—The Editor
ORGANIZATIONS
The Australian Horror Writers’ Association (www.australianborror. com) offers members mentoring, articles, competitions, markets, networking . . . and more! For details mail to: Post Office, Elphinstone, VIC 3448, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
The British Fantasy Society (www.britishfantasysociety.org) was founded in 1971 and publishes the bi-monthly newsletter Prism and the magazine Dark Horizons, featuring articles, interviews and fiction, along with occasional special booklets. The BFS also enjoys a lively online community – there is an e-mail news-feed, a discussion board with numerous links, and a CyberStore selling various publications. FantasyCon is one of the UK’s friendliest conventions and there are social gatherings and meet-the-author events organized around Britain. For yearly membership details, e-mail: secretary@ britishfantasysociety.org.uk. You can also join online through the Cyberstore.
The Friends of Arthur Machen (www.machensoc.demon.co.uk) is a literary society whose objectives include encouraging a wider recognition of Machen’s work and providing a focus for critical debate. Members get a hardbound journal, Faunus, twice a year, and also the informative newsletter Machenalia. For membership details, contact Jeremy Cantwell, FOAM Treasurer, Apt.5, 26 Hervey Road, Blackheath, London SE3 8BS, UK.
The Friends of the Merril Collection (www.friendsofmerril.org/) is a volunteer organisation that provides support and assistance to the largest public collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror books in North America. Details about annual membership and donations are available from the website or by contacting The Friends of the Merril Collection, c/o Lillian H. Smith Branch, Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
The Ghost Story Society (www.ash-tree.bc.ca/GSS.html) is organised by Barbara and Christopher Roden. They publish the excellent All Hallows three times a year. For more information contact PO Box 1360, Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada VOK 1A0. E-mail: [email protected].
The Horror Writers Association (www.horror.org) is a worldwide organisation of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy. It was formed in the early 1980s. Interested individuals may apply for Active, Affiliate or Associate membership. Active membership is limited to professional writers. HWA publishes a monthly online Newsletter, and sponsors the annual Bram Stoker Awards. Apply online or write to HWA Membership, PO Box 50577, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
World Fantasy Convention (www.worldfantasy.org) is an annual convention held in a different (usually American) city each year, oriented particularly towards serious readers and genre professionals.
World Horror Convention (www.worldhorrorsociety.org) is a smaller, more relaxed, event. It is aimed specifically at horror fans and professionals, and held in a different city each year. For the first time in its history, the 2010 event will be held outside North America in Brighton, England.
SELECTED SMALL PRESS PUBLISHERS
Apex Publications LLC (www.apexbookcompany.com), PO Box 24323, Lexington, KY 40524, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Ash-Tree Press (www.ash-tree.bc.ca), PO Box 1360, Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada VOK 1A0. E-mail: [email protected]
Atomic Overmind Press (www.atomicovermind.com), 143 Wesmond Drive, Alexandria, VA 22305, USA. E-mail: theovermind@ atomicovermind.com
Bad Moon Books (www.badmoonbooks.com), 1854 W. Chateau Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804, USA.
Bloody Books (www.bloodybooks.com), Beautiful Books Ltd, 36–38 Glasshouse Street, London W1B 5DL, UK.
Cemetery Dance Publications (www.cemeterydance.com), 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill, MD 21050, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Comma Press (www.commapress.co.uk), 3rd Floor, 24 Lever Street, Manchester Ml 1DW, UK.
Crowswing Books (www.crowswingbooks.co.uk), PO Box 301, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE33 OXW, UK.
Cutting Block Press (www.cuttingblock.net), 6911 Riverton Drive, Austin, Texas 78729, USA, E-mail: [email protected]
Dark Regions Press (www.darkregions.com), PO Box 1264, Colusa, CA 95932, USA.
Earthling Publications (www.earthlingpub.com), PO Box 413, Northborough, MA 01532, USA. E-mail: earthlingpub@yahoo. com
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing (www.edgewebsite. com), PO Box 1714, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2L7, Canada.
F&M Publications (www.fandmpublications.co.uk), PO Box 51243, London SE17 3WP, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Fantagraphics Books (www.fantagraphics.com), 7563 Lake City Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, USA.
Graveside Tales (www.gravesidetales.com), PO Box 487, Lakeside, AZ 85929, USA.
Gray Friar Press (www.grayfriarpress.com), 19 Ruffield Side, Delph Hill, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD12 8DP, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Hippocampus Press (www.hippocampuspress.com), PO Box 641, New York, NY 10156, USA.
Lachesis Publishing (www.lachesispublishing.com), 1787 Cartier Court, RR1, Kingston, Nova Scotia BOP 1R0, Canada.
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (www.mcfarlandpub. com), Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640, USA.
Medallion Press, Inc. (www.medallionpress.com), 1020 Cedar Avenue, Suite 2N, St. Charles, IL 60174, USA.
MonkeyBrain Books (www.monkeybrainbooks.com), 11204 Crossland Drive, Austin, TX 78726, USA. E-mail: info@monkey brainbooks.com.
Mortbury Press (www.freewebs.com/mortburypress), Shiloh, Nantglas, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6PG, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Mythos Books, LLC (www.mythosbooks.com), 351 Lake Ridge Road, Poplar Buff, MO 63901, USA.
Night Shade Books (www.nightshadebooks.com), 1423 33rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Pendragon Press (www.pendragonpress.net), PO Box 12, Maes-teg, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales CF34 OXG, UK.
Pigasus Press (www.pigasuspress.co.uk), 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30 3AJ, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
PS Publishing (www.pspublishing.co.uk), Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Raw Dog Screaming Press (www.rawdogscreaming.com), 5103 72nd Place, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Savoy Books (www.savoy.abel.co.uk), 446 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3BW, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Screaming Dreams (www.screamingdreams.com), 13 Warn’s Terrace, Abertysswg, Rhymney, Gwent NP22 5AG, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Strange Publications (www.strangepublications.com), 3038 West 7th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Snowbooks Ltd. (www.snowbooks.com), 120 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Space & Time (www.cith.org/s&t_books.com), 138 West 70th Street (4B), New York, NY 10023–4468, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com), PO Box 190106, Burton, MI 48519, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Tachyon Publications (www.tachyonpublications.com), 1459 18th Street #139, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Tartarus Press (tartaruspress.com), Coverley House, Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4AY, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Tasmaniac Publications (www.tasmaniacpublications.com), PO Box 45, Hagley. Tasmania 7292, Australia.
Telos Publishing Ltd (www.telos.co.uk), 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
TTA Press (www.ttapress.com), 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK.
SELECTED MAGAZINES
Albedo One (www.albedo1.com) is a speculative fiction magazine from Ireland. The editorial address is Albedo One, 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: [email protected]
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (www.themysteryplace.com) is a long-running digest magazine published monthly except for c
ombined January/February and July/August issues. The editorial address is Dell Magazines, 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine (www.blackmag. com.au) is a pop culture periodical covering books, movies, TV and music. Subscriptions and general information are available from: Brimstone Press, PO Box 4, Woodvale, WA 6026, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature (www.blackgate. com) is an attractive pulp-style publication that includes heroic fantasy and horror fiction. Four- and eight-issue subscriptions are available from: New Epoch Press, 815 Oak Street, St. Charles, IL 60174, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Black Static (www.ttapress.com) is a British magazine devoted to darker fiction. Published bi-monthly, six- and twelve-issue subscriptions are available from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK, or from the secure TTA website.
Cemetery Dance Magazine (www.cemeterydance.com) is edited by Richard Chizmar and includes fiction up to 5,000 words, interviews, articles and columns by many of the biggest names in horror. For subscription information contact: Cemetery Dance Publications, PO Box 623, Forest Hill, MD 21050, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Dark Discoveries (www.darkdiscoveries.com) is a nicely produced quarterly magazine devoted to horror fiction and those who create it. For submission queries and subscription orders, contact: Dark Discoveries Publications, 142 Woodside Drive, Longview, WA 98632, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Dark Recesses Press (www.darkrecesses.com), nice-looking print issue of the Canadian web magazine featuring fiction, interviews and artwork. Dark Recesses Press, 18306 64th Avenue, Surrey BC, Canada V3S 8A7. E-mail: [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. E-mail: locus@ locusmag.com
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (www.fsfmag.com) has been publishing some of the best imaginative fiction for more than fifty years. Edited by Gordon Van Gelder, single copies or an annual subscription (which includes the double October/November anniversary issue) are available by US cheques or credit card from: Fantasy & Science Fiction, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA, or you can subscribe online.
Midnight Street: Journeys Into Darkness (www.midnightstreet. co.uk) covers all the bases as a horror, dark fantasy, science fiction and slipstream magazine. Three-issue subscriptions are available from: Midnight Street, 7 Mount View, Church Lane West, Alder-shot, Hampshire GU11 3LN, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
One Eye Grey (www.fandmpublications.co.uk) is described as “a penny dreadful for the 21st century” and contains fiction (up to 3,000 words) from another London based on old folktales or ghost stories. F&M Publications, PO Box 51243, London SE17 3WP, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
The Paperback Fanatic (www.thepaperbackfanatic.com) fascinating magazine dedicated to old paperbacks and the people who produced and published them. With numerous interviews and many cover reproductions. E-mail: [email protected]
Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction (www.paradoxmag.com) is published twice a year by Paradox Publications, PO Box 22897, Brooklyn, NY 11202–2897, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
PostScripts: The A to Z of Fantastic Fiction (www.pspublishing. co.uk) is an excellent hardcover magazine from PS Publishing. Each issue features approximately 60,000 words of fiction (SF, fantasy, horror and crime/suspense), plus a guest editorial, interviews and occasional non-fiction. Issues are also available as signed, limited editions. For more information contact: PS Publishing Ltd, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Rabbit Hole is a semi-regular newsletter about Harlan Ellison. A subscription is $15.00 from The Harlan Ellison Recording Collection, PO Box 55548, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413–0548, USA.
Rue Morgue (www.rue-morgue.com), is a glossy bi-monthly magazine edited by Jovanka Vuckovic 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. E-mail: [email protected]. Rue Morgue also runs the Festival of Fear: Canadian National Horror Expo in Toronto. 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.ruemorgue marketplace.com
Something Wicked: Science Fiction & Horror Magazine (www. somethingwicked.co.za) South Africa’s only horror fiction magazine features tales of darkness and suspense, along with book and media articles. Subscriptions available from Inkless Media, PO Box 15074, Vlaeberg, Cape Town 8018, South Africa. E-mail: editor@ somethingwiscked.co.za
Supernatural Tales is a twice-yearly fiction magazine edited by David Longhorn. Three-issue subscriptions are available via post (UK cheques only) or order through the British Fantasy Society Store (www.britishfantasysociety.org/store). Supernatural Tales, 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead NE8 4NN, UK. E-mail: davidlonghorn@ hotmail.com
Talebones (www.talebones.com) is an attractive digest magazine of science fiction and dark fantasy edited and published two to three times a year by Patrick Swenson. For one and two year subscriptions or sample copies (US funds only) write to: 21528 104th Street Court East, Bonney Lake, WA 98391, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Weird Tales (www.weirdtales.net) is a magazine of the unique, fantastic and bizarre, published by Wildside Press LLC. Single copies or a six-issue subscription are available from: Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville, MD 20850–7408, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. For subscriptions in the UK contact: Cold Tonnage Books, 22 Kings Lane, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6JQ, UK ([email protected]).
Writing Magazine (www.writingmagazine.co.uk) is the UK’s bestselling magazine aimed at writers and poets and those who want to be. It is published by Warners Group Publications plc, 5th Floor, 31–32 Park Row, Leeds LS1 SJD, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
DEALERS
Bookfellows/Mystery and Imagination Books (www.mysteryand imagination.com) is owned and operated by Malcolm and Christine Bell, who have been selling fine and rare books since 1975. This clean and neatly organized store includes SF/fantasy/horror/mystery, along with all other areas of popular literature. Many editions are signed, and catalogues are issued regularly. Credit cards accepted. Open seven days a week at 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, California 91203, USA. Tel: (818) 545–0206. Fax: (818) 545–0094. E-mail: [email protected]
Borderlands Books (www.borderlands-books.com) is a nicely designed store with friendly staff and an impressive stock of new and used books from both sides of the Atlantic. 866 Valencia Street (at 19th), San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Tel: (415) 824–8203 or (888) 893–4008 (toll free in the US). Credit cards accepted. Worldwide shipping. E-mail: [email protected]
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. E-mail: [email protected]
Dark Delicacies (www.darkdel.com) is a friendly Burbank, California, store specializing in horror books, toys, vampire merchandise and signings. They also do mail order and run money-saving book club and membership discount deals. 4213 West Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505, USA. Tel: (818) 556–6660. Credit cards accepted. E-mail: [email protected]
DreamHaven Books (www.dreamhavenbooks.com) store and mail order offers new and used SF/fantasy/horror/art and illustrated etc. with regular catalogues (both print and e-mail). Write to new location: 2301 E. 38th
Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA. Credit cards accepted. Tel: (612) 823–6070. E-mail: dream@dreamhaven books.com
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. E-mail: sgosden@net comuk.co.uk
Ferret Fantasy, 27 Beechcroft Road, Upper Tooting, London SW17 7BX, UK. George Locke’s legendary mail-order business now shares retail premises at Greening Burland, 27 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ, UK (10:00 am-6:00 pm weekdays; 10:00 am-5:00 pm Sundays). Used SF/fantasy/horror, antiquarian, modern first editions. Catalogues issued. Tel: +44 (0)20–8767–0029. E-mail: [email protected]
Ghost Stories run by Richard Dalby issues semi-regular mail order lists of used ghost and supernatural volumes at very reasonable prices. Write to: 4 Westbourne Park, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Y012 4AT, UK.
Horrorbles (www.horribles.com), 6731 West Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA. Small, friendly Chicago store selling horror and sci-fi toys, memorabilia and magazines that has monthly specials and in-store signings. Specializes in exclusive “Basil Gogos” and “Svengoolie” items. Tel: 1–708–484–7370. E-mail: store@ horrorbles.com
Kayo Books (www.kayobooks.com) is a bright, clean treasure-trove of used SF/fantasy/horror/mystery/pulps spread over two floors. Titles are stacked alphabetically by subject, and there are many bargains to be had. Credit cards accepted. Visit the store (Wednesday-Saturday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm) at 814 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA or order off their website. Tel: (415) 749 0554. E-mail: [email protected]
Porcupine Books offers regular catalogues and extensive mail order lists of used fantasy/horror/SF titles via e-mail brian@ porcupine.demon.co.uk or write to: 37 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8554–3799.
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