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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Vicar of Morbing Vyle
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'What is the machine that Mr Caulkiss is constructing in his laboratory?

'Who are the 'Little Ones' that Craylene Caulkiss is feeding in the cellar?

'What is the purpose of the Box of Tools?

'Why does Mr Scrab live under a grating in the back yard?

'Why does Melestrina Quode keep talking about 'the Great Return'?

'What makes a pair of underpants go scurrying across the floor?

'And who is the Vicar of Morbing Vyle?'

Source: Author's website.

Notes

  • Sequel to The Black Crusade.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,: Karl Evans Publishing , 1993 .
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      Extent: 305p.
      ISBN: 0646129635
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y separately published work icon The Black Crusade Richard Harland , Mount Waverley : Chimaera Publications , 2004 Z1123227 2004 single work novel horror fantasy

This darkly comic story takes place in 1894, 'and tells of a Hungarian bank clerk, Basil Smorta, who falls hopelessly in lust with Volusia, aka 'the Australian Songbird'. He follows her across Europe in company with a group of Fundamental Darwinists led by Lord Malicide Sain. They pursue their 'Black Crusade' at first by cart and carriage, then in Ingel Brankel's Mobilator. One bizarre and gruesome adventure follows another. The Ordeal of the Five Senses in the monks' lavabo, the excruciating apotheosis of Brother Dragorian, the doting love of the Love-Vampires, the bomb-throwing police force of Orblast, the sleep-tranced villagers in Morbol Villica and the sarcophagus of the Great One, the legendary marquis himself.'

Source: Author website http://www.richardharland.net/ (Sighted 07/01/2010)
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 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)
Putting the Vile in Morbing Vyle : An Interview with Richard Harland Robert Hood (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Bloodsongs , June no. 2 1994; (p. 18-23)
Untitled Dirk Strasser , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 12 1993; (p. 87-88)
— Review of The Vicar of Morbing Vyle Richard Harland , 1993 single work novel
Fanged Rabbits Invade Kingzone Van Ikin , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 September 1993; (p. 15A)
— Review of Ghost Beyond Earth G. M. Hague , 1993 single work novel ; The Vicar of Morbing Vyle Richard Harland , 1993 single work novel ; Dark Streets Huw Merlin , 1992 single work novel
Fanged Rabbits Invade Kingzone Van Ikin , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 September 1993; (p. 15A)
— Review of Ghost Beyond Earth G. M. Hague , 1993 single work novel ; The Vicar of Morbing Vyle Richard Harland , 1993 single work novel ; Dark Streets Huw Merlin , 1992 single work novel
Untitled Dirk Strasser , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 12 1993; (p. 87-88)
— Review of The Vicar of Morbing Vyle Richard Harland , 1993 single work novel
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 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)
Putting the Vile in Morbing Vyle : An Interview with Richard Harland Robert Hood (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Bloodsongs , June no. 2 1994; (p. 18-23)
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