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'STEVIE IS A KILLER.
'But she brings her victims back to life to demand of them: "WHAT DO YOU SEE?"
'Now she's about to find out for herself...
'After an accident in which her mother dies, Stevie has a near-death experience, and finds herself in a room full of people - everyone she's ever annoyed. They clutch at her, scratch and tear at her. But she finds herself drawn back to this place, again and again, determined to unlock its secrets. Which means she has to die, again and again. And Stevie starts to wonder whether other people see the same room... when they die.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For Mitchell, Nadia...and Graham, because I said I would.
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Author's note: I envy Stalin. I wish I had the power to re-write history and my part in it. I would change so much. I would die only once, and I would not kill my mother. And my father would leave me a message; he would speak a meaningful sentence before going to work to be shot. That would be my story, if I could change history.
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[Review] Slights
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 137 2021;
— Review of Slights 2009 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) -
[Review] Slights
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 44 2010; (p. 137-139)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 September 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel -
Take Three
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 6 September 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel
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Take Three
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 6 September 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 September 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Slights
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 44 2010; (p. 137-139)
— Review of Slights 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Slights
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 137 2021;
— Review of Slights 2009 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
- 2010 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Writing
- 2010 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- 2009 winner Australian Shadows Award — Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
- 2009 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Horror Division — Best Novel
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