Also published in time for Christmas is the second anthology of the Gay Times Book of Short Stories: The Next Wave. This collection includes 29 of the best of short stories from 390 submissions. There're a lot of young writers and new faces from across the UK included and we'll review it next issue. £9.95, ppbk.

Well basically a lot of VERY FAMOUS pop and rock performers have got together for Artists Against Aids Worldwide (America's Band Aid equivalent) to produce this CD single cover version of Marvin Gaye's classic to raise funds for Aids charities and the 11 September beneficiaries.
No guessing who's definitely on it (oh

go on then, Bono does air his vocal chords at some point), but there are misfits like Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction fame), and Michael Stipe, and the usual riddim'n'bluez glam girlies

like Destiny's Child, Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, and