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Strange Attraction

Edward E. Kramer

First published 2000
Publisher ShadowLands Press / Bereshith Publishing
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
ISBN 193059500X
Cover art Lisa Snellings
Pages 445+9

Notes

  • "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page.
  • Dated 2000 on the title page. Month of publication from Locus1.
  • Dustjacket title is Lisa Snellings' Strange Attraction. Title page is only Strange Attaction. Back of the dustjacket has the subtitle Stories and Artwork based on the Sculptures of Lisa Snellings.
  • Each story or poem is accompanied by a photograph (taken by Greg Staley) of the sculpture which inspired it.
  • Kramer's foreword is unpaginated. Page number given here is established by counting backwards from the first numbered page.
  • Ellison's introduction is mistakenly titled "Gopher and the Gilly" on the copyright page and on the contents page. It is correctly titled on its title page. There is a laid-in errata slip acknowledging the error.
  • The poem "Maya" is credited to Jamie S. Dorr on the copyright page and the contents page.
  • The story "Mr. Twisted" is credited to Edward Bryant on the copyright page and the contents page.
  • Short uncredited bios of the contributors begin on the second unnumbered page following the last numbered page of the book, totaling 9 pages.
  • Print run of 1000 copies according to Locus1, but there's no acknowledgment of the limitation in the book itself.
  • All stories and poems are original to this anthology. One of them ("A Lap Dance with the Lobster Lady") was pre-published as a chapbook by the same publisher in 1998. Three of them (dated 1999) were previewed in the program of the 1999 World Horror Convention in Atlanta.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2000 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in an Anthology Nominee/Finalist
2000 International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Strange Attraction Cover 2000 ShadowLands Press / Bereshith Publishing Hardcover Anthology Lisa Snellings 445+9