AUREALIS #19, A5, 100pp p/b, Aus$7:95 (4/Aus$28; r.o.w. air 4/Aus$43; r.o.w. surface 4/Aus$35) from Chimaera Publications, P.O. Box 2164, Mt Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia (http://www.aurealis.hl.net). Professional magazine of Australian speculative fiction with stories from Stephen Dedman, Kirsten Bishop, Stephen Lawrence, Edwina Harvey, Brent Lillie, and including The Australian SF Writers' News.

CARPE NOCTEM Vol.4 #2, A4, 68pp, $6:75 (5/$20) from Carpe Noctem, 260 S. Woodruff Avenue Suite 105, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, USA (e-mail: submit@carpenoctem.com; http://www.carpenoctem.com). A slickly-produced exploration of dark culture, including interviews with filmmaker Lynne Stopkewich, artists Alex Ross and Brom, musicians Lustmord and Zoar, and writer Caitlín Kiernan, plus features on the new breed of extreme cinema, the music of Sunshine Blind, and the sculpture of Stephen Fitz-Gerald, plenty of reviews, and oodles of adverts for gothic/necro/S&M-inspired clothing, jewellery, artwork, music and other accessories and esoterica.

DRAGON'S BREATH #46/#47, A4, 4pp, available for one SAE per issue (12/£2:50; EC 12/£3:50; rest of Europe 12/£4; r.o.w. 12/£5:50) from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30 3AJ. Capsule reviews of SF/F/H small press and media-related publications from all over the world, plus interview with Allen Ashley.

EYE #13, A4, 60pp, $3:95 (6/$14; Canada 6/$20; r.o.w. 6/$36) from EYE, 301 S. Elm Street, Suite 405, Greensboro, NC 27401-2636, USA (e-mail: eye@nr.infi.net; http://www.nr.infi.net/~eye). Articles and underground research on pop culture, music, technology, TV and film, fringe culture, and bizarre science.

HANDSHAKE #28, 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 Bryn Fortey, Andrew Darlington, Geoff Stevens, and Brian Maycock.

IMPLOSION #8, A4, 64pp, $4:95 (4/$14) from Implosion Publishing, 777 28th Street, Orlando, FL 32805, USA (e-mail: dave@implosion-mag.com; http://www.implosion-mag.com). A glossy colour exploration of all things highly unusual, this issue featuring Kirby Dick, Nick Zedd, Loop Guru, Joe Christ, Pigface's Martin Atkins, Papua New Guinea's volunteer police force, plus fiction by Joe Hill, reviews and other oddities.

LOCHS #4, A5, 32pp, 5/£8 from Kimbo International, P.O. Box 12412, London SW18 5ZL. Humorous fiction and articles, the winner of the 1997 Humorous Writing Competition, plus your chance to become a Highland Laird of Camster or John O'Groats.

NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #111 and #112, A4, 24pp, $3:50 each (12/$31; Canada 12/$36; r.o.w. 12/$44) from Dragon Press, P.O. Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA (http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html). Essays, reviews and topical comment for the SF field from a nine-time Hugo award nominee. In #111, Chip Delany remembers Judith Merril's best, Bill Sheehan looks at Dozois's Year's Best, and Joan Gordon gets coy with Sheri S. Tepper; in #112, Bill Sheehan buries himself in Don DeLillo's Underworld, Henry Wessells looks at Joyce Carol Oates on H.P. Lovecraft, and Michael Levy gets down under with Australia's Year's Best.

SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #167, A5, 28pp, $2:50 (12/$17; Canada 12/$20; r.o.w. air 12/$26; r.o.w. surface 12/$17) from Janet Fox, 519 Ellinwood, Osage City, KS 66523-1329, USA (e-mail: foxscav1@jc.net; http://www.cza.com/scav/index.htm). 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 part two of an interview with J.N. Williamson.

THE ZONE #6, A4, 68pp, £3:20 (4/£12; Europe 4/£18; r.o.w. 4/£22) from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30 3AJ. Well-rounded magazine of SF fiction, poetry, essays and reviews, this issue featuring stories by J.C. Hartley, Robert Reed, Cyril Simsa, and J.P.V. Stewart, plus an interview with Paul J. McAuley.

THE TROIKA by Stepan Chapman, ISBN 1-890464-02-3, 250pp p/b, $14:99 from The Ministry of Whimsy, P.O. Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315, USA (http://www.mindspring.com/~toones/ministry.htm). Beneath the glare of three purple suns, manipulated by unseen forces, three travelers cross an endless desert: Alex, who wanted to be a machine, Naomi the corpsicle, and Eva, who escaped the whale-emperor of her native land ... adventurous speculative fiction recently nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.

COLD TONNAGE BOOKS Jan 98, A5, 48pp, enquire to Cold Tonnage Books, Andy Richards, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6JQ. Extensive selection of SF/F/H signed, hardback and limited editions, and many collectable paperbacks.