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QUICKSILVER TWILIGHT
The Quicksilver Trilogy,
Volume Three

Harper Collins/Voyager; trade paperback, October 2006.  ISBN 978-0007141531
Mass-market paperback edition: June 2007.  ISBN 978-0007141548
Cover art: Dominic Harman
Large print edition: Lightning Source, January 2007. 

Other editions:

American edition (as The Diamond Isle / series title - The Dreamtime trilogy):
Harper Collins/Eos; trade paperback, January 2007.  Mass-market paperback:
September 2007.
The American edition is also available as an all-formats E-book. 
Australian/New Zealand edition: Harper collins/Voyager Australia, January 2007. 
Canadian edition (as The Diamond Isle): Harper collins Canada, January 2007.  
Mass-market paperback edition: September 2007.   
French edition (as Le Crépuscule du Vif-Argent): Bragelonne, August 2007. 
German edition (as Die Magische Insel): Heyne Verlag, May 2006.  Mass-market
paperback: publication date September 2008. 
Russian edition: Eksmo; publication date tba.

Book club editions:

Australia/New Zealand: The Quest/Doubleday, March 2007.
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club, October 2006.
US: Science Fiction Book Club, January 2007.

Quicksilver Twilight was nominated for the 2007 British Fantasy Award (best novel category).

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QUICKSILVER ZENITH
The Quicksilver Trilogy,
Volume Two

Harper collins/Voyager; trade paperback, September 2004.  ISBN 978-0007235261  
Mass-market paperback edition: April 2005.  ISBN 978-0007141524 
Cover art: Dominic Harman
Large print edition: Lightning Source, April 2006.

Other editions:
American edition (as The Righteous Blade / series title - The Dreamtime trilogy):
Harper collins/Eos; trade paperback, January 2006.  Mass-market paperback: 
November 2006.
The American edition is also available as an all-formats E-book.
Australian/New Zealand edition: Harper collins/Voyager Australia, September 2004. 
Canadian edition (as The Righteous Blade): Harper collins Canada, December 2005.
Mass-market paperback edition: October 2006. 
French edition (as Le Zenith Du Vif-Argent / series title - Vif-Argent trilogy):
Bragelonne, February 2005. 
German edition (as Das Magische Zeichen): Heyne Verlag, April 2005.  
Russian edition: Eksmo, October 2006.

Book club editions:

Australia/New Zealand: The Quest/Doubleday; September 2004. 
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club, September 2004.
US: Science Fiction Book Club, January 2006.

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ORCS: The Omnibus Edition

Gollancz, August 2004.  ISBN 978-0575074873   
(The Orcs: First Blood trilogy: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest.  The book also contains short story ‘The Taking’.)
Reprints: October 2004; second reprint: December 2004; third reprint: February 2005; fourth reprint: June 2005; fifth reprint October 2005; sixth reprint January 2006; seventh reprint June 2007; eight reprint September 2007. 
Cover art: Scott Maple/Kropserkel

Other English language editions:
American edition: Orbit US, publication date tba.   

Book club editions:

Australia/New Zealand: The Quest/Doubleday, April 2005.

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QUICKSILVER RISING
The Quicksilver Trilogy,
Volume One

Harper collins/Voyager; trade paperback, August 2003.  ISBN 978-0007141494
Mass-market paperback edition: March 2004.  ISBN 978-0007141500
Cover art: Dominic Harman 
Large print edition: Lightning Source, April 2006.

Other editions:
American edition (as The Covenant Rising / series title - The Dreamtime trilogy):
Harper collins/Eos; trade paperback, January 2005.  Mass-market paperback: 
December 2005.  (Reprinted September 2006.) 
The American edition is also available as an all-formats E-book. 
Australian/New Zealand edition: Harper collins/Voyager Australia; August 2003. 
Canadian edition (as The Covenant Rising): Harper collins Canada, December 2004. 
Mass-market paperback edition: November 2005.
French edition (as L’Eveil du Vif-Argent / series title - Vif-Argent trilogy):
Bragelonne, September 2004.
German edition (as Der Magische Bund): Heyne Verlag, April 2004.  Mass-market
paperback edition: September 2007.    
Russian edition: Eksmo, January 2005.

Book club editions:

Australia/New Zealand: The Quest/Doubleday, August 2003. 
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club, August 2003.  (The first 100
copies of this edition contained a signed bookplate.) 
US: Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005.

Quicksilver Rising was nominated for the 2004 British Fantasy Award (best novel category).

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WARRIORS OF THE TEMPEST
Orcs: First Blood, Book Three

Orion/Gollancz; trade paperback, November 2000.  ISBN 978-0575070691
Mass-market paperback edition: September 2001.  ISBN 978-1857985627
Cover art: Chris Baker

Other editions:
Bulgarian (omnibus edition with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder):
Bard Publishing House, June 2006.
Chinese edition: Orient Publishing Centre, October 2007.
Czech Republic edition: Fantom Print, January 2006.
Dutch edition (as Koning Van De Schaduw): Luitingh-Sijthoff, March 2006. Dutch omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder): Luitingh-Sijthoff, October 2007.
French edition (as Les Guerriers de la Tempete):Bragelonne, October 2002. 
French omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder): 
Bragelonne, January 2007.
German (omnibus edition with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder, as 
Die Orks): Heyne Verlag, November 2002.  [Warriors of the Tempest: Krieger Des
 Sturms]  Second omnibus edition: Verlag R. Piper, November 2004.  Mass-market 
paperback edition: Piper, November 2005.
Italian edition (as I Guerrieri Della Tempesta):Mondadori,  March 2006. 
Mass-market paperback edition: Oscar Mondadori Bestsellers, November 2006.  
Omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder): January
2007.  The Italian edition is also available as an E-Book.
Polish edition: (as Wojownicy Burzy): Amber Publishing, March 2006.
Russian edition: Eksmo, October 2002.  Omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of 
 Lightning and Legion of  Thunder): November 2004.  Second Russian omnibus
edition (repackaged): July 2006.
Spanish (omnibus) edition: Edhasa, publication date tba.

Book club editions:
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club, December 2000.  Book Club omnibus edition
(with Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder): March 2003.
US: Science Fiction Book Club omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning
and Legion of Thunder): November 2002.

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LEGION OF THUNDER
Orcs: First Blood, Book Two

Orion/Gollancz; trade paperback October 1999.  ISBN 978-0575068711
Millennium mass-market paperback edition: August 2000.  ISBN 978-1857985603. Cover art: Chris Baker

Other editions:
Bulgarian (omnibus edition with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the
 Tempest): Bard Publishing House, June 2006.
Chinese edition: Orient Publishing Centre, August 2007.
Czech Republic edition: Fantom Print, Sept 2005.
Dutch edition (as Hofdame Van HetDuister): Luitingh-Sijthoff, November 2005.
Dutch omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest):
Luitingh-Sijthoff, October 2007.
French edition (as La Legion Du Tonnerre): Bragelonne, April 2002.  French
omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest):
Bragelonne, January 2007.
German (omnibus edition with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest,
as Die Orks): Heyne Verlag, November 2002.  [Legion of Thunder: Legion Des Donners]  Second omnibus edition: Verlag R. Piper, November 2004.  Mass-market 
paperback edition: Piper, November 2005.
Italian edition (as Le Legioni Del Tuono):Mondadori, October 2005. 
Mass-market paperback edition: Oscar Mondadori Bestsellers, September 2006.    
Italian Omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest): 
January 2007.  The Italian edition is also available as an E-Book.
Polish edition (as Legion Gromu): Amber Publishing, December 2005.
Russian edition: Eksmo, August 2002.  Russian omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of
 Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest): November 2005.  Second Russian omnibus 
edition (repackaged): July 2006.
Spanish (omnibus) edition: Edhasa, publication date tba.

Book club editions:
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club,December 1999.  Book Club omnibus edition
(with Bodyguard of Lightning and Warriors of the Tempest): March 2003.
US: Science Fiction Book Club omnibus edition (with Bodyguard of Lightning
and Warriors of the Tempest): November 2002.

Legion of Thunder was a Publishing News Book of the Year choice for 1999.
It was nominated for the 2000 British Fantasy Awards (best novel category).

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BODYGUARD OF LIGHTNING
Orcs: First Blood, Book One

Orion/Millennium; trade paperback February 1999.  ISBN 1-85798-557-5 
Millennium mass-market paperback edition: October 1999.  ISBN 978-1857985573. Cover art: Chris Baker

Other editions:
Bulgarian (omnibus edition with Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest):
Bard Publishing House, June 2006.
Chinese edition: Orient Publishing Centre, June 2007.
Czech Republic edition: Fantom Print, June 2005.
Dutch edition (as Beschermheer Van Het Licht): Luitingh-Sijthoff, June 2005.
Dutch omnibus edition (with Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest):
Luitingh-Sijthoff, October 2007.
French edition (as La Compagnie de la Fordre): Bragelonne, October 2001. 
French omnibus edition (with Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest): 
Bragelonne, January 2007.
German (omnibus edition with Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest,as
Die Orks): Heyne Verlag, November 2002.  [Bodyguard of Lightning: Leibwachter Des Blitzes]  Second omnibus edition: Verlag Piper, November 2004.  Mass-market 
paperback edition: Piper, November 2005.
Italian edition (as I Guardiani dei Lampi): Mondadori, May 2005. 
Mass-market paperback edition: Oscar Mondadori Bestsellers, June 2006. 
Italian omnibus edition (with Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest):
January 2007.  The Italian edition is also available as an E-Book.
Polish edition (as Straznicy Blyska): Amber Publishing, April 2005.
Russian edition: Eksmo, June 2002.  Russian omnibus edition (with Legion of 
 Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest): November 2005.  Second Russian
omnibus edition (repackaged): Eksmo, July 2006.
Spanish edition (as La Banda de Los Hurones): Timun Mas, May 2000.
Spanish omnibus edition: Edhasa, publication date tba.

Book club editions:
UK: BCA Fantasy & SF Book Club, May 1999.  Book Club omnibus edition (with
Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest): March  2003. 
US: Science Fiction Book Club omnibus edition (with Legion of Thunder and
Warriors of the Tempest): November 2002.

Bodyguard of Lightning was selected as a Waterstone’s Truly Essential Title in September 2000.
It was nominated for the 2000 British Fantasy Award (best novel category).

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A GATHERING OF SHADOWS
The Nightshade Chronicles, Book Three

Scholastic/Point Fantasy, February 1998.  ISBN 978-0590190756
Cover art: David Wyatt
Large print (hardback) edition: Thorpe/Spectrum, May 2001.

Other editions:
French edition (as L’invasion des Ombres): Bragelonne, March 2004.
Polish edition (as Zgromadzenie Cieni Kronika): Wydawnictwo RTW, July 1999. 
 Polish audio tape version: Wydawnictwo RTW; May 2000.
Spanish edition: Zona Limite/Ediciones Gaviota, August 2003.

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THE SHADOW OF THE SORCERER
The Nightshade Chronicles, Volume Two

Scholastic/Point Fantasy, November 1997.  ISBN 978-0590139717  
Cover art: David Wyatt

Large print (hardback) edition: Thorpe/Spectrum, December 2000.

Other editions:
French edition (as I’ombre du Sorcier): Bragelonne, January 2004.

Polish edition (as Cien Czarnoksieznika Kronika): Wydawnictwo RTW, July 1999. Polish audio tape edition: Wydawnictwo RT, May 2000.

Spanish edition (as La Sombra Del Hechicero): Zona Limite/Ediciones Gaviota,  July 1999.

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DARK SKIES: THE AWAKENING

Bantam Books, October 1997.  ISBN 978-0553506198

Novelisation of the American TV series. 

Voted one of the ten best Media Tie-In Novels of the year in SFX magazine’s readers’ poll (issue 43, October 1998).

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FADE TO BLACK

Scholastic/Point Crime, March 1997.  ISBN 978-0590137744
Cover artist unknown.

Large print (hardback) edition: Chivers Press/Galaxy, April 1998.

Other editions:
American trade paperback edition: Chivers US, April 1998. 
French edition (as Arret sur Image): Hachette Livre, November 1997.
German edition (as Mord in Der Villa Xanadu): Verlag Cora/Mystery Thriller
[imprint], February 1998.
Italian edition (as Testamento Mortale): Mondadori, March 2006.
Spanish edition (as Fundido Al Negro): Zona Limite/Ediciones Gaviota, June 1999. 

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GERRY ANDERSON: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY

Random House/Legend, October 1996.  ISBN 978-0099781417
Trade paperback edition: Little, Brown/Legend, January 1998. 
ISBN 978-0099224426

Credited to ‘Simon Archer and Stan Nicholls’. 
Completion/revision of book begun by the late Simon Archer. 

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THE BOOK OF SHADOWS
The Nightshade Chronicles, Book One

Scholastic/Point Fantasy; June 1996.  ISBN 0590132725   
Second printing: October 1996.
Cover art: Paul Young
Large print (hardback) edition: Thorpe/Spectrum, October 2000.

Other editions:
French edition (as Le Grimoire des Ombres): Bragelonne, October 2003.
Polish edition (as Ksiega Cieni Kronika): Wydawnictwo RTW, July 1999.
Polish audio tape version: Wydawnictwo RTW, May 2000.
Spanish edition (as El Libro De Las Sombras): Zona Limite/Ediciones Gaviota,
June 1999.

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SPIDER-MAN: THE HOBGOBLIN

Boxtree/Sapling, February 1996.  ISBN 978-0752201528
Cover artist unknown.

Novelisation of Marvel Comics animated TV series. 

Other editions:
French edition: 1996 (publisher unknown - book not seen).

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STRANGE INVADERS

Scholastic/Point SF, July 1995.  ISBN 978-0590131025   
Second printing: October 1995.
Cover art: Kevin Jenkins

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COOL ZOOL

Boxtree, February 1995.  ISBN 0-7522-0957-4
Cover artist unknown.

Young adult novel based on PC game. 

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KEN AND ME

Simon & Schuster, October 1993.  ISBN 978-0671712136   
Mass market paperback: Pocket Books, September 1994.  ISBN 0671850857
Large print hardback edition: Chivers Press, October 1994.

Official biography of Coronation Street’s William Roache. 
As ‘William Roache with Stan Nicholls’. 

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WORDSMITHS OF WONDER

Fifty Interviews With Writers of the Fantastic

Little, Brown/Orbit; October 1993.  ISBN: 978-1857231489
Cover art: Trevor Scobie

Interviews with Douglas Adams, Brian Aldiss, Robert Asprin, Peter Atkins, Jonathan Aycliffe, JG Ballard, Iain M Banks, Clive Barker, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury, David Brin, Terry Brooks,
Ramsey Campbell, CJ Cherryh, Storm Constantine, Louise Cooper, Stephen Donaldson, Gardner Dozois, Christopher Fowler, Stephen Gallagher, David Gemmell, Colin Greenland,
Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, James Herbert, Robert Holdstock, Shaun Hutson, Patricia Kennealy, Katharine Kerr, Tanith Lee, Graham Masterton, Michael Moorcock,
Dwina Murphy-Gibb, Kim Newman, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes, Diana Paxson, Frederik Pohl, Terry Pratchett*, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Dan Simmons, Guy N Smith, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick, Lisa Tuttle, Howard Waldrop, Tad Williams, David Wingrove, Jonathan Wylie. 

*Quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Quotations; OUP, 1998.

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TOM AND JERRY: THE MOVIE

Boxtree, July 1993.  ISBN 978-1852838003
Cover artist unknown.

Young adult novelisation.

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GLADIATORS GAME BOOK No 1

Boxtree, November 1992.  ISBN 1852838655

Tie-in with London Weekend Television game show.

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AS ADAPTOR:

DAVID GEMMELL’S LEGEND

Random House/Legend; trade paperback, October 1993.  ISBN 0-09-914171-X 

Graphic novel version, illustrated by Chris (“Fangorn”) Baker and lettered by Elitta Fell.  

A numbered and signed hardback edition limited to 200 copies was published simultaneously.

Other editions:
German edition (as Die Legende): Verlag Thomas Tilsner, March 1997.

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DAVID GEMMELL’S WOLF IN SHADOW

Random House/Legend; trade paperback, September 1994.  ISBN 978-0099275619

Graphic novel version, illustrated by Chris (“Fangorn”) Baker and lettered by Elitta Fell. 

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SPOIL 

In the anthology Narrow Houses II: Touch Wood, edited by Peter Crowther 
Little, Brown (hardback) December 1993; Warner Books UK paperback December 1994.
American paperback edition: Warner Books, March 1996.

Story reprinted in issue 18 of French literary magazine Hauteurs, December 2005.     

Reprinted in issue 8 of French magazine Khimaira, October/December 2006.

Reprinted as a two part serial in UK magazine Murky Depths issues 2 and 3,
December 2007/February 2008.

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Softies 

In the anthology 13 More Tales of Horror, edited by Anne Finnis. 
Scholastic/Point Horror; March 1994.

Reprinted in the American anthology The Cat-Dogs and Other Tales of Horror;
Scholastic US, August 1995.
Reprinted as Compagnons in the French-Canadian anthology Super Frissons 2: 13  Histories; Les Editions Heritage Inc, January 1996.
Reprinted as Cuori di Pezza in the anthology Le Impronte Del Diavolo;
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Italy, March 1996.
Reprinted as Peluchesin the anthology Los Perrigatos; Zona Limite/Ediciones
 Gaviota, June 1999. 
Reprinted in an anthology published by Talpress, Czech Republic, in 2000.  (Unseen; title of anthology unknown.)

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Picking Up the Tab 

In the anthology 13 Again, edited by Anne Finnis. 
Scholastic/Point Horror, July 1995. 

Reprinted in an anthology published by Talpress, Czech Republic, in
April 1997.  (Unseen; title of anthology unknown.)

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Dead on Arrival 

In the anthology 13 Murder Mysteries, edited by Julia Moffatt. 
Scholastic/Point Crime, June 1996. 

Reprinted as Mort a l’arrivee in the French anthology 13 Morts Suspectes;
Les Editions Heritage Inc, March 1997.
Reprinted as Ingreso Cadaver in the Spanish anthology Un Toque Dr Muerte; Zona  Limite/Ediciones Gaviota, March 2000.
Reprinted in the French-Canadian anthology 13 Morts Suspectes; hardcover, publisher and date unknown.

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We Are For The Dark 

In the anthology Shakespearean Detectives, edited by Mike Ashley. 
Robinson Publishing, August 1998.
US edition: Carroll & Graf, August 1998. 
This anthology also published as More Shakespearean Whodunnits by Past Times, August 1998.

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Throwing a Wobbly

In the Internet science fiction site Infinity Plus. 
Story added 8th August 1998. 

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Three Whimsies: 1) Falling in Love;  2) If You Can’t Do It With the Lights On You Shouldn’t Be Doing It At All; 3) Good Brown, Charlie Grief

In the souvenir programme book for FantasyCon XXIV, Birmingham, UK,

8th-10th September 2000; British Fantasy Society

The Taking 

In the anthology Swords Against the Millennium, edited by Mike Chinn.  Alchemy Press/Saladoth Productions, September 2000.  Paperback and limited edition hardback.

Reprinted in the October 2001 issue of 42, the magazine of the Radbroke Hall Science Fiction & Fantasy Society.
Reprinted (as La Releve) in the December 2001 issue of French role-playing magazine Backstab. 
Reprinted in the UK omnibus edition of the Orcs: First Blood trilogy; Gollancz,  August 2004. 
Reprinted (as La Releve) in Fantasy: La Revue Des Editions Bragelonne, edited by Stephane Marsan & Alain Nevant; Bragelonne, Paris, July 2005.
Reprinted (as Porwanie) in Orkowie Tom 3: Wojownicy Burzy [Warriors of the Tempest]; Amber, Poland, March 2006.
Reprinted (as De Diefstal) in an Orcs sampler distributed with the March 2006 edition of Dutch magazine Elf Fantasy.
Reprinted in an anthology entitled Legie Nesmrtelnych [Legion of Immortals];  Fantom Print, Czech Republic, January 2007.
Reprinted (as La Releve) in Orcs: L’Integrale De La Trilogie; Bragelonne, Paris, February 2007.

The Taking was shortlisted for the 2001 British Fantasy Awards (short fiction category).

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Polly Put the Mockers On 

In the anthology The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy, edited by Mike Ashley.  Robinson Publishing, May 2001.

Reprinted as Der Papagel in Der Hand ... in the German edition of this anthology, entitled Hokus, Pokus, Hexenschuss; Bastei Lubbe, November 2002.

In August 2004 the anthology was reissued as Comic Fantasy under the W.H. Smith imprint, and sold exclusively in their stores.

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