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Back Brain Recluse [#13, 1989] (£1.25/$4.00, 56pp, octavo, cover by SMS)

6 · The Space Butterflies [Spaceship Falcon] · S. M. Baxter · ss
12 · Duet for the Devil · Randy Chandler & t. Winter-Damon · vi
17 · Dream Sequence · Dave W. Hughes · vi
23 · The Last Laugh · Matthew Dickens · vi
25 · It’s a Rubberoid World · Anon. · ar
33 · Root Canal Therapy · Ian Watson · pm
36 · Moonpiece the Monologues · Hakim Bey · ss
44 · HMS Morpheus [Part 1 of 4] · Martin Chatfield · cs
45 · The Fathers · Lyle Hopwood · ss

Back Brain Recluse [#14, Autumn 1989] ed. Chris Reed (£1.25/$4.00, 64pp, 6" x 8¼")

4 · The Small Press Gets Its Act Together · Chris Reed · ed
6 · Sequel · Allen Ashley · ss
13 · Synopsis of a Looking-Glass Rebellion · Michael Cobley · ss
18 · Boys · D. F. Lewis · vi
22 · Instrument of the Dominant Gene · David Memmott · ss
28 · London Is Calling · t. Winter-Damon & Don Webb · vi
33 · Another England · Neal Asher · ss
38 · HMS Morpheus [Part 2 of 4] · Martin Chatfield · cs
39 · HMS Morpheus [Part 3 of 4] · Martin Chatfield · cs
40 · Asphalt Seasons · Elliot Smith · vi
44 · Devil’s Advocate · David William Sheridan · ss
56 · Reviews · Chris Reed · br
61 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
63 · Kittens · D’Israeli · ct

Back Brain Recluse [#15, Spring 1990] (£1.75, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman)

4 · A Free Market for SF? · Chris Reed · ed
8 · Madge · D. F. Lewis · vi
11 · Love Gun · Mark Haw · ss
16 · Howard Bolger’s Fabulous Space Cafe · David B. Riley · ss
19 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss
24 · HMS Morpheus [Part 4 of 4] · Martin Chatfield · cs
26 · The Jailbird · Mark Iles · ss
28 · Crime Watcher · David Hast · nv

Back Brain Recluse [#16, Summer 1990] (£1.75, 56pp, quarto, cover by Dreyfus)

8 · Colder Still · Tim Nickels · ss
16 · Beach Scene · Don Webb · pl
20 · Sailor on the Sea of Tranquility · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
28 · Sometimes We Come Back · Wayne Allen Sallee · vi
32 · Fleshflowers · Paul Di Filippo · ss

Back Brain Recluse [#17, Winter 1990] (£1.75, 44pp, 8¼" x 11½", cover by Michael Marrak)

6 · The Days of Increasing Automation · Philip Gladwin · ss
13 · De Panne: the Last Resort · Nicholas Royle · ss
18 · Superhorrors: an Interview with Ramsey Campbell · Andrew Darlington · iv
23 · A Pinch of... · Rick Cadger · ss
28 · The Cruellest Month · Miles Hadfield · ss

BBR [#18, Spring 1991] ed. Chris Reed (BBR, £1.95, 55pp, A4, cover by Kevin Cullen)
Small press speculative fiction magazine. Order from Chris Reed, P.O. Box 625, SHEFFIELD, S1 3GY.

4 · Surviving the SF Supermarket · Chris Reed · ed
6 · The Aliens’ Midwife · David Hast · ss
12 · Notes for Luchenko’s Third Symphony (The Arcades of Allah) · Richard Kadrey · ss
17 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
18 · The Romanian Question [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · ss
30 · Mr Keim Adrift · Todd Mecklem · vi
34 · Theme from Shaft · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
47 · BBR Review · [Misc.] · br
54 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

BBR [#19, Summer 1991] ed. Chris Reed (BBR, £1.95, 55pp, A4, cover by Anne Stephens)
Small press speculative fiction magazine. Order from Chris Reed, P.O. Box 625, SHEFFIELD, S1 3GY.

4 · BBR celebrates “Year’s Best” success · Chris Reed · ed
6 · Brain Fever · Maureen Speller · cl
9 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
10 · Chippoke Na Gomi (Tiny Dust) · Misha · ss Witness Anthology of Experimental Fiction 1989
16 · For as long as I Live · Alan Garside · ss
23 · Porcupine · Fast Lizard Graphics · cs
24 · Assassin · Alison Sinclair · ss
32 · The Newt Fisher · Todd Mecklem · vi
36 · Master Finlayson’s Boy · Diana Reed · ss
46 · BBR Review · [Misc.] · br
54 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

BBR [#20, Spring 1992] ed. Chris Reed (Chris Reed, 27pp, A4, cover by Alfred Klosterman)
This is a special non-fiction issue that was only available (free of charge) to subscribers.

3 · Not Drowning but Waving · Chris Reed · ed
6 · Brain Fever · Maureen Speller · cl
9 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
11 · High Weirdness: The Church of the SubGenius Calls! · David Kerekes · ar
14 · What the Hell Does the Small Press Think it’s Playing At? · Paul Pinn · lt
15 · BBR Editor Chris Reed Replies · Chris Reed · ms
16 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
18 · BBR Review · [Misc.] · br
25 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

Back Brain Recluse [#21 (1992)] ed. Chris Reed (Chris Reed, £3.50, 82pp, A4, cover by Dreyfus)
Small press speculative fiction magazine. Order from Chris Reed, P.O. Box 625, SHEFFIELD, S1 3GY.

2 · Getting on with the Job · Chris Reed · ed
4 · News · [Misc.] · ms
6 · Brain Fever: Who Is Ernest Hogan? · Maureen Speller · cl
8 · Beach Weather · Carol T. Noble · vi
12 · The Crystal Heart · Gabriel de Anda · ss
20 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
21 · A Toothsome Smile, An Artificial Death · Eva Hauser; translated by Cyril Simsa · vi
24 · This Is Your Life Kit · R. V. Branham · ss
31 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
32 · Born in the Forest · Tim Nickels · ss
36 · Photography Is Not Permitted · Roger Thomas · ss
49 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
50 · Ancient Flavours · Conrad Williams · ss
58 · For the Moon Itself · David Memmott · ar
62 · BBR Review · [Misc.] · br
71 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
75 · Directory · [Misc.] · ms

Back Brain Recluse [#22 (1994)] ed. Chris Reed (Chris Reed, £3.50, 94pp, A4)
Small press speculative fiction magazine. Order from Chris Reed, P.O. Box 625, SHEFFIELD, S1 3GY.

2 · Editorial · Chris Reed · ed
4 · News · [Misc.] · ms
6 · A Heart for Lucretia [Veniss] · Jeff VanderMeer · ss The Silver Web #9 1993
11 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
12 · Stairs Into the Sea · Mark Rich · ss
18 · Body of Life · David Kerekes · vi
20 · The Shimmering Sands · Stratford Kirby · ss
29 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
30 · Flagellante’s Search for the Eelgirl · Lizbeth Rymland · vi
32 · The Way Out · Don Webb · ss
39 · Mud Puppy Goes Uptown · Paul Di Filippo · ss
47 · Eat to Win · Brooks Peck · ss
50 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
52 · Marsfall · Darick Chamberlin · ss
58 · Tooley’s Root · Tim Nickels · ss
67 · BBR Review · [Misc.] · br
81 · Directory · [Misc.] · ms

Back Brain Recluse [#23 (1997)] ed. Chris Reed (Chris Reed, £4.00, 90pp, tp)
Small press speculative fiction magazine. Order from Chris Reed, P.O. Box 625, SHEFFIELD, S1 3GY.

4 · Joey Mollusc and the Cepheid Variable · Andrew Darlington · ss
9 · Junior Achievement · Don Webb · ss
12 · The Water Man · Ursula Pflug · ss Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic Press 1990
18 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
19 · In Search of Guy Fawkes · Allen Ashley · ss
26 · Cranes · Cliff Burns · pm Genuinely Inspired Primitive, Cliff Burns 1993
28 · The Ones We Need, The Ones We Leave Behind · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
36 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
38 · The First Man Not to Walk on the Moon · Richard Kadrey · vi
42 · Belch of the Fire-Eater · Jill McGroarty · ss
49 · Head · Peter Finch · ss
53 · Mogollón News · Uncle River · cl
54 · Last Day of the Carnival: 36 Exposures · Paul Kincaid · ss
60 · Micromorphosis · R. V. Branham · vi
62 · Detectives and Cadavers [Veniss] · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Science Fiction Review #9 1992
70 · Prague with Fingers of Rain · Cyril Simsa · ar
77 · The Past · Michal Ajvaz; translated by Farimah Daftary · vi Yazzyk #1 1992
79 · The Concert · Michal Ajvaz; translated by Farimah Daftary · vi Yazzyk #1 1992
81 · Interview with an Autocatalytic Homeostatic Device [Darick Chamberlin] · Paul Di Filippo · iv
86 · Yellow · Darick Chamberlin · vi
87 · Letters of Comment · [The Readers] · lc

Angel Body and Other Magic for the Soul ed. Chris Reed & David Memmott (Back Brain Recluse, £9.95, 186pp, tp)
This is #24 of Back Brain Recluse and #26 in the “Wordcraft Speculative Writers” series.

3 · Foreword · Chris Reed · fw
5 · Introduction · David Memmott · in
7 · Angel Body · Thomas E. Kennedy · ss; illustrated by Richard A. Schindler
17 · Afterward · Don Webb · ss Not One of Us Mar 1999
24 · Metamorphosis at the End of Time · Andrew Darlington · ss
36 · Moving · Lance Olsen · ss Scherzi, I Believe, Wordcraft of Oregon 1994
46 · Lupe Varga, Deceased · Bruce Evenson · ss
51 · White Vibrations · Lee Ballentine · pm
52 · Tell Me I’m Wrong · Thomas Wiloch · pp
53 · Floating · Thomas Wiloch · pp
54 · The Rope Dress · Nathan Whiting · pm
56 · Burrito Meltdown · Ernest Hogan · ss
76 · Sewing Shut My Eyes · Andi & Lance Olsen · ss Fiction International #30 1997
81 · Choosing Time · Scott Edelman · ss
102 · They Always Think They Know · Steve Sneyd · pm
104 · City Gathers in the Drain · Dan Raphael · pm
107 · Sufferer · W. Gregory Stewart · ss; illustrated by Richard A. Schindler
118 · Festival of the River · Mark Rich · ss The Mage Win 1985
128 · Concerning the Vampire · Tom Whalen · ex Obscure Publications 2001
134 · Frida Kahlo, Pierced by Time · Lorraine Schein · ss
141 · Poem Without Words #3 · Mark Bilokur · pi
147 · Doll House · Sandra J. Lindow · pm
148 · Buzz Bomb: Lost Angel · John Noto · pm
150 · The Carnelian Cat · Misha Nogha · vi
152 · Stained Glass · Denise Dumars · ss; illustrated by Richard A. Schindler
165 · The Man Who Adopted Dead Children · Conger Beasley, Jr. · ss Eureka Literary Review 2000
175 · By the Dawn’s Early Light · Bruce Boston · vi LC-39 #1 1999
181 · The Contributors · Anon. · bg

The Best of Back Brain Recluse

Publishers:

Chris Reed; Smallfield, Surrey: The Best of Back Brain Recluse

Editors:

Chris Reed - Editor: The Best of Back Brain Recluse.

The Best of Back Brain Recluse [#1 (September 1987)] (£1.50, 60pp, 6" x 8½", cover by Kaiser Bill)

4 · The Spidermonger · Simon C. Jones · ss Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
9 · Camera Out · Steve Sneyd · pm Back Brain Recluse #3 1985
10 · All in the Game · D’Israeli · cs Back Brain Recluse #3 1985
13 · The Rise and Fall of the Artful Dodger · Chris Reed · ss Back Brain Recluse #2 1984
20 · After the Raid · Andrew Darlington · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
22 · Steppenwolf · Anne Dyer · ss Back Brain Recluse #2 1984
26 · ...Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea... · Simon Clark · ss Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
30 · The Falcon · Michael Moorcock · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
32 · Flickering Blue Extreme · t. Winter-Damon · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
33 · Mirror Mirror on the Wall · Anne Dyer · ss Back Brain Recluse #3 1985
43 · Swinging the Lead · Tom Bingham · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
44 · Something to Look Forward To · Steve Sneyd · vi Back Brain Recluse #3 1985
46 · The Curse of Man · Michael Moorcock · pm Back Brain Recluse #1 1984
47 · Circular Error · Andrew Darlington · ss Back Brain Recluse #3 1985
53 · King of a Nutshell · Steve Sneyd · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 1985
54 · Azimuth: A Matter of Ascendancy · D’Israeli · cs (r)
55 · Death Trap · Chris Reed · ss 1981

Back Brain Recluse Collections

Publishers:

Chris Reed; Smallfield, Surrey: Back Brain Recluse Collections

Editors:

Chris Reed - Editor: Back Brain Recluse Collections.

Back Brain Recluse Collections [#1, 1988] (12pp+, cover by Kaiser Bill)
So Long as the Price Is Right

3 · The President and His Challenger · Chris Reed · pm
4 · You Call This a Holiday · Chris Reed · pm
5 · Christmas with Cleaner · Chris Reed · pm
6 · An Exercise in Memory · Chris Reed · pm
8 · Recollections of Tomorrow · Chris Reed · pm
9 · CBD · Chris Reed · pm Works #1 1988
10 · Sherwood Forest - Robin Hood Country · Chris Reed · pm
11 · Travelogue (for Richard Mason) · Chris Reed · pm

Backlog (about)

Backlog [#1, Fall 1982] ed. Susan Palwick (Infinity Ltd., the Princeton Science Fiction Society; Princeton, NJ, $1.50, 36pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

3 · Introduction · Anon. · in
4 · Taller Than Trees · Susan Palwick · ss
7 · [artwork] · P. S. Nim · il
10 · The Little Green Men · L. Sprague de Camp · pm Fantasy Crossroads #7 1976
11 · From the Memoirs of Leejean Littlewitch · Margaret O’Connell · ss
14 · We Should Have Known Better · Anatoly Belilovsky · ss
17 · Tourist in Escherland · Susan Palwick · pm
18 · Building an Improbable World · Hal Clement · ar
19 · Vix of Windex · Andrew Baird · ss
24 · The Hunt of the Unicorn · Margaret O’Connell · pm
26 · Beginner’s Story · Alex Jeffers · ss
31 · [artwork] · P. S. Nim · il
[artwork] · Andrew Baird · il

Backwards City Review (about)

Backwards City Review [v1 #1, Fall 2004] ed. Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills (Backwards City Publications; Greensboro, NC, $7.00, 100pp+, 6" x 9" s/b, cover by Mark Bradley Shoup)

ifc. · Heat Wave · Tom Chalkley · ct
1 · Editors’ Note · Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills · ed
2 · Architectural Digest · Joyelle McSweeney · pm
4 · The Great White Fleet · Joyelle McSweeney · pm
5 · Me v. January · Ander Monson · pm
6 · Circumstantial · Ander Monson · pm
7 · Results for Novice Males · Michael Parker · ss
21 · Eviction · Karri Harrison Paul · pm
22 · Sex · Greg Williamson · pm
23 · Sex · Greg Williamson · pm
24 · If You’ve Got Something to Say, Then Say It · Marcus Slease · pm
26 · What’s in a Name? · Peter S. Conrad · cs
28 · Poem in Which I Seek Consolation in the Etymology of a Word · Paul Guest · pm
29 · Victoria’s Secret · Paul Guest · pm
31 · Local News · Alix Ohlin · ss
42 · The Stoned Ape Theory · Jim Rugg · cs
48 · Umbrage · John Latta · pm
49 · Gadabout · John Latta · pm
50 · from “Complex Sleep” · Tony Tost · pm
53 · Excerpt from Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town · Cory Doctorow · ex
58 · How to Create Your Own Amnesia · Erica Bernheim · pm
59 · Summer Crookneck · Erica Bernheim · pm
60 · What Prayer Is · Sarah Manguso · pm
61 · Alfred Whitehead Is Alive and Well in Corpus Christi, Texas · Stephen Kuusisto · ar
65 · DIY Foot Washing · Kristin Hall · pm
66 · The Flight Area · Kristin Hall · pm
67 · Membrane · Arielle Greenberg · pm
68 · On a Return to Being a Polemic against Light Verse · Arielle Greenberg · pm
69 · Speeding Away · Adam Berlin · ss
90 · They Call My Car Illegal · K. Silem Mohammad · pm
91 · Demerol Chillout · K. Silem Mohammad · pm
92 · from “Secured against Hares” · Johannes Goransson · pm
94 · Poetry Blogs in Zurich · Kent Johnson · pp
95 · Policy · Gabriel Gudding · pm
95 · Religion · Gabriel Gudding · pm
100 · Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? · Kurt Vonnegut · ms
bc. · Philadelphia Train Boxes: May 11, 2000 · Mary Beth Sanders · cv

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