DATA DUMP #51, A5, 4pp, 70p/$2 (USA orders in cash or stamps of 50¢ 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 further updates on the influence of genre ideas on opera and rock music.
NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #147 and #148, A4, 24pp, $3:50 each (12/$32; Canada 12/$37; r.o.w. 12/$45) from Dragon Press, P.O. Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA (e-mail: info@nyrsf.com; http://www.nyrsf.com). Essays, reviews and topical comment for the SF field from an eleven-time Hugo award nominee. #147 features Damien Broderick on Rudy Rucker and the future of Transrealism, John Clute on Michael Bishop, Candas Jane Dorsey on Howard Waldrop, and a User's Guide to Michael Swanwick, while in #148 Gary Westfahl surveys our Martian parents, Paul Voermans midwifes the numinous in Paul McAuley's novels, Brian Stableford plumbs Steele's Oceanspace, Russell Blackford visits The Far Shore of Time, and David Mead dances with Maggy Thomas.
PARAKEET #8, A4, 2pp, available by editorial whim from Claire Brialey, 26 Northampton Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 7HA (e-mail: banana@tragic.demon.co.uk), or Mark Plummer, 14 Northway Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 6JE. The Banana Wings editors supplement their output with fond memories of the ZZ9 twentieth anniversary party, and further reportage of Noel's latest exploits.
SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #202, A5, 28pp, $2:50 (12/$22; Canada 12/$21; r.o.w. air 12/$27; r.o.w. surface 12/$18) from Janet Fox, 833 Main, Osage City, KS 66523-1241, USA (e-mail: foxscav1@jc.net; http://www.jlgiftsshop.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 Ken Goldman on why an acceptance letter isn't necessarily the time for popping champagne corks, and fiction by Sean Russell Friend.
SCHEHERAZADE #20, A5, 44pp, £2:80 (4/£9; outside UK 4/£11:50) from Scheherazade, 14 Queens Park Rise, Brighton BN2 2ZF (e-mail: liz@shez.fsnet.co.uk; http://www.shez.fsnet.co.uk). A magazine of fantasy and science fiction incorporating the gothic, the magical and the mythological, with fiction from Cherry Wilder, Steve Dean, Chris Paul, Elizabeth Bear, Katherine Roberts, and Alexander Glass, plus an interview with Tom Arden.
SPECTRUM SF #4, 160pp B-format paperback, £3:99 (UK and worldwide surface 4/£14; worldwide air 4/£17) from Spectrum Publishing, PO Box 10308, Aberdeen, AB11 6ZR (e-mail: mail@spectrumpublishing.com; http://www.spectrumpublishing.com). New science fiction from John Christopher, Keith Roberts, Eric Brown, and Mary Soon Lee.
WRITERS' BREW PRESS NEWSLETTER Vol.3 #4, A5, 16pp, £1:50 (4/£5) from Writers Brew Press, P.O. Box 241, Oakengates, Shropshire TF2 9XZ (e-mail: editor@writers.brew.clara.net; http://www.writers.brew.clara.net/club/). News, chat, and lots of adverts for magazines and competitions of all genres, plus Writers' Brew Press's own publications and services.
ZINE #24, A5, 36pp, £2:50 (6/£12; Europe 6/£15; USA 6/$24; r.o.w. 6/£18) from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB (e-mail: ttapress@aol.com; http://www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk). A comprehensive listings magazine for prospective contributors to the independent press. This issue features guidelines from Britain, USA and Canada, plus competition news, reviews and articles.
VIVIAN AND MERLIN by Ralph de Tunstall Sneyd, ISBN 0-905262-27-1, A5, 12pp, £1:99/$4:50 (USA orders in cash or stamps of 50¢ or less) from Steve Sneyd, Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Place, Almondbury, Huddersfield HD5 8PB. The story of how Merlin, mightiest of magicians, was bewitched by a woman's spell – among the most compelling, and the strangest, of episodes in the Arthurian story – is vividly depicted in this poem, illustrated by respected Arthurian artist Ian Brown.
