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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Carnies
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The small south-west Australian town of Tillbrook has a secret, one that has been kept for over a hundred years. The Dervish Carnival is run by people who are neither human or animal, but live in the woods and howl at night.

Uptight hack David Hampden needs a good story, one that might revive his ailing career. His laid-back brother Paul, an amateur photographer, just needs a life. David drags Paul to Tillbrook to cover the carnival, but what they find is something much darker. (Back cover.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Mum and Dad.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Dark Suspense , 2006 .
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      Extent: 322p.
      ISBN: 0734409699
    • Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,: Cohesion Press , 2014 .
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      Extent: 284p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 16 April 2014
      ISBN: 9780992502355, 0992502357
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Works about this Work

The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
Untitled Russell B. Farr , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , Autumn no. 11 2007;
— Review of Carnies Martin J. Livings , 2006 single work novel
Science Fiction Book Reviews Bill Congreve , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 38/39 2007; (p. 188-200)
— Review of The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliott , 2006 single work novel ; Prismatic 'Edwina Grey' , 2006 single work novel ; Carnies Martin J. Livings , 2006 single work novel ; The Mother Brett McBean , 2006 single work novel ; Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror : Volume One 2006 anthology short story essay
A Much Bigger Story 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , Winter no. 8 2006;
Science Fiction Book Reviews Bill Congreve , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 38/39 2007; (p. 188-200)
— Review of The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliott , 2006 single work novel ; Prismatic 'Edwina Grey' , 2006 single work novel ; Carnies Martin J. Livings , 2006 single work novel ; The Mother Brett McBean , 2006 single work novel ; Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror : Volume One 2006 anthology short story essay
Untitled Russell B. Farr , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , Autumn no. 11 2007;
— Review of Carnies Martin J. Livings , 2006 single work novel
A Much Bigger Story 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , Winter no. 8 2006;
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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