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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Insomniacs
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y separately published work icon Roadkill Breakfast S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834130 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror "If you have an accident out on the Nullabor, that's bad enough. But if you are picked up from the roadside and carried off as the next item on a menu, then that's more than anyone could possibly bear." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Cold S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834127 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror "Gerard is hot according to the girls in his class and according to Gerard too. So why is it that he feels so cold. It all began when the new girl, Sadie, arrived and Gerard thought she was the most beautiful and exotic person he had ever seen. When he tried to attract her attention, things begin to get out of hand..." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon The Tunnel, the Dark S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z833540 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror "Imagine a blackness that is total. You can see nothing whatsoever. Now realise that you have no idea where you are -- but, bit by bit, you hear the strangest sounds coming closer and closer, sounds which are vaguely familiar yet you just can't figure out what they are.

Three boys are lost in a nightmare from which there is seemingly no way out." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Overmantel S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834136 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror "Was it really such a good idea to bring inside that wonderfully carved overmantel which was found int he decrepit shed out the back? Georgia wishes she had never asked for the mantel to be fixed in her bedroom, no matter how great everyone thought the carvings were." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon The Thumper S. R. Martin , Gosford : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834475 1997 single work children's horror "The Thumper is and always will be. It is also than the forests, great than the karri trees. The Thumper is something that lurks within legend and inspires nightmares. It is fuelled by imagination and lives in darkness. It is thunder and lightening, the destroyer of trees. It is the Thumper. It feeds on fear." (back cover)
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y separately published work icon Talk to Me S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z833543 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror

"People in Knox stayed away from Mrs Dixon, but Florea reckoned all the old lady wanted was a good chat. The trouble was, the more she chatted, the less Florea remembered and the younger Mrs Dixon became." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Chair S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834139 1997 single work children's fiction children's "When Gunna, Tez, Hulk, Duke and The Beast found the old armchair at the dump they thought it would make a great addition to their dojo. That was until, one by one they started to disappear into thin air." (Source: Trove)
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y separately published work icon Slice 'n' Dice S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z834469 1997 single work children's fiction children's "A handy kitchen gadget, the slice 'n' dicer, takes on a life of its own with scary consequences." (Source: Trove) "Introducing the world famous Blechenheimer Slice 'n' Dicer, the handiest kitchen gadget to have around - handy, that is, until you get on the wrong side of the guy who sold it to you. Then all hell could break loose." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon The Figment S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1998 Z834133 1998 single work children's fiction children's
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y separately published work icon Strange Station S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1998 Z1245969 1998 single work children's fiction children's horror "When Stuart, Paul and John set out to gain a new scout merit badge, they never imagine they will soon be taking a wild train ride ... to the past." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Fungus S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1998 Z1245974 1998 single work children's fiction children's horror "Alicia had looks and brains, there was no doubt about it. her only flaw was her flaky, scratchy skin and she'd do just about anything to fix it." (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Stench S. R. Martin , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1998 Z1245985 1998 single work children's fiction children's

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Interview with the Author of Insomniacs and Swampland Helen Woodall , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 41 no. 3 1997; (p. 14-15)
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