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Australian musician Lisa Sheehan has got life sussed, but then, one-by-one, her fans start to turn up dead, their bodies hideously mutilated, and Lisa is haunted by memories that are not her own. Can these 20th-century murders be linked to events in Elizabethan England? (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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Alternative title used as pre-publication title only.
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Dedication: Dedicated to the memory of Lyall Wilkins, who would have been impossibly proud.
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Epigraph: Adders and serpents, let me breathe awhile! / Ugly hell gape not! Come not, Lucifer! / I'll burn my books... / Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
2012
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— 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) -
Kim Wilkins : Brisbane Gothic
2004
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[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal
1998
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— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)
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Kim of the Damned
1998
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In Goth We Trust
1997
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 1997; (p. 11)
— Review of The Infernal 1997 single work novel
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Rock 'n' Roll Dystopia
1997
single work
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 December 1997; (p. rev 24)
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[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)
— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel ; Funnelweb 1990 single work novel ; Black Ice 1997 single work novel ; The Infernal 1997 single work novel -
In Goth We Trust
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 1997; (p. 11)
— Review of The Infernal 1997 single work novel -
Kim Wilkins : Brisbane Gothic
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: Antipodean SF , August-September no. 75 2004; -
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) -
Kim of the Damned
1998
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 11 April 1998; (p. 8) -
From Dark Looks to Black Books
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 July 1996; (p. 5)
Awards
- 1997 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Horror Division — Best Novel
- 1997 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Best Fantasy Novel
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cAustralia,c
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cUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Brisbane, Queensland,
- 1990s
- 1600-1699
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