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Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Hodder and Stoughton
, 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Forty-Two Steps Left, single work short story horror
- The Train from Moondyke, single work short story horror
- "Haven't We Met Before?", single work short story horror
- The Ghost of Gartenschmuck, single work short story horror
- Point of Contact, single work short story horror
- The Tortures of the Damned, single work short story horror
- The Haunted Hills, single work short story horror
- Room 409, single work short story horror
- The Ghost of a Calf, single work short story horror
- The Mirror , single work short story horror
- Sailors' Graves, single work short story horror
- The Woman of Labu, single work short story
- The Honeysuckle Trap, single work short story horror
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
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
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 62 1977; (p. 33)
— Review of A Handful of Ghosts : Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian Authors 1976 anthology short story
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Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 62 1977; (p. 33)
— Review of A Handful of Ghosts : Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian Authors 1976 anthology short story -
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
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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