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- Author:agent Terry Dowling
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Basic Black
Terry Dowling
,
1978
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Australian Stories of Horror and Suspense from the Early Days 1978; (p. 25-44) Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 59-88) -
Beckoning Nightframe
Terry Dowling
,
Shaun Tan
(illustrator),
1996
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring no. 22-23 1996; (p. 170-187) The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror : Tenth Annual Collection 1997; (p. 374-389) Antique Futures : The Best of Terry Dowling 1999; (p. 345-367) Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 29-58) Basic Black : Tales of Appropriate Fear 2006; (p. 89-107)Corinne's just published her book on how she profiled the Harbourside Killer, and she holds a combined launch and thank-you party. Invited are her consulted psychiatrists, editors, close friends, and George Faye, who had reviewed her first book.
As the evening progresses, Corinne finds herself captivated by the house across the street's curtains, which seemed to beckon as they moved in the breeze. George comes to find her and notices them, too, which Corinne resents, wanting some privacy, especially as she and George had unresolved romantic tension.
Finally alone after the party, Corinne finds herself comparing her nightly routine to the neurosis the Killer had been victim to; she wakes in the middle of the night and sees the curtains again. Despite her attempts to ignore it, over the next few days, her attention is drawn back to them again and again. Eventually she pretends she is looking for a lost cat, wanders up to the shed, and touches the curtains.
Even so, she can't shake the feeling of being watched.
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Jenny Come to Play
Terry Dowling
,
1997
single work
short story
science fiction
horror
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring no. 25-26 1997; (p. 188-214) The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998; (p. 69-115) Antique Futures : The Best of Terry Dowling 1999; (p. 209-242) Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 121-156) Basic Black : Tales of Appropriate Fear 2006; (p. 245-273) -
Blackwater Days
Terry Dowling
,
2000
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 181-207) -
Light from the Deep Pavilion
Terry Dowling
,
2000
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 157-180) -
Downloading
Terry Dowling
,
2000
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 1-28) Basic Black : Tales of Appropriate Fear 2006; (p. 27-49) -
The Saltimbanques
Terry Dowling
,
2000
single work
short story
horror
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Autumn no. 29/30 2000; (p. 187-207) Blackwater Days 2000; (p. 89-120) The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror : Fourteenth Annual Collection 2001; (p. 127-146) Basic Black : Tales of Appropriate Fear 2006; (p. 129-152)