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'These are stories of madness, the love of children, and terror that breaks through the calm of everyday life to reveal the shifting uncertainties that lie below. Reading Congreve's mutant vampire fiction you won't know whether to be terrified or delighted:
A father pursues his errant son into the wilds of far north Queensland, chasing more than mere revenge; a vampire child murders her father in a small country town, and Father Luigi Calvino must discover why; a millionaire socialite kidnaps a girl child from the basement of a vampire's suburban home; a father hires a private investigator to find the body of his daughter, Cindy, on Sydney's mean streets, but Cindy is alive and much more than she seems; hack journalist Tony Masters is doublecrossed by his editor and consigned to Hell to interview Satan, endlessly, and there he meets a creature out of the worst nightmares of a Japanese B-grade monster movie producer; and a mother vampire struggles to feed and protect her children in Sydney's western suburbs.'
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Contents
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Boy,
single work
short story
(p. 7-26)
'A vampire hunts his son and a private detective on the tropical coast of Queensland' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.49).
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Turing Test,
single work
short story
horror
(p. 28-44)
'More human than human... can it apply to the undead as well?' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.49).
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I Am My Father's Daughter,
single work
short story
horror
(p. 45-74)
A father believes his daughter, Cindy, had died on Sydney's mean streets and hires a private investigator to find her body. The PI soon finds out, however, that nobody is telling him the truth, and that Cindy is alive and much more than she seems.
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Red Ambrosia,
single work
short story
horror
(p. 75-82)
'A vampire prepares to move on from his suburban haven, but first he has to cover his tracks by suicide' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
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The Mullet that Screwed John West,
single work
short story
horror
(p. 83-127)
In this surreal tale hack journalist Tony Masters is doublecrossed by his editor and consigned to Hell to interview Satan, endlessly, and there he meets a creature out of the worst nightmares of a Japanese B-grade monster movie producer - a blood-drinking appendage.
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The Death of Heroes,
single work
short story
horror
(p. 128-180)
A mother vampire tries to feed and protect her boys in Sydney's western suburbs. The neighbour won't leave her alone, however. 'It ends in the dirt; blood is spilled. For some, there can be no happy endings' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Southern Bonescribe: An Interview with Bill Congreve
2008
single work
interview
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 2 2008; (p. 111-118) -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 23 1999; (p. 115-116)
— Review of Epiphanies of Blood : Tales of Desperation and Thirst 1998 selected work short story -
Aliens: the Sequels
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 August 1999; (p. 15)
— Review of Epiphanies of Blood : Tales of Desperation and Thirst 1998 selected work short story
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Aliens: the Sequels
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 August 1999; (p. 15)
— Review of Epiphanies of Blood : Tales of Desperation and Thirst 1998 selected work short story -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 23 1999; (p. 115-116)
— Review of Epiphanies of Blood : Tales of Desperation and Thirst 1998 selected work short story -
Southern Bonescribe: An Interview with Bill Congreve
2008
single work
interview
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 2 2008; (p. 111-118)
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