
Hill House, Publishers , 491 Illington Road, Ossining, NY 10562, USA. E-mail: .
Infrapress , 87 South Meadowcroft Drive, Akron, Ohio 44313–7266, USA. E-mail: .
Midnight Library , Fountain Valley, CA, USA. E-mail: .
MonkeyBrain Books , 11204 Crossland Drive, Austin, TX 78726, USA. E-mail: .
Nemonymous .
Night Shade Books , 3623 SW Baird St, Portland, OR 97219, USA. E-mail: .
NonStop Press, PO Box 981, Peck Slip Station, New York, NY 10272–0981, USA. E-mail:
Northern Gothic, “Fenham View”, 6 Studley Terrace, Arthur’s Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 5AH, UK. E-mail:
Pendragon Press , PO Box 12, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales CF34 0XG, UK.
Prime Books .
PS Publishing , Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG, UK. E-mail:
Raw Dog Screaming Press , 5103 72nd Place, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA.
Sarob Press , “Ty Newydd”, Four Roads, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire SA17 4SF, Wales, UK. E-mail: .
Savoy Books , 446 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3BW, UK. E-mail: .
Small Beer Press , 176 Prospect Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060, USA. E-mail: .
Subterranean Press , PO Box 190106, Burton, MI 48519, USA. E-mail: .
Tachyon Publications , 1459 18th Street #139, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. E-mail: .
Telos Publishing Ltd , 61 Elgar Avenue, Tol-worth, Surrey KT5 9JP, UK. E-mail: .
Tartarus Press , Coverley House, Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4AY, UK. E-mail: .
Twilight Tales , 2339 N. Commonwealth 4C, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
Undaunted Press , 761 Tree Top Ridge Drive, Valley Park, MO 63088, USA. E-mail: .
Wheatland Press , P.O. Box 1818, Wilsonville, OR 97070, USA.
Wildside Press , 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
DVD DISTRIBUTORS
EI Independent Cinema produces low budget horror (Shock-O-Rama Cinema) and erotic genre movies (Seduction Cinema). 10 Park Place, Building 6A, 2nd Floor, Butler, NJ 07405, USA. E-mail: .
Mondo Macabro distributor of obscure European and other foreign horror and exploitation movies. Boum Productions Ltd., PO Box 3336, Brighton BN2 3GW, UK. E-mail: .
SELECTED MAGAZINES
Alan K’s Inhuman Magazine is an attractive digest fiction publication with an old-time pulp feel. For more information (no unsolicited manuscripts) e-mail:
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br /> Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest is a new digest magazine edited by Jason B. Sizemore. Subscriptions are available from: Apex Publications LLC, 4629 Riverman Way, Lexington, KY 40515, USA. E-mail: .
Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature is a nicely designed magazine devoted to the best in epic fantasy. For sample issue and subscription rates check their website or write to: New Epoch Press, 815 Oak Street, St. Charles, IL 60174, USA. E-mail: .
Black Static is the new title for The 3rd Alternative. Subscriptions payable by cheque or credit card (accepted in sterling, euros or US dollars) to: TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK.
The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is published quarterly by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. You do not need to be a SFWA member to subscribe, and the magazine features many interesting and important articles aimed at professional genre authors and would-be writers, including market reports. Single copies or a full year’s subscription are available from: SFWA Bulletin, PO Box 10126, Rochester, NY 14610, USA. You can sample articles or purchase back issues and subscriptions on the magazine’s website . E-mail: [email protected]>.
Cemetery Dance Magazine is edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish 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: .
Dark Wisdom: The Magazine of Dark Fiction , attractive Lovecraftian digest magazine edited by William Jones and published three times a year by Elder Signs Press, PO Box 389, Lake Orion, MI 48361–0389, USA.
Locus 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. Sterling equivalent cheques can be sent to: Fantast (Medway) Ltd, PO Box 23, Upwell Wisbech, Cambs PE14 9BU, UK. E-mail: .
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has been publishing some of the best imaginative fiction for more than fifty years, now edited by Gordon Van Gelder. Single copies or an annual subscription (which includes the double October/November anniversary issue) are available by US cheques or credit card from: Fantasy & Science Fiction, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA, or you can subscribe online.
PostScripts: The A to Z of Fantastic Fiction is an excellent new digest magazine from PS Publishing. Each issue features approximately 60,000 words of fiction (SF, fantasy, horror and crime/suspense), plus a guest editorial, interviews and occasional non-fiction. Issues are also available as a signed 150-copy hardcover edition. For more information contact: PS Publishing Ltd., Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG, UK. E-mail: .
Rue Morgue , is a glossy bi-monthly magazine edited by Jovanka Vuckovic and subtitled “Horror in Culture & Entertainment”. Packed with full colour features and reviews of new films, books, comics, music and game releases. Subscriptions are available from: The Rue Morgue House of Horror, 2926 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8, Canada, or by credit card on the web site. E-mail: . Rue Morgue also runs the Festival of Fear: Canadian National Horror Expo in Toronto, and you can log on to Rue Morgue Radio at: .
SF Site 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.
Space and Time , the magazine of fantasy, horror and science fiction is published twice a year by editor-in-chief Gordon Linzner. Single issues are $5.00 plus $1.50 shipping (USA). Subscriptions are available by US postal money order or cheque to: Space and Time, 138 West 70th Street (4B), New York, NY 10023–4468, USA. In the UK order from BBR Distributing, PO Box 625, Sheffield SI 3GY, UK.
Supernatural Tales is an annual small press magazine of stories and occasional non-fiction edited by David Longhorn. Three-issue subscription (no foreign cheques) from: Supernatural Tales, 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead NE8 4NN, UK. E-mail: .
Talebones is an attractive digest magazine of science fiction and dark fantasy edited and published by Patrick and Honna Swenson. For a four issue subscription (US funds only or credit card) write to: 5203 Quincy Avenue S.E., Auburn, WA 98092, USA. E-mail: .
Video Watchdog is a full colour monthly review of horror, fantasy and cult cinema on tape and disc, published by Tim and Donna Lucas. Described as “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Fantastic Video”, an annual twelve-issue subscription is available in US funds only or VISA/MasterCard to: Video Watchdog, PO Box 5283, Cincinnati, OH 45205–0283, USA. E-mail: .
Weird Tales is the latest large-size incarnation of “The Unique Magazine”. Edited by George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer and John Gregory Betancourt, it is published by Wildside Press LLC, in association with Terminus Publishing Co., Inc. Single copies or a six-issue subscription is available (in US funds only) from: Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. Submissions should be addressed to Weird Tales, 121 Crooked Lane, King of Prussia, PA 19406–2570, USA. An e-mail version of the magazine’s writers’s guidelines (no electronic submissions) is available from . You can also visit the message board at . In the UK contact: Cold Tonnage Books, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6JQ, UK .
BOOK DEALERS
Bookfellows/Mystery and Imagination Books is owned and operated by Malcolm and Christine Bell, who have been selling fine and rare books since 1975. This clean ansd 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, California 91203, USA. Tel: (818) 545–0206. Fax: (818) 545–0094. E-mail: .
Borderlands Books is a nicely designed store with friendly staff and an impressive stock of new and used books from 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. Worldwide shipping. E-mail: .
Cold Tonnage Books 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: .
Ken Cowley offers mostly used SF/fantasy/horror/crime/supernatural, collectibles, pulps, videos etc. by mail order at very reasonable prices. Write to: Trinity Cottage, 153 Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 7TU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1275-872247. E-mail: .
Dark Delicacies is a friendly Burbank, California, store specializing in horror books, toys, vampire merchandise and signings. They also do mail order and run money-saving book club and membership discount deals. 4213 West Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505, USA. Tel: (818) 556–6660. Credit cards ac
cepted. E-mail: .
DreamHaven Books & Comics 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: 912 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA. Credit cards accepted. Tel: (612) 823–6070. E-mail: .
Fantastic Literature 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 Pay Pal accepted. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1268–747564. E-mail: .
Fantasy Centre shop (open 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday to Saturday) and mail order has used SF/fantasy/horror, art, reference, pulps etc. at reasonable prices with regular bimonthly catalogues. They also stock a wide range of new books from small, specialist publishers. Write to: 157 Holloway Road, London N7 8LX, UK. Credit cards accepted. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)20–7607 9433. E-mail: .
Ghost Stories run by Richard Dalby issues semi-regular mail order lists of used ghost and supernatural volumes at very reasonable prices. Write to: 4 Westbourne Park, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO12 4AT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1723 377049.
Kayo Books 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: .
David Wynn’s Mythos Books LLC is a mail order company presenting books and curiosities on Lovecraftiana, Cthulhu Mythos, horror and weird fiction releases with regular e-mail and web site updates. Write to: 351 Lake Ridge Road, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901–2177, USA. Major credit cards accepted. Tel/Fax: (573) 785–7710. E-mail:
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