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Fiction Anthologies

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ANTHOLOGIES

A Book of Two Halves
Nicholas Royle’s book of football stories . . . We know, but some of them aren’t bad.

Alternate Kennedys
Anthology of alternate history stories focussing on members of the Kennedy family.

Arrows of Eros
Anthology of SF stories concerned with love and death.

Cities
Collection of four novellas originally published in limited editions by PS Publishing (also edited by Peter Crowther). This includes Moorcock's Firing the Cathedral and Paul Di Filippo's A Year in the Linear City, with novellas by Geoff Ryman and China Mieville.

Cyber-Killers
SF anthology about crime in the future . . . some good stories, including one by Nigel Kneale.

Demons and Dreams
Early Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.

Disco 2000
Oh, it’s such a cult.

Don't Turn Out The Light
Anthology that reads like a large issue of Fantasy Tales.

Fantasy Annual 3
One of Philip Harbottle's SF anthologies.

Fresh Blood 2
A collection of British crime fiction, edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim Jakubowski.

Foursight
Collection of four novellas originally published in limited editions by PS Publishing (also edited by Peter Crowther). This includes Graham Joyce's Leningrad and Michael Marshall Smith's Vacciantor, with novellas by James Lovegrove and Kim Newman.

Infinities
Collection of four novellas originally published in limited editions by PS Publishing (also edited by Peter Crowther). This includes Eric Brown's A Writer's Life and Ken MacLeod's The Human Front, with novellas by Adam Roberts and Alastair Reynolds.

The Killing Spirit
Jay Hopler's offbeat crime fiction (principally) anthology.

London Noir
Crime fiction about London, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
Edited by Mike Ashley, it’s a Robinson Mammoth book of comic fantasy stories.

Nova Scotia
Anthology of Scottish SF.

Prison Writing #11 (1997)
Short stories, poetry, book reviews by prisoners & interested parties. They've occasionally had interviews, including Ed Bunker.

The Science Fiction Century
David G Hartwell's anthology of 20th Century SF . . . ending with John Wyndham.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One
The 26 Greatest SF Stories of All Time (1929-1964), chosen by Science Fiction Writers of America members. Volume 1 of 3.

Something Wicked
New Scottish Crime Fiction. Wide-ranging short stories.

Tales from Tartarus
Edited by RB Russell & Rosalie Parker; limited edition specialists Tartarus Press’s anthology of 16 horror/‘weird fiction’ (their term) stories, whose authors include Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Peter Vincent.

The Time Out Book of London Short Stories
Edited by Maria Lexton.

The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories
Edited by Nicholas Royle.

The Unexplained
Similar to Cyber-Killers, only about the paranormal. Includes Nigel Kneale and Gerald kersh.

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