The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. Volume 23

Useful Addresses

THE FOLLOWING LISTING OF organizations, publications, dealers and individuals is designed to present readers and authors with further avenues to explore. Although I can personally recommend many of those listed on the following pages, neither the publisher nor myself can take any responsibility for the services they offer. Please also note that the information below is only a guide and is subject to change without notice.

The Australian Horror Writers Association (www.australian-horror.com) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2005 as a way of providing a unified voice and a sense of community for Australian (and New Zealand) writers of horror/dark fiction. AHWA aims to become the first point of reference for writers and fans of the dark side of literature in Australia, to spread the acceptance and improve the understanding of what horror is in literature to a wider audience, and in doing so gain a greater readership for established and new writers alike. Email: ahwa@australianhorror.com.

The British Fantasy Society (www.britishfantasysociety. org) was founded in 1971 and publishes the newsletter Prism and the magazines Dark Horizons and New Horizons featuring articles, interviews and fiction, along with occasional special booklets. The BFS also enjoys a lively online community — there is an email 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 organised around Britain. For yearly membership details, email: secretary@britishfantasysociety.org. 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 hardcover journal, Faunus, twice a year, and also the informative newsletter Machenalia. For membership details, contact Deputy Treasurer Jon Preece: machenfoam@yahoo.co.uk.

The Friends of the Merril Collection (www.friendsofmerril. org/) is a volunteer organization 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. Email: ltoolis@tpl. toronto.on.ca.

The Horror Writers Association (www.horror.org) is a world-wide organization 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 (usually American) each year.

Aeon Press Books (www.aeonpressbooks.com).

Atomic Fez Publishing (www.atomicfez.com).

Bad Moon Books/Eclipse (www.badmoonbooks.com), 1854 W. Chateau Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804-4527, USA.

B!/Bedabbled (bedabbled.blogspot.com/), 24 Whinney Moor Lane, Retford DN22 7AA, UK. Email: bedabbled@hotmail.co.uk.

Big Finish Productions Ltd. (www.bigfinish.com), PO Box 1127, Maidenhead SL6 3LW, UK.

Books of the Dead Press (booksofthedead.blogspot.com). Email: besthorror@gmail.com.

Cemetery Dance Publications (www.cemeterydance.com), 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill, MD 21050, USA. Email: info@cemeterydance.com.

ChiZine Publications (www.chizinepub.com). Email: info@ chizinepub.com.

Chômu Press (www.chomupress.com), 70 Hill Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1TW, UK. Email: info@chomupress.com.

Cycatrix Press (www.jasunni.com), JaSunni Productions LLC, 16420 SE McGillivray Blvd., Ste 103-1010, Vancouver, WA 98683, USA. Email: jasunni@jasunni.com.

Dark Arts Books (www.darkartsbooks.com). Email: emailsales@darkartsbooks.com.

Dark Continents Publishing (www.darkcontinentspublishing).

Dark Minds Press (www.darkmindspress.com), 31 Gristmill Close, Cheltenham GL51 0PZ, UK. Email: mail@darkmindspress. com.

Dark Regions Press/Ghost House (www.darkregions.com), PO Box 1264, Colusa, CA 95932, USA.

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: earthlingpub@ yahoo.com.

Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing/Hades Publications, Inc. (www.edgewebsite.com/www.hadespublications. com), PO Box 1714, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2L7, Canada. Email: publisher@hadespublications.com.

Guntlet Publications (www.gauntletpress.com), 5307 Arroyo Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80922, USA. Email: info@gauntlet press.com.

Gray Friar Press (www.grayfriarpress.com), 9 Abbey Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire Y021 3HQ, UK. Email: gary.fry@ virgin.net.

Hersham Horror Books (hershamhorrorbooks.web.com/). Email: silenthater@aol.com.

Hippocampus Press (www.hippocampuspress.com), PO Box 641, New York, NY 10156, USA. Email: info@hippocampus press.com.

IDW Publishing (www.idwpublishing.com), 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109, USA.

Imajiin Books (www.imajiinbooks.com).

Jurassic London (www.pandemonium-fiction.com), 153 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1XN, UK. Email: jared@ jurassic-london.com.

LCR Books (www.liliesandcannonballs.com), PO Box 720422, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, USA. Email: editor@lilies andcannonballs.com.

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (www.mcfarland pub.com), Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640, USA.

MHB Press (www.mhbpress.com), The White House, 29 Park Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 9HD, UK.

Miskatonic River Press (www.miskatonicriverpress.com), 944 Reynolds Road, Suite 188, Lakeland, Florida 33801, USA. Email: keeper@miskatonicriverpress.com.

Mortbury Press (mortburypress.webs.com/), Shiloh, Nantglas, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6PD, UK. Email: mortbury press@yahoo.com.

Mythos Books, LLC (www.mythosbooks.com), 351 Lake Ridge Road, Poplar Buff, MO 63901, USA.

NewCon Press (www.newconpress.co.uk).

Noose and Gibbet Publishing (www.nooseandgibbetpublishing.com). Email: info@nooseandgibbetpublishing.com.

Nightjar Press (nightjarpress.wordpress.com), 38 Belfield Road, Manchester M20 6BH, UK.

Night Shade Books (www.nightshadebooks.com), 1661 Tennessee Street, #3H, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Email: night@nightshadebooks.com.

Obverse Books (www.obversebooks.co.uk). Email: info@ obversebooks.co.uk.

P’rea Press (www.preapress.com), 34 Osborne Road, Lane Cove, NSW 2066, Australia. Email: dannyL58@hotmail.com.

PS Publishing Ltd/PS Artbooks Ltd (www.pspublishing. co.uk), Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK. Email: editor@pspublishing.co.uk.

Raven Electrick Ink (ravenelectrick.com), 9327 Creemore Drive, Tujunga, CA 91042, USA. Email: comments@raven electrick.com.

The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (www.scarecrowpress.com), The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706, USA.

Screaming Dreams Publishing (www.screamingdreams.com), 25 Heol Evan Wynne, Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan CF81 9PQ, UK. Email: steve@screamingdreams.com.

Side Real Press (www.siderealpress.co.uk), 34 Normanton Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 6PP, UK. Email: siderealpress@hotmail.com.

Small Beer Press (www.smallbeerpress.com), 150 Pleasant Street #306, Easthampton, MA 01027, USA. Email: info@small-beerpress.com.

Spectral Press (spectralpress.wordpress.com), 5 Serjeants Green, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK14 6HA, UK. Email: spectralpress@gmail.com.

Stumar Press (www.stumarpress.co.uk), 4 Pottery Close, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 0HU, UK. Email: stumarpress@gmail. com.

Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com), PO Box 190106, Burton, MI 48519, USA. Email: subpress@gmail.com.

Swallowdown Press (www.swallowdownpress.com), PO Box 86810, Portland, OR 97286-0810, USA.

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. Email: tartarus@pavilion.co.uk.

Telos Publishing Ltd (www.telos.co.uk), 17 Pendre Avenue, Prestatyn, Denbighshire LL19 9SH, UK. Email: david@telos. co.uk.

Ticonderoga Publications (www.ticonderogapublications. com), PO Box 29, Greenwood, WA 6924, Australia.

Two Ravens Press Ltd. (www.tworavenspress.com), Taigh nam Fitheach, 26 Breanish Uig, Isle of Lewis HS2 9HB, UK.

Undertow Publications (www.undertowbooks.com), 1905 Faylee Crescent, Pickering, ON L1V 2T3, Canada. Email: under towbooks@gmail.com.

Albedo One (www.albedo1.com) is Ireland’s magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror. The editorial address is Albedo One, 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Email: bobn@yellow brickroad.ie.

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: ansible-request@dcs. gla.ac.uk 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 Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature (www.black gate.com) is an attractive pulp-style publication that includes heroic fantasy and horror fiction. Subscriptions are available from: New Epoch Press, 815 Oak Street, St. Charles, IL 60174, USA. Email: john@blackgate.com.

Black Static (www.ttapress.com) is the UK’s premier horror fiction magazine, published bi-monthly. Six-and twelve-issue subscriptions are available, along with a new lifetime subscription, from TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK, or from the secure TTA website. Email: black static@ttapress.com.

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. Email: info@cemeterydance.com.

Dark Discoveries (www.darkdiscoveries.com) sets out to unsettle, edify and involve with fiction, interviews and non-fiction and is published irregularly. 142 Woodside Drive, Longview, WA 98632, USA. Email: info@darkdiscoveries. com.

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.

The Horror Zine (www.thehorrorzine.com) is a monthly online magazine edited by Jeani Rector that features fiction, poetry, interviews and reviews.

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: locus@locusmag.com. You can also now subscribe to a digital edition at: weightlessbooks.com/genre/ nonfiction/locus-12-month-subscription.

Locus Online (www.locusmag.com/news) is an excellent online source for the latest news and reviews.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (www.fandsf. com) has been publishing some of the best imaginative fiction for more than sixty years. Edited by Gordon Van Gelder, and now 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 new website.

Morpheus Tales (www.morpheustales.com) is a quarterly magazine of horror, science fiction and fantasy, with reviews appearing on the website and myspace versions (www.myspace. com/morpheustales).

Murky Depths: The Quarterly Anthology of Graphically Dark Speculative Fiction (www.murkydepths.com) is a glossy magazine devoted to graphic strips and short fiction.

Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism (www.word craftoforegon.com/pd.html) is a literary journal dedicated to building an understanding of and appreciation for New Fabulism and a Literature of the Fantastic. The journal is published annually. Email: phantomdrifteditor@yahoo.com.

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.rue-morgue.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: info@rue-morgue.com. 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.ruemorguemarket place.com.

Shadows & Tall Trees (www.undertowbooks.com) is published annually. Editor Michael Kelly’s trade paperback magazine is open to previously unpublished submissions of quiet, literary horror fiction from 1 January to 28 February. Standard manuscript format, up to 7,500 words. Email: under towbooks@gmail.com.

Space and Time: The Magazine of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com) is published quarterly. Single issues and subscriptions are available from the website or from the new address: Space and Time Magazine, 458 Elizabeth Avenue #5348, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA. In the UK and Europe, copies can be ordered from BBR Distributing, PO Box 625, Sheffield S1 3GY, UK.

Spectral Press (spectralpress.wordpress.com), 5 Serjeants Green, Neath Hill, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK14 6HA, UK. Email: spectralpress@gmail.com.

Subterranean Press Magazine (www.supterraneanpress.com/ magazine).

Supernatural Tales (suptales.blogspot.com) is a twice-yearly fiction magazine edited by David Longhorn. Three-issue subscriptions are available via post (UK cheques or PayPal only) to: Supernatural Tales, 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead NE8 4NN, UK. Email: davidlonghorn@hotmail.com.

Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction (www.theakersquarterly.blog spot.com). Email: theakers@silveragebooks.com.

Video WatcHDog (www.videowatchdog.com) describes itself as “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Fantastic Video” and is published bi-monthly. One year (six issues) subscriptions are available from: orders@videowatchdog.com.

Bookfellows/Mystery and Imagination Books (www.mystery-andimagination.com) is owned and operated by Malcolm and Christine Bell, who have been selling fine and rare books since 1975. This clean and neatly organised 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. Email: bookfellows@ gowebway.com.

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. World-wide shipping. Email: office@borderlands-books.com.

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)1276475388. Email: andy@coldtonnage.com.

Ken Cowley issues a bumper catalogue filled with a huge number of titles both old and new, many from his own extensive collection. Write to: Ken Cowley, Trinity Cottage, 153 Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 7TU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1275872247. Email: kencowley@blueyonder.co.uk.

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: darkdel@darkdel.com.

DreamHaven Books & Comics (www.dreamhavenbooks. com) became an online and mail-order outlet only in early 2012, offering new and used SF/fantasy/horror/art and illustrated etc. with regular catalogues (both print and email). Credit cards accepted. Tel: (612) 823-6070. Email: 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 PayPal accepted. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1268747564. Email: simon@fantasticliterature.com.

Horrorbles (www.horrorbles.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. Specialises in exclusive “Basil Gogos” and “Svengoolie” items. Tel: (708) 484-7370. Email: 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 a.m. to 6 p.m.) at 814 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA or order off their website. Tel: (415) 749 0554. Email: kayo@kayobooks. com.

Iliad Bookshop (www.iliadbooks.com), 540 °Cahuenga Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA. General used bookstore that has a very impressive genre section, reasonable prices and knowledgeable staff. They have recently expanded their fiction section into an adjacent building. Tel: (818) 509-2665.

Porcupine Books offers regular catalogues and extensive mail order lists of used fantasy/horror/SF titles via email brian@porcupine.demon.co.uk or write to: 37 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 85543799.

Kirk Ruebotham (www.ukbookworld.com/members/kirk) is a mail-order only dealer, who specializes in mainly out-of-print and second-hand horror/SF/fantasy/crime fiction and related non-fiction at very good prices, with regular catalogues. Write to: 16 Beaconsfield Road, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4BX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1928560540. Email: kirk.ruebotham@ntlworld. com.

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 a.m.–9 p.m.). Email: books@thetalkingdead.fsnet. co.uk.

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: ygorsbooks@gmail.com.

All Things Horror (www.allthingshorror.co.uk) is a genre interview site run by Johnny Mains that mainly focuses on authors, editors, artists and movie stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It also caters to reviews of both films and books, and features a short fiction section that is open to submissions.

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, non-fiction 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: news@hell notes.com or dbsilva13@gmail.com.

The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (irishgothich suptales.blogspot.com) features a diverse range of articles and reviews, along with a regular “Lost Souls” feature focusing on overlooked individuals in the genre.

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 including 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 (although they apparently don’t care much for this series!). There is also a lively forum devoted to many different themes at www.vaultofevil.proboards.com.