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1 1 y separately published work icon Baggage : Tales of Speculative Fiction Gillian Polack (editor), California : Borgo Press , 2014 Z1729199 2010 anthology short story 'Humankind carries the past as invisible baggage. Thirteen brilliant writers explore this, looking at Australia's cultural baggage through new and often disturbing eyes.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 y separately published work icon Fragments of a Broken Land : Vararl Undead : A Fantasy Novel Robert Hood , United Kingdom (UK) : Borgo Press , 2013 Z1930139 2013 single work novel fantasy
In a place where no stars appear in the night sky, a group of strangers whose ancestries reach back to an earlier apocalyptic disaster are brought together to track down a resurrected corpse that might hold the key to the End of the World. Described by science fiction legend Jack Dann as "one of the strangest and most interesting visions to come out of the modern horror/fantasy genres," acclaimed author Robert Hood's Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead is an epic tale of greed, dying magic, strange monsters, and a motley group of heroes, with a strange and breathless climax you won't easily forget. The dark fantasy novel debut of a major new writer!
1 1 y separately published work icon Ghost Stories and Mysteries Ernest Favenc , James Doig (editor), Rockville : Borgo Press , 2013 Z1925098 2013 selected work short story horror mystery 'This book collects thirty-one of Favenc's best stories, many published here for the first time since their original publication; and aims to showcase Favenc's talent as the most important Australian colonial writer of Gothic and supernatural fiction. The stories span the period 1875-1907, and demonstrate the richness and variety of his art, making this a major publishing event for enthusiasts of nineteenth-century crime and weird fiction' (back cover).
1 y separately published work icon Australian Hauntings : Colonial Supernatural Fiction James Doig (editor), California : Borgo Press , 2013 Z1776075 2011 anthology short story horror James Doig, critically acclaimed editor of Australian Gothic and Australian Nightmares, presents another collection of weird and supernatural fiction. Reprinted here for the first time since their original publication in long-forgotten books and magazines, these rare relics from Australia's past will stimulate the imagination and keep you awake long into the night. Australian Hauntings completes an outstanding trilogy of gothic fiction, unearthing many classic tales from Australian authors (www.abbeys.com.au).
1 2 y separately published work icon Australian Gothic : An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction, 1867-1939 James Doig (editor), California : Borgo Press , 2013 Z1456749 2007 anthology short story horror 'Australia has a long tradition of horror writing, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology are intended to showcase the richness and variety of Australian weird tales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from a variety of authors, including Mary Fortune, Lionel Sparrow and Marcus Clarke, to name a few. James Doig has unearthed a rare and compelling collection of Australian horror classics that have remained largely undisturbed in the pages of old books and periodicals' (www.equilibriumbooks.com, sighted 04/01/2008).
1 y separately published work icon The Second Christmas Megapack : Yuletide Stories Robert Reginald (editor), Mary Wickizer Burgess (editor), Rockville : Borgo Press , 2012 Z1925102 2012 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon Post Mortal Syndrome Damien Broderick , Barbara Lamar , 2007 California : Borgo Press , 2011 Z1373221 2007 single work novel science fiction

'Attorney Jill Shannon's clients include Blick Pharmaceuticals, which is pursuing research into life-extending drugs. Blick has reawakened the homicidal maniac Payback, whom they created twenty years earlier, to literally kill off the competition by targeting research scientists. Jill's boyfriend, Paul Gibson, one of the scientists, is forced to inject them with an intelligence booster. Suddenly they find themselves in the middle of a war--a war over what it means to be human (and more than human). Can any of them survive?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Climbing Mount Implausible : The Evolution of a Science Fiction Writer Damien Broderick , Rockville : Borgo Press , 2010 Z1810095 2010 selected work short story interview A collection of stories by Damien Broderick, along with a biographical note and interviews.
1 2 y separately published work icon Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review Damien Broderick , Rockville : Borgo Press , 2009 Z1810183 2009 selected work criticism biography This selection of the best critical articles from the well-known literary magazine, Australian SF Review, includes essays by John Bangsund, John Baxter, Martin Bridgstock, Jenny Blackford, Russell Blackford, Damien Broderick, John Foyster, Bruce Gillespie, Yvonne Rousseau, Norman Talbot, Michael J. Tolley, George Turner, and Janeen Webb, discussing the fiction of Robert A. Heinlein, Samuel R. Delany, George Turner, Wynne Whiteford, Keith Taylor, John Calvin Batchelor, J. R. R. Tolkien, Joanna Russ, and Josephine Saxton, among others. (Source: www.amazon.com)
1 y separately published work icon Classics of Fantastic Literature Borgo Press (publisher), 1994 Rockville : Borgo Press , 1994-2013 Z1925095 1994 series - publisher novel fantasy horror mystery
1 y separately published work icon Still the Frame Holds : Essays on Women Poets and Writers Sheila Roberts (editor), Yvonne Pacheco Tevis (editor), San Bernadino : Borgo Press , 1993 Z1549037 1993 anthology criticism
2 1 y separately published work icon Through the Earth Clement Fezandie , California : Borgo Press , 1980 1898 single work novel science fiction
— Appears in: St Nicholas Magazine , January-April 1898; Scientist and inventor Professor Giles bores a whole through the earth from New York to Australia having come to the conclusion that gravity will make rapid transportation of goods and people from the other side of the earth possible. The project is made possible by several of his previous inventions, including a super metal called carbonite, a refrigeration system for reducing the earth's internal heat and a device which converts that heat directly into electricity to power the transportation. When the tunnel is completed a young man called William Swindon makes the first trip from Australia. As he makes his way through to New York, however, the tunnel collapses behind him and he just manages to make it to safety. In the end the Australian government is relieved because they were uneasy about a possible American invasion through the tunnel.
7 7 y separately published work icon A Bid for Fortune ; Or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta Guy Boothby , California : Borgo Press , 1980 1895 single work novel crime

'With money in his pocket after making his fortune in the South Seas, Richard Hatteras has London at his feet. Running afoul of the deadly Dr Nikola, however, was the worst thing he could do. Soon, young Dick is swept up into a maelstrom of blackmail, hypnotism, deceit and murder, where his betrothed is in danger, his potential father-in-law’s reputation is on the brink of ruination, and his very sanity is at stake. What can a two-fisted adventurer do against the vast and cold intellect that is Dr Nikola?'

Source: Publisher's blurb, Chimaera edition.
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