Book Alert: Magic Mirrors

There is news this holiday season of what appears to be a new John Bellairs anthology on the horizon. This one is a collection of his non-YA books entitled (appropriately enough) Magic Mirrors. The anthology looks to include:

• An introduction by author Bruce Coville;
• The Face in the Frost (1969), which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2009;
• An introduction to The Dolphin Cross by Ellen Kushner;
• The Dolphin Cross (the uncompleted sequel to The Face in the Frost);
• The Pedant and the Shuffly (1968);
• and, for the first time in print since its original publication, Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies (1966).

For the record, we interviewed Bruch Coville back in 2002 following the publishing of the 20th anniversary expanded edition of The Monster’s Ring and he had some kinds words for both The Face in the Frost and John.

To learn more, visit the New England Science Fiction Association site. The book is due to be published in early 2009.