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Alternative title: Wicked Deeds
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Infernal
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Australian musician Lisa Sheehan has got life sussed, but then, one-by-one, her fans start to turn up dead, their bodies hideously mutilated, and Lisa is haunted by memories that are not her own. Can these 20th-century murders be linked to events in Elizabethan England? (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Notes

  • Alternative title used as pre-publication title only.
  • Dedication: Dedicated to the memory of Lyall Wilkins, who would have been impossibly proud.
  • Epigraph: Adders and serpents, let me breathe awhile! / Ugly hell gape not! Come not, Lucifer! / I'll burn my books... / Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Arrow Books , 1997 .
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      Extent: 478p.
      Note/s:
      • 'A chilling story of witchcraft and dark power'. (appears on cover)
      ISBN: 0091834171, 9780091834173
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Oriel ,
      1999 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 478p.
      ISBN: 9780752821672, 0752821679 (pbk)
    • Nedlands, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Ticonderoga Publications , 2011 .
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      Extent: 460p.p.
      Limited edition info: 100 copies; cloth-bound hardcover; signed by author
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2011.
      ISBN: 9780980628814
Alternative title: Das Teufelsmal : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Wilhelm Heyne ,
      1999 .
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      Extent: 447p.
      ISBN: 3453152476

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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)
Kim Wilkins : Brisbane Gothic Angela Slatter , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: Antipodean SF , August-September no. 75 2004;
[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal Bill Congreve , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)

— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting Stephen Dedman , 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel Tracy Ryan , 1997 single work novel ; Funnelweb Russell Braddon , 1990 single work novel ; Black Ice Lucy Sussex , 1997 single work novel ; The Infernal Kim Wilkins , 1997 single work novel
Kim of the Damned Matthew Condon , 1998 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Age , 11 April 1998; (p. 8)
In Goth We Trust Ken Gelder , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 1997; (p. 11)

— Review of The Infernal Kim Wilkins , 1997 single work novel
Rock 'n' Roll Dystopia Terry Dowling , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 December 1997; (p. rev 24)

— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting Stephen Dedman , 1997 single work novel ; The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997 single work criticism biography ; The Infernal Kim Wilkins , 1997 single work novel ; Diaspora Greg Egan , 1997 single work novel
[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal Bill Congreve , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)

— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting Stephen Dedman , 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel Tracy Ryan , 1997 single work novel ; Funnelweb Russell Braddon , 1990 single work novel ; Black Ice Lucy Sussex , 1997 single work novel ; The Infernal Kim Wilkins , 1997 single work novel
In Goth We Trust Ken Gelder , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 1997; (p. 11)

— Review of The Infernal Kim Wilkins , 1997 single work novel
Kim Wilkins : Brisbane Gothic Angela Slatter , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: Antipodean SF , August-September no. 75 2004;
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)
Kim of the Damned Matthew Condon , 1998 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Age , 11 April 1998; (p. 8)
From Dark Looks to Black Books Neil Wiseman , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 July 1996; (p. 5)
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    Australia,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Brisbane, Queensland,
  • 1990s
  • 1600-1699
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