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Colin Campbell Colin Campbell i(A91149 works by)
Also writes as: Colly Campbell
Born: Established: 1958 Glasgow,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Kyoto Bell Colly Campbell , Australia : Sooty Publishing , 2021 22811888 2021 single work novel science fiction

'It's 2141, the weather is savage, energy politics is brutal, and millions of climate refugees from Asia eke out an existence in a greening Australian desert.

'Todd, the teenage son of powerful Indigenous energy mogul, Dr Madrigal Phipps, is kidnapped. A furious Dr Phipps gathers her old team from AuZgov Security Services and a renegade hacker, Andaman Marko, to hunt for Todd and his missing neo-Blues band, but both the climate chaos and her shadowy foes are treacherous.

'The young people are held captive in a reclusive community in a central Australian gorge, run by a cult of privacy and silence, called the Qwietude. As adolescent tensions of sex and affection escalate, Todd and his friends plan their own escape. They scramble across the ravaged central desert to beat the arrival of the supercharged monsoon, and Todd calls up skills taught by his Indigenous Elders to survive.

'Then, out of the blue, Madrigal's 120-year-old father-in-exile calls with an extraordinary request from Kyoto, the only place on the planet where cherry trees still blossom.

'Could Todd's disappearance and the Old Man's request be linked? And will the extreme weather prevent Madrigal from rescuing her son?'

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1 y separately published work icon The Capricorn Sky Colly Campbell , Hall : Stringybark Publishing , 2020 20769857 2020 single work novel science fiction thriller

'120 years into the future: the weather is lethal, sea levels have risen, & AuZtralia is a lot more complicated. Andaman Marko lives in the 'Ville, capital of the Joint Territory of Capricornia. He's not so much a savant on the virtual, as a fraudster: making millions of $NEW by discretely decoding corporate and gov komms and using the secret intel to make insider trades. But he is not quite as good as he thinks. Marko's activity is detected by someone, who goes after his strokes. Then, in a world where a prolonged peace is enforced through surveillance, eugenics and social engineering, a bomb goes off. Marko realizes he is the target and flees north to Cape York & is pursued by Dr Madrigal Phipps, an agent of the Government who is tasked to retrieve the savant and his secrets. Dr Phipps must manage the diplomatic intricacies of the new politics while hunting her target - who is hiding at an unauthorized township of criminals. But Marko's other pursuers haven't given up, and he is attacked and captured during a severe thermocell event as the weather moves south. At the same time, one of his assassins - Baabi, who is from an earlier, angrier Australia - has a personal agenda: a bitter vengeance against the man who destroyed her comrades as they waged a civil war 50 years earlier against AuZgov & its policy of The Blend, which authorized a massive influx of climate refugees into the country. This man is the father of Marko's lover, Flick. Marko's actions create a storm of his own making - and endanger everyone's lives. The Capricorn Sky is a thriller - about a world where the weather is the singular enemy, governance is fraught, a prolonged peace is cracking apart, and people are repudiating The Age of Purity and Virtue.'

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1 The Mirror Colin Campbell , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Scientific Method : Twenty-Four Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards 2019;
1 Fantisy Colin Campbell , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Scientific Method : Twenty-Four Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards 2019;
1 Cracks and Crevices Colin Campbell , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Scientific Method : Twenty-Four Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards 2019;
1 y separately published work icon The Scientific Method : Twenty-Four Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards Fleur Joyce , Colly Campbell , Rees Campbell , David Vernon (editor), Hall : Stringybark Publishing , 2019 16926324 2019 anthology short story

'Twenty-four highly-commended erotic tales are presented in this anthology for your entertainment. Selected from over eighty entries in the fourth Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards these clever and arousing stories are certain to warm up your love life. Share them with a friend or settle down in some fluffy pillows and enjoy them yourself.' (Publication summary)
1 The People's Scrabble Colin Campbell , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 112 2008; (p. 125-133)
1 Hot Licks and Rim Shots : The Rock and Roll Index of a City, 1983 - 1989 Colin Campbell , 1996 single work novella
— Appears in: Scorpion Tails : Four Tropical Novellas 1996; (p. 145-168) (adapted from back cover) John Ringuet is the angry and increasingly obsessed compiler of a rock'n'roll directory who insightfully observes the eccentric musicians in a tropical city.
1 y separately published work icon Scorpion Tails : Four Tropical Novellas Ruth Little , David de Vaux , Kym Bell , Colin Campbell , Sue Ryan (illustrator), Ravenshoe : El Kumanand Press , 1996 Z61955 1996 anthology novella
1 [Untitled] (from Morocco) i "A day before Bagdad bled we visited Guernica in Madrid,", Colin Campbell , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 14 no. 4 1995; (p. 51)
1 Eleven Archaeologies : 11 i "The view from Julago, where bush fire straps", Colin Campbell , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 21 no. 2 1994; (p. 23)
1 Eleven Archaeologies : 8 i "The pubs arm the streets", Colin Campbell , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 21 no. 2 1994; (p. 23)
1 Eleven Archaeologies : 5 i "In the evening she hears", Colin Campbell , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 21 no. 2 1994; (p. 22-23)
1 Eleven Archaeologies : 1 i "A turtle of ochre and blood", Colin Campbell , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 21 no. 2 1994; (p. 22)
1 Casino i "The pink clouds play knuckles", Colin Campbell , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 23)
1 Untitled i "The aspiration of the soul...", Colin Campbell , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Verse 1988; (p. 21-22)
1 Another Sunset Poem i "the kitsch pink of 50's bartops", Colin Campbell , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 14 no. 1 1986; (p. 72)
1 Lorrikeets in Hoop-Pines i "Voices of Sar-majors", Colin Campbell , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Border Issue : Poetry in Queensland 1984 John Manifold Award Edition , October 1984; (p. 16)
1 Eisenstein's Shadows i "Rorschach wound caught under glass", Colin Campbell , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Border Issue : Poetry in Queensland 1984 John Manifold Award Edition , October 1984; (p. 16)
1 The Red Shift i "One's son's an infidel,", Colin Campbell , 1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 11 no. 1 1983; (p. 73)
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