Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. (www.grantbooks.com), 19 Surrey Lane, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls, NH 03844, USA.
DreamHaven Books (www.dreamhavenbooks.com), 2301 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA.
Earthling Publications (www.earthlingpub.com), PO Box 413, Northborough, MA 01532, USA. Email: [email protected]
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing/Hades Publications, Inc. (www.edgewebsite.com), PO Box 1714, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2L7, Canada. Email: [email protected]
Egaeus Press (www.egaeuspress.com). Email: [email protected]
FableCroft Publishing (fablecroft.com.au).
Fedogan & Bremer Publishing LLC (fedoganandbremer.com), 3918 Chicago Street, Nampa, Idaho 83686, USA.
Flame Tree Publishing (www.flametreepublishing.com), 6 Melbray Mews, Fulham, London SW6 3NS, UK. Email: [email protected]
Great British Horror Books/Black Shuck Books/KnightWatch Press (www.GreatBritishHorror.com), “Hillbrow”, Northbourne Road, Deal, Kent CT14 0LA, UK.
Hex Publishers (www.HexPublishers.com), 2628 Redcliff Drive, Broomfield, CO 80023, USA. Email: [email protected]
Hippocampus Press (www.hippocampuspress.com), PO Box 641, New York, NY 10156, USA. Email: [email protected]
Horror Australis Pty Ltd. (horroraustralis.com).
IFWG Publishing, Inc. (www.ifwgaustralia.com).
Innsmouth Free Press (www.innsmouthfreepress.com).
Ja Sunni Productions, LLC/Cycatrix Press (www.JaSunni.com), 16420 SE McGillivray Blvd., Ste 103-1010, Vancouver, WA 98683, USA. Email: [email protected]
Lethe Press, Inc. (www.lethepressbooks.com), 118 Heritage Avenue, Maple Shade, NJ 08052-3018, USA. Email: [email protected]
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (www.mcfarlandpub.com), Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640, USA.
MoonDream Press/Copper Dog Publishing LLC (www.copperdogpublishing.com), 537 Leader Circle, Louisville, CO 80027, USA.
Nightjar Press (nightjarpress.weebly.com), 63 Ballbrook Court, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 3GT, UK.
Night Shade Books (www.nightshadebooks.com), 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA.
Omnium Gatherum (omniumgatherumedia.com).
One Eye Press LLC (www.oneeyepress.com).
Parallel Universe Publications, 130 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire BB5 3DR, UK.
Poise and Pen Publishing (www.poiseandpen.com).
P’rea Press (www.preapress.com) c/-34 Osborne Road, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia 2066. Email: [email protected]
Prime Books (www.prime-books.com), PO Box 83464, Gaithersburg, MD 20883, USA. Email: [email protected]
PS Publishing Ltd/Drugstore Indian Press/PS ArtBooks Ltd/Stanza Press (www.pspublishing.co.uk), Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK. Email: [email protected]
Resurrection House/Arche Press/Underland Press (www.resurrectionhouse.com), 310 N. Meridian STE 204, Puyallup, WA 98371, USA. Email: [email protected]
Sarob Press (sarobpress.blogspot.com), La Blinière, 53250, Neuilly-le-Vendin, France.
Shadow Publishing (www.shadowpublishing.webeasysite.co.uk/), Apt. #19 Awdry Court, 15 St. Nicolas Gardens, Birmingham, West Midlands B38 8BH, UK. Email: [email protected]
Short, Scary Tales Publications (www.sstpublications.co.uk), 15 North Roundhay, Stechford, Birmingham B33 9PE, UK. Email: [email protected]
Small Beer Press (www.weightlessbooks.com), 150 Pleasant Street #306, Easthampton, MA 01027, USA. Email: info@smallbeerpress
Snowbooks, Ltd. (www.snowbooks.com). Email: [email protected]
Spectral Press/Tickety Boo Press (www.ticketyboopress.co.uk), 23 Worsdell Street, North Blyth, Northumberland NE24 ISD, UK. Email: [email protected]
Stone Skin Press/Pelgrane Press Ltd. (www.stoneskinpress.com), Spectrum House, 9 Bromell’s Road, Clapham Common, London SW4 0BN, UK. Email: [email protected]
Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com), PO Box 190106, Burton, MI 48519, USA. Email: [email protected]
Surinam Turtle Press/Ramble House (www.ramblehouse.com), 3208 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705-2722, USA.
Tachyon Publications (www.tachyonpublications.com), 1459 18th Street #139, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Email: [email protected]
Tartarus Press (www.tartaruspress.com), Coverley House, Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4AY, UK. Email: [email protected]
Third Flatiron Anthologies (www.thirdflatiron.com). Email: [email protected]
Tickety Boo Press Ltd./Scarier 51 (www.ticketyboopress.co.uk).
Ticonderoga Publications (www.ticonderogapublications.com), PO Box 29, Greenwood, Western Australia 6924.
Undertow Publications ([email protected]) Michael Kelly Editor, 1905 Faylee Crescent, Pickering, ON L1V 2T3, Canada. Email: [email protected]
Valencourt Books (www.valancourtbooks.com).
Wildside Press LLC (www.wildsidepress.com), 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Word Horde (www.WordHorde.com).
World Weaver Press (www.WorldWeaverPress.com)
SELECTED MAGAZINES
Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine. Paperback magazine, now published infrequently by Centipede Press. No unsolicited submissions. Email: [email protected]
Ansible is a highly entertaining monthly SF and fantasy newsletter/gossip column edited by David Langford. It is available free electronically by sending an Email to: [email protected] with a subject line reading “subscribe”, or you can receive the print version by sending a stamped and addressed envelope to Ansible, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks RG1 5AU, UK. Back issues, links and book lists are also available online.
Black Static (www.ttapress.com) is the UK’s premier horror fiction magazine, produced bi-monthly by the publishers of Interzone. Six-and twelve-issue subscriptions are available, along with a lifetime subscription, from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK, or from the secure TTA website. Email: [email protected]
Cemetery Dance (www.cemeterydance.com) is edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman and appears intermittently. PO Box 623, Forest Hill, MD 21050, USA. Email: [email protected]
Fear is back to being a print magazine. Email: [email protected]
The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter (www.pardoes.info/roanddarroll/GS.html) is a scholarly journal published roughly twice a year. It is dedicated to the classic ghost story and, as the title implies, to M.R. James in particular. Two-issue subscriptions are available from Haunted Library Publications, c/o Flat One, 36 Hamilton Street, Hoole, Chester CH2 3JQ, UK. Email: [email protected]
The Horror Zine (www.thehorrorzine.com) is a monthly online magazine edited by Jeani Rector that features fiction, poetry, interviews and reviews. It is also available in a PoD edition.
Illustrators (www.bookpalace.com) is a beautifully designed and published full-colour periodical devoted to art and artists. The Book Palace, Jubilee House, Bedwardine Road, Crystal Palace, London SE19 3AP, UK. Email: [email protected]
Locus (www.locusmag.com) 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. Email: [email protected]. You can also now subscribe to a digital edition at: weightlessbooks.com/genre/nonfiction/locus-12-month-subscription
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (www.fandsf.com) has been publishing some of the best imaginative fiction for sixty-seven years. After eighteen years, Gordon Van Gelder has now relinquished the editorship to C.C. Finlay. Published bi-monthly, single copies or an annual subscription are available by US cheques or credit card from: Fantasy & Science Fiction, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA, or you can subscribe via the website.
New Genre (adamgolaski.blogspot.com) is a literary p
aperback magazine publishing original short fiction.
Nightmare Magazine (www.nightmare-magazine.com/) edited by John Joseph Adams is an excellent monthly online site for fiction (both new and reprint), interviews and podcasts.
Rabbit Hole is a semi-regular newsletter about Harlan Ellison® that also offers exclusive signed books by the author. A subscription is available from The Harlan Ellison® Recording Collection, PO Box 55548, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-0548, USA.
Rue Morgue (www.ruemorgue.com), is a glossy monthly magazine edited by Dave Alexander and subtitled “Horror in Culture & Entertainment”. Each issue is packed with full colour features and reviews of new films, books, comics, music and game releases. Subscriptions are available from: Marrs Media Inc., 2926 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8, Canada, or by credit card on the website. Email: [email protected]. Every Friday you can log on to a new show at Rue Morgue Radio at www.ruemorgueradio.com and your horror shopping online source, The Rue Morgue Marketplace, is at www.ruemorguemarketplace.com
Space and Time: The Magazine of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com) is published twice a year. Single issues and subscriptions are available from the website or from: Space and Time Magazine, 458 Elizabeth Avenue #5348, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA.
Supernatural Tales (suptales.blogspot.com) is a fiction magazine edited by David Longhorn, with subscriptions available via PayPal, cheques or non-UK cash. Supernatural Tales, 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead NE8 4NN, UK. Email: [email protected]
Tor.com (www.tor.com), publishes new fiction, articles, novel excerpts, artist galleries, reviews and a lot more.
Video WatcHDog (www.videowatchdog.com) describes itself as “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Fantastic Video” and is published bi-monthly from PO Box 5283, Cincinnati, OH 45205-0283, USA. One year (six issues) subscriptions are available from: [email protected]
Weirdbook (wildsidepress.com) is a revival of the iconic fantasy and horror magazine published by Wildside Press LCC, 9710 Traville Gateway Drive, #234, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
DEALERS
Cold Tonnage Books (www.coldtonnage.com) 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. Email: [email protected]
Richard Dalby issues an annual Christmas catalogue of used Ghost Stories and other supernatural volumes at very reasonable prices. Write to: Richard Dalby, 4 Westbourne Park, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Y012 4AT. Tel: +44 (0)1723 377049.
Dark Delicacies (www.darkdel.com) is a Burbank, California, store specialising in horror books, toys, vampire merchandise and signings. They also do mail order and run money-saving book club and membership discount deals. 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505, USA. Tel: (818) 556-6660. Credit cards accepted. Email: [email protected]
DreamHaven Books & Comics (www.dreamhavenbooks.com) once again has a storefront (open Tuesday through Saturday) as well as a mail-order outlet, offering new and used SF/fantasy/horror/art and illustrated etc. with regular catalogues (both print and Email). 2031 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406-3015, USA. Credit cards accepted. Tel: (612) 823-6070. Email: [email protected]
Fantastic Literature (www.fantasticliterature.com) 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. Email: [email protected]
Ferret Fantasy, 27 Beechcroft Road, Upper Tooting, London SW17 7BX, UK. Email: [email protected]. Tel: +44 (0)208-767-0029.
Horrorbles (www.horrorbles.com), 6729 Stanley Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA. Friendly Chicago store selling horror and sci-fi toys, memorabilia and magazines that has monthly specials and in-store signings. Specialises in exclusive “Basil Gogos” and “Svengoolie” items. Open Tuesday through Sunday. Tel: (708) 484-7370. Email: [email protected]
Hyraxia Books (books.hyraxia.com), 34 Harwill Avenue, Churwell, Leeds LS27 7QQ, UK. Dealing in rare and collectible modern first editions, including many genre titles. Tel: +44 (0)7557-652-609. Email: [email protected]
The Iliad Bookshop (www.iliadbooks.com), 5400 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA. General bookstore that has a very fine selection of new, used and rare books, with an emphasis on literature and the arts. Tel: (818) 509-2665.
Locus Online (www.locusmag.com/news) is an excellent online source for the latest news and reviews.
Porcupine Books offers regular catalogues and extensive mail order lists of used fantasy/horror/SF titles via Email [email protected] or write to: 37 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8554-3799.
Reel Art Collectibles (www.reelart.biz), 6727 W. Stanley, Berwyn, Illinois 60402, USA. Nicely designed Chicago store selling movie material, classic comics, vintage toys and rare books. They also host celebrity signings and have regular warehouse sales. Tel: 1-708-288-7378. Facebook: Reel Art, Inc.
The Talking Dead is run by Bob and Julie Wardzinski and offers reasonably priced paperbacks, rare pulps and hardcovers, with catalogues issued very occasionally. They accept wants lists and are also the exclusive supplier of back issues of Interzone. Credit cards accepted. Contact them at: 12 Rosamund Avenue, Merley, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1TE, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1202-849212 (9:00am-9:00pm). Email: [email protected]
Terence McVicker Rare Books (www.batsoverbooks.com/?page=shop/index) is a mail-order business offering premium rare and collectible items – many H.P. Lovecraft and Arkham House-related. A weekly email reader features additions, updates and news. Email: [email protected]
Ygor’s Books specialises in out of print science fiction, fantasy and horror titles, including British, signed, speciality press and limited editions. They also buy books, letters and original art in these fields. Email: [email protected]
ONLINE
Cast Macabre (www.castmacabre.org) is the premium horror fiction podcast that is “bringing Fear to your ears”, offering a free horror short story every week.
Fantastic Fiction (www.fantasticfiction.co.uk) features more than 2,000 best-selling author biographies with all their latest books, covers and descriptions.
FEARnet (www.fearnet.com) is a digital cable channel dedicated to all things horror, including news, free movie downloads (sadly not available to those outside North America) and Mick Garris’ online talk show Post Mortem.
Hellnotes (www.hellnotes.com) offers news and reviews of novels, collections, magazines, anthologies, nonfiction works, and chapbooks. Materials for review should be sent to editor and publisher David B. Silva, Hellnotes, 5135 Chapel View Court, North Las Vegas, NV 89031, USA. Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (irishgothichorrorjournal.homestead.com) features a diverse range of articles and reviews, along with a regular “Lost Souls” feature focussing on overlooked individuals in the genre.
The Monster Channel (www.monsterchannel.tv) bills itself as “the first and only independent interactive horror channel!” The 24/7 streaming channel includes first run indie horror movies, retro VHS gore and hosts horror classics.
Pseudopod (www.pseudopod.org), the premiere horror fiction podcast, continued to offer a free-to-download, weekly reading of new or classic horror fiction by a variety of voices. The site remains dedicated to paying their authors while providing readings for free and offering the widest variety of audio horror fiction currently available on the net.
SF Site (www.sfsite.com) 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 inclu
ding 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.
Vault of Evil (www.vaultofevil.wordpress.com) is a site dedicated to celebrating the best in British horror with special emphasis on UK anthologies. There is also a lively forum devoted to many different themes at www.vaultofevil.proboards.com.
STEPHEN JONES lives in London, England. A Hugo Award nominee, he is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, four Bram Stoker Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. One of Britain’s most acclaimed horror and dark fantasy writers and editors, he has more than 135 books to his credit, including The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History; the film books of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Stardust, The Illustrated Monster Movie Guide and The Hellraiser Chronicles; the nonfiction studies Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books (both with Kim Newman); the single-author collections Necronomicon and Eldritch Tales by H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Chronicles of Conan and Conan’s Brethren by Robert E. Howard, and Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James; plus such anthologies as Horrorology: The Lexicon of Fear, Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome, A Book of Horrors, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, the Zombie Apocalypse! series and twenty-seven volumes of Best New Horror. You can visit his web site at www.stephenjoneseditor.com or follow him on Facebook at Stephen JonesEditor.
BEST NEW HORROR VOLUME #27
Collection and editorial material copyright © Stephen Jones 2017.
Front cover illustration by Lee Elias.
Originally published in Chamber of Chills, #18, January 1953.
First published by PS Publishing in 2017. This eBook edition published in February 2017 by PS Publishing Ltd. by arrangement with Stephen Jones.
All rights reserved by Stephen Jones. The right of Stephen Jones to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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