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'Kelleher revisits Dracula from the perspective of Renfield' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.56). The story deals with issues of friendship, passion and betrayal. A young man known as the Ox is summoned to Castle Dracula where he enters the service of the Count. The two become locked in a passionate duel when a woman they both want is seduced into a life she does not want (Amazon).
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Epigraph: 'He who the Ox to wrath has moved / Shall never be by woman lov'd.' (William Blake, Auguries of Innocence).
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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) -
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2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
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1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
Count's New Bite
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
Bloodless Chiller
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 May 1999; (p. 12)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
Bloodless Chiller
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 May 1999; (p. 12)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
Count's New Bite
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of Into the Dark 1999 single work novel -
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)
Awards
- 1999 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Novel
- 1999 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Horror Division — Best Novel
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