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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Heartless
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction no. 31 2003 Z1052472 2003 periodical issue 2003 pg. 65-72
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Creeping in Reptile Flesh Robert Hood , Blackwood : Altair Publishing , 2008 Z1549718 2008 selected work novella short story horror science fiction

    Savage murders that leave no one dead. Politicians intent on ontological genocide. Feral creatures at home in the wilds of Sydney and the Scrub. In 'Creeping in Reptile Flesh' one man embarks on an investigation into a maverick Member of Parliament whose eccentric exterior may hide the seeds of apocalypse. (Publisher's blurb)

    Blackwood : Altair Publishing , 2008
    pg. 127-134
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Haunted Flesh : Stories of the Living Dead Robert Hood , Australia : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2015 9400750 2015 selected work short story horror

    'When are dead people not ghosts? That's easy. When they try to eat you!

    'Haunted Flesh: Stories of the Living Dead collects six of Australian horror maestro Robert Hood's creepiest, most outlandish tales of flesh-bound cadaver mayhem. Some tear bloodily into the tradition established by director George A. Romero with his Living Dead series of films, while others paddle in a murky pool of science-based resurrection, alien possession, undead whimsy and voodoo politics. Important questions are addressed: Does the essence of life lie in the mind or in the heart? Do the dead make good workers? When a creepy evangelist knocks on your door, what does he mean when he offers you the secret of eternal life? Should you invite zombies to a BBQ? Is the Prime Minister really dead? The answers may shock you, they may make you laugh uneasily, but either way you'll never look at life and death the same way again.

    'As a special bonus, this volume includes an important article that exposes the truth behind the zombie movie tradition!'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Australia : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2015
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