Our April 1995 novella from Brian Stableford, “Mortimer Gray’s

History of Death,

” was a finalist for the 1996 Nebula award. Mr. Stableford’s most recent American publication,

The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires,

was released by Mark Ziesing Books last year. He is currently finishing

Chimera’s Cradle,

the final novel in a trilogy that includes

Serpent’s Blood

(Legend 1995), and

Salamander’s Fire

(May 1996). The author was also a leading contributor to

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

(Orbit 1993) and the forthcoming

Encyclopedia of Fantasy.