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The Third Alternative [#3, Summer 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Dave Mooring)

3 · Fear and Loathing in Witcham · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Four Miles to the Hotel California · Roger Stone · ss
9 · Candles · John Steer · pm
10 · The Absence · D. F. Lewis · ss
15 · Walking the Wall · Gerald England · pm
16 · A Room at Mrs Rajalaxmi’s · John Gimblett · vi
18 · can’t catch me, i’m the gingerbread man · karen verba · pm
19 · Clean & Bright · Mat Coward · ss
22 · Messages from Betelguese / An Essay on Relativity · Andrew Darlington · pm
23 · The Vindictive Studio · Albert Russo · ss
26 · Shellfish and Switchblades · Raymond K. Avery · pm
27 · A Change in Her Weather · Steve Sneyd · pm
30 · Trésor · Justina L. A. Robson · ss
33 · Once in a Lifetime · David Curl · pm
34 · Partying · Peter Finch · vi
36 · Ultima Tundra · Norman Jope · pm
38 · Hearing Colour · Tim Nickels · vi
39 · Chickening Out · David H. W. Grubb · pm
40 · Pump · James Mac · vi
41 · Ride to Venus · Allen Ashley · ss
47 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#4, Autumn 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Ben Mitchell)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Jack Limer’s Monsters · Lawrence Dyer · ss
12 · The Waiter · Tony Lewis-Jones · pm
13 · The Surface of Truth · Jessica Anderson · vi
16 · In · Brian Howell · ss
22 · The End of the Road · Rhys H. Hughes · vi
23 · Doppelganger · John Benson & Tina Reigel · pm
24 · Anesthesia Man · Bruce Boston · ss Palace Corbie #5 1994
28 · Cut Flowers · Kimberley Padgett-Clarke · vi
32 · Thrid & Shift · Paul Pinn · ss
39 · The Thin Man’s Guide to Slipstream · Allen Ashley · hu
40 · Tightrope Walker · Steve Urwin · pm
41 · Other: Please Explain · Don Webb · vi
42 · Break Down the Walls of the World · Steve Antczak · ss After Hours Win 1991
47 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#5, Winter 1994/95] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Dave Mooring)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · A Breath of Not Belonging · Rick Cadger · ss
11 · The Vampire Bride · Andrew Jordan · pm
12 · The Food of Love · Mark McLaughlin · ss
15 · Hard to Find · Joel Lane · pm
16 · Cavefish · Neal Asher · ss
19 · The Yearn · Dave Mooring · pi
20 · Day Billion · P. J. L. Hinder · ss
25 · Floaters · Tim Lebbon · ss
30 · A Siren’s Kiss · Wayne Edwards · vi
32 · Some Days · A. C. Evans · pm
33 · Beyond the Window · Peter Crowther · pm
34 · The Guinea Worm · Julie Travis · ss
40 · One for Sorrow · Dave Mooring · pi
41 · The Ties That Blind · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
49 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#6, Spring 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Alan Casey)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Cages · Neil Williamson · ss
8 · Hell on Earth Street · David Logan · ss
12 · The Latest Thing · Brian Maycock · pm
13 · Slender Lois, Slow Doris · Andrew Hook · ss
19 · Peruvian Goddess · Albert Russo · pm
20 · The Bee Keepers · Alan Casey · ss
24 · Sand Castles and Towers · Roger Stone · ss
29 · The Thinking Man · Kat Ricker · pm
30 · Thunderhead · Gary Couzens · ss
34 · Fissure · Tim Allen · pm
35 · The Indigo Casbah · Rhys H. Hughes · ss
48 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#7, Summer 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 58pp, octavo, cover by David Checkley)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Airbabies · Tim Nickels · ss
12 · Do You Know This Man? · Mat Coward · vi
14 · In Person · Gwyneth Hughes · vi
18 · The Outpost · James Miller · ss
23 · Slate · Michael Wilkinson · pm
24 · Fragments · Rick Cadger · ss
27 · Secrets · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm
27 · The Disappeared · John Benson & Tina Reigel · pm
29 · A Brief Visit to Bonnyville · D. F. Lewis · ss
34 · Softly, Softly · Paul Greene · pm
35 · The Myth of Elvis Presley · Allen Ashley · vi
38 · Because of Dust · Chris Kenworthy · ss
45 · Dry Crescent of Blood · Jane Del-Pizzo · pm
46 · The Tides of Quiddity · Paul Pinn · vi
50 · Pop Goes Weasel · Steve Antczak · ss
57 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#8, Autumn 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Roddy Williams)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Last Rites & Resurrections · Martin Simpson · ss The Silver Web #11 1994
10 · Windows of Flesh · Joel Lane · vi
13 · Waiting for the Wireman · Sam Ravens’craft · ss
18 · Danny’s Family · Hick Turnball · ss
24 · Inside · Sarah J. Evans · ss
27 · Theseus Rex · Allen Ashley · ss
33 · Blue Nothings · Simon Avery · ss
39 · Future Perfect: A Plea for Mass Illusion · Bruce Boston · pm Pirate Writings #7 1995
40 · Feel the Spin · Mark McLaughlin · ss
44 · Mainstream Slipstream: The Novels of Jeanette Winterson · Gary Couzens · bg
46 · Dust · Norman Jope · pm
47 · London Wall · Nicholas Royle · ss
55 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#9, Winter 1995/96] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by David Checkley)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · Symphony · Rick Cadger · ss
10 · The Introducers · Vincent de Souza · pm
12 · The Burning Fool · Clinton Wastling · ss
15 · Stalk · Michael Wilkinson · pm
16 · Days Away · James Miller · ss
22 · Field of Vision · Brian Howell · ss
29 · Calling Her Back · Alan Frackelton · vi
31 · Drought · Steve Urwin · pm
33 · Profile: Poppy Z. Brite · Gary Couzens · bg
36 · Countdown to the Next... · David Chorlton · ss
38 · Postcards · Neil Williamson · ss
46 · Apiary · Catherine Dean · vi
49 · Miriam’s Garden · Jessica Anderson · ss
57 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#10, Spring 1996] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Liam Kemp)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
4 · The Matter of the Heart · Nicholas Royle · ss
9 · The Inscrutable World · Rupert Loydell · pm
11 · Perfect Skin · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
16 · Bullets and Airplanes · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Aberations #1 1991
22 · Chemical Dreams · Ceri Jordan · vi
24 · Cabin · Don Webb · vi
25 · Another Friend · Chris Kenworthy · ss
29 · Tears of the Expressionist Aphrodite · Mark McLaughlin · ss
34 · The Cruel Countess · Chris Bell · ss
43 · The Galaxy by Torchlight · Hick Turnball · ss
47 · Composition · Norman Jope · pm
48 · Containing Multitudes: The Fiction of Joyce Carol Oates · Gary Couzens · bg
52 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
54 · Cages · Michael Wilkinson · pm
55 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#11, Winter 1996/97] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Jason Hurst)

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
6 · Dancing About Architecture · Martin Simpson · ss The Silver Web #13 1996
10 · Of Weather Signs & Absolution · Rick Cadger · ss
13 · State of the Ark · Allen Ashley · ss
18 · Deadhead · Justina Robson · ss
22 · Forbidden Territory · James Miller · ss
28 · Anonymity Walks · Simon Avery · ss
34 · Shine, Alone After the Setting of the Sun · Neil Williamson · ss
38 · To the Beach · Conrad Williams · ss
50 · Yin & Yang: the Novels & Novellas of Geoff Ryman · Gary Couzens · ar [Geoff Ryman]
53 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
54 · Moments of Change: Chris Kenworthy Interviewed · Rachel Clarke · iv
58 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

The Third Alternative [#12, 1997] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.75, 60pp, A4, cover by J. K. Potter)

4 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
7 · Dtohn Mi Mahn-Da · Lawrence Dyer · ss
15 · Images of the Bizarre: The Darkest Art of JK Potter · J. K. Potter · pi
17 · Keep the Night · Joel Lane · ss
21 · The Last of the Dandini Sisters · Tim Nickels · ss
27 · The God House · Tim Lees · ss
34 · Double Negative · Jason Gould · ss
40 · Lunarhampton · Rhys Hughes · ss
49 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
50 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
52 · The Horror in Ian McEwan · Roger Keen · bg
56 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br

The Third Alternative [#13, 1997] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.75, 60pp, A4, cover by Russell Morgan)

4 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
6 · Uist · Nicholas Royle · ss
17 · Russell Hoban and the Reassuringly Strange · Chris Bell · ar [Russell Hoban]
20 · The Healing · Clifford Thurlow · ss
27 · A Life in Maps · Allen Ashley · ss
30 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
32 · JG Ballard and the Constraints of Time · K. V. Bailey · ar [J. G. Ballard]
36 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
38 · Once Were Giants · Jason Frowley · ss
44 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br
47 · Even Beggars Would Ride · Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove · nv

The Third Alternative [#14, 1997] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.75, 60pp, A4, cover by TTA Press)

4 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
6 · Holes · Mark Morris · ss
14 · Heart of the Matter: An Interview with Nicholas Royle · Roger Keen · iv
18 · The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit · Paul Meloy · ss
25 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
26 · The Misdirection: The Novels of Christopher Priest · Gary Couzens · ar [Christopher Priest]
30 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
32 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br
35 · Serpent Eggs · David Langford · ss; an earlier version appeared in Irrational Numbers, Necronomicon Press, 1994.
40 · Life, Mars & Everything: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy · K. V. Bailey · ar [Kim Stanley Robinson]
44 · Balzac’s War [Veniss] · Jeff VanderMeer · nv

The Third Alternative [#15, 1998] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £3.00, 60pp, A4, cover by The Unknown Artist)

4 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
4 · The Thin Man’s Guide · Allen Ashley · ar
6 · The Gallery · Conrad Williams · ss
15 · John Fowles: Dispatches from the Sacred Combe · Gary Couzens · iv
18 · Dancing with Creation · Mike O’Driscoll · ss
25 · Storm Constantine: The Rebellion of Angels · K. V. Bailey · iv
30 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
31 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br
32 · No Man’s Island · Justina Robson · ss
38 · Kiss Me with Your Jackal Lips · Jason Gould · ss
46 · Slipstream Cinema: Frontier Incidents · Tim Lees · cl
50 · God in a Basement Flat · Rhys Hughes · ss

The Third Alternative [#16, 1998] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £3.00, 60pp, A4)

6 · I, Haruspex · Christopher Priest · nv
23 · Stormy Weather: Graham Joyce Intreviewed · Matt Williams · iv
26 · Eye of the Beholder · Tamar Yellin · ss
30 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
31 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br
32 · Enemies at the Door · Paul Finch · ss
40 · Beneath the House of Sleep: Jonathan Coe Interviewed · Nick Sweet · iv
43 · The Factory · Terence Greenhough · ss
46 · Slipstream Cinema: Nicolas Roeg: About Everything · Gary Couzens · cl [Nicolas Roeg]
49 · Twisted Obsessions · Mat Coward · cl
50 · Thanatophile Seeks Similar · James Louegroue · ss

The Third Alternative [#17, 1998] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £3.00, 60pp, A4, cover by Wendy Down)

6 · The Aspect · Conrad Williams · ss
13 · Slipstream Cinema: David Lynch: In Heaven, Everything Is Fine · Mike O’Driscoll · cl [David Lynch]
17 · Twisted Obsessions · Mat Coward · cl
18 · Owl Noises · Roberta Murphy · ss
23 · Prison Ships · Joel Lane · ss
26 · A Person from Indianapolis [Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.] · Steven Dennett · bg
30 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl
31 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br
32 · The Doll Thief · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss
37 · A Bottleful of Shadows · Alexander Glass · ss
42 · Christopher Priest Interview · Gary Couzens · iv
46 · Billy the Kid, Quite Naked · Jason Frowley · ss
52 · Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over · Jeff VanderMeer · pm The Silver Web #9 1993

The Third Alternative [#18, 1999] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £3.00, 60pp, A4, cover by Liam Kemp)
Contains story “The Blue Posts” by Nicholas Royle as a 12 page insert.

4 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed
5 · Twisted Obsessions · Mat Coward · cl
6 · The Collector of Hands · Sten Westgard · ss
16 · Slipstream Cinema: Style & Shadows: German Expressionism · Tim Lees · cl
20 · Vault · Antony Mann · ss
24 · Beyond Cyberpunk: Greg Egan Profiled · Roger Keen · ar [Greg Egan]
29 · The Dodo Has Landed · Allen Ashley · cl
30 · Riverrun · Paul Leonard · ss
34 · Your Letters · [The Readers] · lc
36 · Where the Martyred Flesh Knows Serenity · Tom Piccirilli · ss
40 · Postcards from Leningrad (1) · E. A. Johnson · ar
42 · A Stranger’s House · Ron Butlin · ss
49 · Cornered · Peter Crowther · cl
50 · Her Heart Laid Bare: Joyce Carol Oates Interviewed · Robert Parkinson · iv
53 · The Mark of the Butterfly · Alexander Glass · ss
ins. · The Blue Posts · Nicholas Royle · ss TTA Press 1999

The Third Alternative [#19, 1999] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £3.00, 60pp, A4)

6 · Heartstrings · Barry Fishler · ss
12 · The Transgenre Man: Michael Marshall Smith Interviewed · David Mathew · iv
17 · Everybody Goes · Michael Marshall Smith · ss When God Lived in Kentish Town & Others, W. H. Smith 1998
19 · Cornered · Peter Crowther · cl
20 · A Breach of Tissue · Jason Gould · ss
28 · Dubious Intentions? The Films of Roman Polanski · Tim Lees · ar [Roman Polanski]
32 · Proud Before the Fall · Jason Frowley · ss
38 · Family Planning · Clifford Thurlow · ss
42 · Little Dorrit on a Tramcar: Alasdair Gray Interviewed · Andrew Hedgecock · iv
46 · Different Angels · Lynda E. Rucker · ss
51 · The Dodo Has Landed · Allen Ashley · cl
52 · Unraveling Raihle · Sten Westgard · ss

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