November 2002

MagazinesReceived

AUREALIS #30, A5, 164pp p/b, Aus$12:50 (4/Aus$38:50; outside Australia 4/Aus$44 surface, 4/Aus$50 air) from Chimaera Publications, P.O. Box 2164, Mt Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia (e-mail: keith.stevenson@optusnet.com.au; http://www.sf.org.au/aurealis). Professional magazine of Australian speculative fiction with stories from Neil Halliday, Jeremy Davies, Mina Athanasopoulos, Helen Patrice, George Ivanoff, Trent Jamieson, Cat Sparks, Maxine McArthur, and Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, plus an interview with Robert Silverberg.

DATA DUMP #61, A5, 4pp, free for SAE, and #62, 70p/$2 (USA orders in cash or stamps) from Steve Sneyd, Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Place, Almondbury, Huddersfield HD5 8PB. #61 is something of a justifiable self-indulgence for Steve as he takes the opportunity of his age and issue number coinciding to create a bibliography of his articles on aspects of SF poetry. Meanwhile, #62 continues his 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.

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES #63, A5, 24pp, $3 (6/$12; outside USA 6/$15) from David C. Kopaska-Merkel, 1300 Kicker Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA (e-mail: dragontea@earthlink.net; http://home.earthlink.net/~dragontea/index.html). A poetry magazine that specialises in experimental forms and content, and fantastic horror in particular. This issue features poetry from Karen R. Porter, Mario Milosevic, E.R. Carlin, Arthur Gottlieb, Andrea L. Watson, Roger Dutcher, Gloundan Smorpian, Bruce Boston, Jennifer Crow, Sonya Taaffe, G.O. Clark, Anastasia Andersen, and Alec Kowalczyk.

HANDSHAKE #49, A4, 2pp, 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 Sean Russell Friend, Douglas Forward, J.C. Hartley, Larry Blazek, Peter Day, and Richard Lung.

HERE & NOW #1, A4, 48pp, £3.25 (4/£11; Europe 4/£13; USA/Canada 4/£15; r.o.w. 4/£17) from Bradan Press, 3 Tamworth Close, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 4EQ (e-mail: janw@majorarcana.demon.co.uk; http://www.bradanpress.co.uk). A new magazine of urban fantasy with fiction by Michael Kaufmann & Mark McLaughlin, Jan Edwards, Stephen Grasso, Paul McAvoy, Derek M. Fox, and Jay Lyte.

LEGEND #6, A4, 60pp p/b, £4 (4/£15; Europe 4/£20/Eur31; USA 4/$30; r.o.w. 4/£22) from T. Denyer, 7 Mountview, Church Lane West, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3LN (e-mail: tdenyer@ntlworld.com; http://www.roadworksweb.free-online.co.uk). A magazine of fiction, non-fiction, graphic stories, interviews and illustrations which will appeal to anyone who has an interest in Arthurian Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Alternate History, Alternate Worlds, Myth and Magic. This issue brings fiction by Gaie Sebold, Hugh Cook, Neil Carriere, Eoin Henderson, Andrew Richardson, Stuart Young, Wayne Stamford, Terry Gates-Grimwood, Martin Owton, Robin Gilbert, Carole Carmen, Jason J. Stevenson, and David Gullen, plus an interview with Juliet E. McKenna.

NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #169, A4, 24pp, $3:50 (12/$36; Canada 12/$38; r.o.w. 12/$48) 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 a fourteen-time Hugo award nominee. This issue brings L. Timmel Duchamp on the beauty and terror of Carter Scholz's Radiance, Judith Berman on imagining the future, Paul Witcover on Graham Joyce's Smoking Poppy, David Langford on China Mieville's The Scar, and Graham Slieght on David Gerrold's The Martian Child.

NOT ONE OF US #28, A5, 52pp, $5:50 (3/$13:50) from John Benson, 12 Curtis Road, Natick, MA 01760, USA. Horror and dark fantasy exploring the concept of 'otherness' from every fictional angle with stories by Martha J. Allard, Beth A. Johnston, Paul Edwards, Barbara Rosen, Dawn Stanton, and Sonya Taaffe.

SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #224, A5, 24pp, $2 from Janet Fox, 833 Main, Osage City, KS 66523-1241, USA (e-mail: foxscav1@hotmail.com; http://66.39.35.131/scavengers/). Monthly newsletter for SF/F/H/mystery writers and artists with an interest in the small press. Market news, letters and reviews from the USA, UK and elsewhere, plus H.P. Werner on what makes a good opening, and fiction by A.R. Morlan.


Author CollectionsReceived

MEDUSAS by Lee Ballentine / PSALLAT ECCLESIA MATER ILLIBATA by Notker Balbulus, ISBN 0-905262-30-1, A5, 16pp, £1:65/$3 (USA orders in cash or stamps of 50¢ or less) from Steve Sneyd, Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Place, Almondbury, Huddersfield HD5 8PB. In "Ace Double" format, a speculative/experimental SF poem by Lee Ballentine (editor of the seminal poetry anthology POLY) with (in original Latin and new translation) probably the first-ever free verse proto-SF poem by the monk who invented the form in the late ninth century.

HEARTFELT AFFECTATIONS by Gabriel S. de Anda, ISBN 1-4010-3590-6, A5, 328pp p/b, enquire to Xlibris Corporation (e-mail: orders@xlibris.com; http://www.xlibris.com). Twenty-three-year-old Christian Verdugo is living through a most interesting time. His girlfriend has left him; his attorney employer is on the run, having stolen from the wrong person; his best friend has come out of the closet and declared his passion; a Mexican mafia assassin is shadowing him with a most unusual proposition; and a beautiful art teacher 14 years his senior is offering to tutor him in the pleasures of the flesh. With SF/fantasy stories having previously appeared in BBR and Space & Time, this coming-of-age novel sees de Anda moving in a more literary/mainstream direction.

SCIENCE FRICTION edited by Paul Rance, ISBN 1-899620-07-9, A5, 80pp p/b, £10:50 (USA $21 cash) from Peace & Freedom Press, 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs PE12 0TS. A collection of poetry, prose and art from the likes of Steve Sneyd, John Francis Haines, Andrew Savage, Andy Darlington, Cardinal Cox, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel.


CataloguesReceived

DREAMBERRY WINE November 2002, A4, 16pp, enquire to Mike Don, Dreamberry Wine, 233 Maine Road, Manchester M14 7WG. Comprehensive second-hand SF/F/H catalogue that also combines reviews, letters and publishing news.

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