July 1999

Update

NEWS

SUB DEE is seeking contributions covering all forms and angles of the UFO phenomenon: "essays, fiction, poetry, cartoons, graphic design, diatribes, manifestos, SF, field studies, debunking theories, debriefings, sightings, abductions, conspiracies, satire, comedy, erotica, alien sex, socio-political enquiries, psychological querying. The Pros and the Cons. Both sides of the coin. For and against. And anything in between." The closing date for submissions is 6 August 1999; for further information and their editorial guidelines contact Sub Dee Industries, P.O. Box 91, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia (e-mail: subdee@mindless.com).

PEEPING TOM is pleased to announce that its Internet Circulation List is now up and running. PeepNet is a free service (unless you pay your own phone bills) and offers an opportunity for like-minded individuals to discuss all aspects of the genre – reading, writing, publishing, editing etc. – by email. If you think you might be interested in joining the PeepNet Circulation List, then e-mail Stuart@peepingtom.freeserve.co.uk for the "PeepNet – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)", containing more information and details of how to join.


CHANGES OF ADDRESS

ALTAIR's website is now at http://www.sfsite.com/altair/.

TTA Press, publishers of THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE, ZENE and CRIMEWAVE, has moved its website to http://www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk.

The BLOODSONGS website is now located at http://www.bloodsongs.com.

The GILA QUEEN'S GUIDE TO MARKETS website can now be found at http://www.gilaqueen.com/.

PEEPING TOM has launched a new website, which can be found at http://www.dragonsoup.com/PeepTom/index.html.

MINDMARES magazine has moved its website to http://www.twistedmind.net/mindmares.

ABADDON magazine and Saturn Press have moved to P.O. Box 2258, Carlingford Court, NSW 2118, Australia (e-mail [unchanged]: saturn_press@hotmail.com; website [unchanged]: http://saturnpress.hypermart.net).


MagazinesReceived

ABADDON #2, 204x255mm, 56pp, Aus$8:45 (2/Aus$14; outside Australia 2/Aus$23) from Saturn Press, P.O. Box 2258, Carlingford Court, NSW 2118, Australia (e-mail: saturn_press@hotmail.com; http://saturnpress.hypermart.net). Abaddon is a fresh and smart-looking new magazine that seeks to use the fantastic to illuminate aspects of our contemporary experience. Leaning towards the fringe and the experimental, it backs up its range of fiction and non-fiction with a clean modern design. This issue has stories by Lyn McConchie, John Kilbey, Symon Brando, and Geoffrey Maloney, plus an interview with and appreciation of Jack Dann, and Hamish Ford on the megalomaniac logic of the Event Film.

ALTAIR #3, A5, 160pp p/b, Aus$8:95 (2/Aus$17; r.o.w. 2/US$20) from Altair Publishing, P.O. Box 475, Blackwood, South Australia 5051, Australia (e-mail: altair@senet.com.au; http://www.sfsite.com/altair/). Although based in Australia, this speculative fiction magazine has a specifically international focus with contributors from all over the world. Fiction this time is provided by Michael Fontana, Sarah Zettel, Trent Jamieson, Brendan Carson, James Van Pelt, Nathan Hobby, Carolyn DeCusatis, Judy McCrosky, Jennifer Etherton, Gerd Maximovic, Mike Allen, Ashok Banker, and Bent Lorentzon.

BLANKSPACE, A4, 16pp, IR£1 (free to SFI members) from David Stewart, 43 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (e-mail: dstewart@iol.ie). The newsletter of Science Fiction Ireland, with reviews, news and developments with a particular emphasis on film- and TV-related SF.

CRIMEWAVE #2: DEEPEST RED, B5, 128pp p/b, £5:99 (2/£11; Europe 2/£13; USA 2/$22; r.o.w. 2/£15) from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB (e-mail: ttapress@aol.com; http://www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk). Issue #2 means two times the price for two times the pages for the magazine of 100% pure crime fiction. Contributing short stories from across the full spectrum of the genre are Peter Crowther, Molly Brown, Simon Morse, Ian Rankin, Tom Piccirilli, Michael Z. Lewin, Alan Austin, Mike O'Driscoll, Martin Edwards, John Moralee, Steve Rasnic Tem, Antony Mann, Margaret Walker, and S.J. Gilpin.

ENIGMATIC TALES Summer 1999, A5, 124pp p/b, £3 (4/£10; USA 4/$20) from M. Sims, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY (e-mail: michael@micksims.force9.co.uk; http://www.epress.force9.co.uk). Supernatural ghost and horror stories by new and established authors, plus reprints of rare tales from the past. This issue features fiction by Andrew Vachss, Mark Leon Collins, Dick Donovan, Joan Board, Sarah Singleton, Colin Pink, Hunter Seitz, Alan Austin, Simon Bestwick, Paul Finch, Chris Fox, Ian Hunter, and L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims.

THE GILA QUEEN'S GUIDE TO MARKETS #100, A4, 32pp, $8 (10/$45; Canada 10/$49; r.o.w. 10/$60) from Kathryn Ptacek, P.O. Box 97, Newton, NJ 07860-0097, USA (e-mail: gilaqueen@worldnet.att.net; http://www.gilaqueen.com/). Six-weekly writer's and artist's market magazine covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, magazines, trade journals, book publishers, small press, greetings cards and many other markets, with an emphasis on those that pay.

THE HELL'S HALF-ACRE HERALD #2, A4, 4pp, enquire to The Healing Power of Obnoxiousness, 5930 E. Royal Lane #140, Dallas, Texas 75230, USA (http://www.hpoo.com). The Hell's Half-Acre Herald is the site newsletter for The Healing Power of Obnoxiousness, the web archive dedicated to the essays and articles of Paul T. Riddell. This one-off hardcopy edition, specifically for the "dead-tree-only crowd", contains a typically articulate and vitriolic tirade on the realities of being a pro SF writer.

MAELSTROM #9, A5, 64pp, £2:40 (2/£4:50; US: 2/$10) from Sol Publications, 24 Fowler Close, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 2RD (e-mail: maelstrom@solpubs.freeserve.co.uk; http://www.solpubs.freeserve.co.uk). A magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror where the emphasis is on entertaining stories. Inside John Light's full-colour cover there are new stories by Paul Pinn, Graham Andrews, Peter Tennant, Anthony North, Monica Aldous, Duncan Adams, John Grant, Ceri Jordan, and Jason K. Druce.

NASTY PIECE OF WORK #12, A5, 88pp, £1:50 (4/£5:50; USA 4/$15) from David A. Green, 20 Drum Mead, Petersfield, Hants GU32 3AQ. A well-presented magazine of horror fiction and poetry with work from Jason Gould, Mark McLaughlin, Peter Tennant, Brian Maycock, Jim Carruth, Simon Bestwick, Tony Mileman, Elle Ludkin, Carol Anne Davis, Jane Fell, Mark Howard Jones, Michael Ratcliffe, Simon Morse, Paul Pinn, Kenneth H. Wood, Steve Conway, Marni Scofidio Griffin, Stuart Young, Chad Hensley, and Paul Finch.

NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #130, A4, 24pp, $3:50 (12/$32; Canada 12/$37; r.o.w. 12/$45) 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 an eleven-time Hugo award nominee. In this issue Ian Watson looks at SF, surrealism and shamanism, Alice K. Turner discusses Patricia McKillip, Augusto Uribe evaluates Enrique Gaspar's Anacronópete, and Damien Broderick reviews George Turner's critical reception in Australia.

NOTES FROM THE DARKSIDE May 1999, A4, 4pp, enquire to Silver Salamander Press, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103, USA (e-mail: jpelan@cnw.com; http://www.horrornet.com/silver.htm). Promo for new and current titles from Silver Salamander, Darkside Press and Midnight House, plus news and reviews of recent releases elsewhere in the trade.

ON SPEC #36: Spring 1999, A5, 116pp p/b, Can$4:95 (4/Can$19:95; USA 4/US$18; r.o.w. 4/US$25) from On Spec, Box 4727, Edmonton, AB T6E 5G6, Canada (e-mail: onspec@earthling.net; http://www.icomm.ca/onspec). Award-winning SF and fantasy magazine with fiction on the theme of 'Earth, Air, Fire, Water' by Melissa Hardy, Helen Rykes, Michael Skeet, Robert Boyczuk, Iain Deans, Peter Watts, Elizabeth Westbrook, Leah Silverman, David Nickle, and Jena Snyder.

PEEPING TOM #33, A5, 52pp, £2:25 (4/£8) from Peeping Tom, 4 Pottery Close, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 0HU (e-mail: stuart@peepingtom.freeserve.co.uk; http://www.dragonsoup.com/PeepTom/index.html). There's just no stopping this seminal horror magazine, which this issue offers fiction by Mark Chadbourn, Carrieann Lahain, David Ratcliffe, Peter Tennant, Sue Corbett, and Keith Brooke.

SACKCLOTH & ASHES #4, A5, 72pp p/b, £3 from Andrew Busby, 8 Woodgreen Close, Hindley, Wigan, Lancs WN2 3JW. Another fine example of the new wave of British horror magazines, Sackcloth & Ashes sports a no-nonsense but quality presentation combined with computer-enhanced photo illustrations. Fiction is provided by Neal L. Asher, jon g, Michael Kelly, Gary Greenwood, Andrew Roberts, Simon Bestwick, Marni Griffin, Chad Hensley, Stuart Young, Richard Wright, Kenneth H. Wood, and Brenda Matheson, with poetry by Susan Valentine, and Christina Voss.

SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #184, 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.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 Wendy Rathbone on discipline, motivation and dealing with rejection.

TALEBONES #15, A5, 76pp, $4:50 (4/$16; Canada 4/$20; r.o.w. 4/$24) from Talebones Magazine, 5203 Quincy Ave SE, Auburn, WA 98092, USA (e-mail: talebones@nventure.com; http://www.nventure.com/talebones). SF and dark fantasy in a smart digest format with full colour cover, and winner of the Genre Writers Association Award. This issue's fiction comes from Larry Tritten, Hugh Cook, Mary Soon Lee, David Wesley Hill, and Mark Rich, plus an interview with Jonathan Lethem.

THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE #20, A4, 68pp, £3 (4/£11; Europe 4/£13; USA 4/$22; r.o.w. 4/£15) from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB (e-mail: ttapress@aol.com; http://www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk). "Extraordinary new fiction" from Brian Ruckley, Liz Williams, Tim Lees, Mat Coward, James Harris, Ian Watson, James Van Pelt, and Alexander Glass, plus an interview with Michael Moorcock, and Mike O'Driscoll on the films of David Cronenberg.

UNHINGED #2, A5, 64pp, £2:25 (4/£8; outside UK 4/£12) from P.J. Lockey, 9 South View Terrace, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorks BD20 0AS. A new quarterly adults-only magazine that likes to explore the darker side of humanity. Like many of the new wave of British horror magazines, it sports a minimalist black and white digest format, and the fiction in this issue is provided by L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Beetleblack, Martyn Blake, David Price, Jane Fell, Stuart Young, Peter Tennant, D.F. Lewis, Emma Hooper, Robert Hrdina, Liz Williams, and Paul Marshall.

ZENE #19, A5, 36pp, 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 the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and the USA, plus poetry, book and small press news and reviews, and Rhys Hughes on the mechanics of invisibility.


Author CollectionsReceived

THE HAND THAT FEEDS by Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove (Enigmatic Variations #1), ISBN 0-9536066-0-0, A5, 68pp, £5 from M. Sims, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY (e-mail: michael@micksims.force9.co.uk; http://www.epress.force9.co.uk). A new novella of menace, psychic terror, and supernatural suspense.

SHADOW BONES by David Memmott, ISBN 1-877655-28-7, A5, 116pp p/b, $10 (r.o.w. $12) from Wordcraft of Oregon, P.O. Box 3235, La Grande, OR 97850, USA (e-mail: wordcraft@oregontrail.net). Twelve speculative fictions by a Rhysling Award winner and author of three poetry collections, bringing together works that have appeared around the world in publications as diverse as Oregon East, the cult 1980s magazine New Pathways in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Italy's L'Uomo Duplicato, all wrapped up in a luscious full-colour cover by Brian Clark.

DREAMS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT by Ewald Murrer, ISBN 80-901257-9-4, A5, 137pp p/b, $12:50/£7:99 from Twisted Spoon Press, P.O. Box 21--Preslova 12, 150 21 Prague 5, Czech Republic (e-mail: twispoon@terminal.cz; http://www.terminal.cz/~twispoon). Better known for his work as a poet, Murrer is widely considered to be one of the most important contemporary Czech writers. This is his first volume comprised solely of prose, and once again it has fallen to the pioneering Twisted Spoon Press to make his work available to an English-speaking audience. The seventeen stories featured here are "dream-like sequences in which Murrer's lyrical talents create a semiotic fantasy world where every gesture is a sign, every occurrence a communication".

DREAMERS ON THE SEA OF FATE edited by Steve Sneyd, ISBN 0-907376-15-0, A5, 72pp, £2:85 from Sol Publications, 24 Fowler Close, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 2RD (e-mail: maelstrom@solpubs.freeserve.co.uk; http://www.solpubs.freeserve.co.uk). Anthology of SF poetry by thirty British poets from between 1940 and 1990, including work by Steve Bowkett, Robert Holdstock, Michael Moorcock, Brian Stableford, David Wingrove, Rupert M. Loydell, Ian McMillan, and Andrew Darlington. Many of these poets were inspired by Edward Lucie-Smith's seminal anthology Holding Your Eight Hands (1969), and with Steve Sneyd's sure touch Dreamers on the Sea of Fate could well prove to be just as much of a landmark collection.


AnthologiesReceived

PALACE CORBIE #8 edited by Wayne Edwards, ISBN 1-888283-08-4, A5, 285pp p/b, $15:95 from Wayne Edwards, Merrimack Books, P.O. Box 80702, Lincoln, NE 68501, USA (e-mail: we21011@navix.net). The long run of this annual anthology of disturbing fiction arrives at its finale with a distinguished collection of work from Mark Rich, Douglas Clegg. John O'Connor, Lyn Lifshin, Holly Day, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Mark McLaughlin, Rob Cook, Anne Blonstein, K.K. Ormond, Andrea J. Horlick, Charlee Jacob, Tom Piccirilli, Gerard Daniel Houarner, John Grey, John Marshall, D.F. Lewis, Rick Schweikert, Jeff VanderMeer, Yvonne Navarro, John Pelan, Wayne Allen Sallee, James S. Dorr, Nancy Etchemendy, Sean Doolittle, Sue Storm, and Richard L. Levesque.


ReferenceReceived

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR: A READER'S GUIDE by Roger Sheppard, ISBN 1-901353-01-X, A5, 434pp p/b, £25 from the Career Development Group of the Library Association (no address given). A bibliographical guide covering SF from 1960 to 1995 which provides essential information about authors such as place/year of birth/death, most readable (or best) books, UK/USA publishers of the first editions of those books, variant titles, and any awards won. The book is aimed at not only general SF readers but also librarians or booksellers, in each case to provide a fast track to the best reading available in the genre. Compiling this volume has obviously been a labour of love, but making the authors' names stand out as subheadings would have made the book significantly easier to navigate.


MultimediaReceived

WAXWEB by David Blair, CD-ROM, e-mail blair@telepathic-movie.org for further information. A hypermedia version of WAX or the Discovery of Television Amongst the Bees (1992), David Blair's pioneering work of "independent electronic science fiction cinema" which combines archive footage, new video and stunning computer animation. The film went on to become an interactive multimedia website, captured now on this CD-ROM. You can watch the 85-minute movie from start to finish, or read between the frames with the Blair's shot-by-shot descriptions and section synopses – it's still as fascinating and technically impressive as when the film first came out. Available in four different permutations for fast/slow PC/Macintosh, and requires Netscape 4.5 and Quicktime 3.02 (both provided).

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & WEIRD FICTION MAGAZINE INDEX (1890-1997) by Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento, CD-ROM, $53:45 (outside USA: $56:95) from Locus Press, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661, USA (e-mail: Locus@Locusmag.com; http://www.sff.net/locus/sfmagcd.htm). Exhaustive catalogue of 13,000 individual issues of 900 different magazines, ranging from well-known newsstand digests to obscure fanzines and small press magazines. The no-frills presentation is most definitely content-driven, with each magazine issue painstakingly cross-referenced by individual story, author and cover artist. Requires web-browser software (not included) and a fast CD-ROM drive.


CataloguesReceived

COLD TONNAGE BOOKS June 1999, A5, 36pp, enquire to Cold Tonnage Books, Andy Richards, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6JQ (tel: 01276 475388; fax: 0870 0548510; e-mail: andy@coldtonnage.demon.co.uk). Extensive selection of SF/F/H signed, hardback and limited editions, and many collectable paperbacks.

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