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novel, Hood had experienced the tragedy of the sudden death of his stepson – who was of similar age to Bryce – in an accident. While the novel is not directly autobiographical, aspects of Hood's experiences in the aftermath of the tragedy and those of others around him, were significant in forming the emotional foundations of the piece.
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story, after his realisation that the presence of a corpse in the story might make it suitable for that market. The resulting tale "Dead End", became his most republished piece and after submitting the tale to a crime competition and winning, gave him contacts that were significant in launching his writing career.
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His journey towards confronting his grief becomes a descent into an often nightmarish world, as he roams the streets of his city home, searching for his friend and encountering a reality beyond everyday society, of the homeless and violence that seemingly echoes his inner trauma. Prior to writing the
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genre had previously been well represented in film and comics, it was not well-established as a literary genre and there had been few examples published prior to Hood's anthologies. A call for stories on the theme brought a surprising number and range of tales from around the world and tapped a vein
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and variance of genre, including tales with a science fiction element. The stories vary from deeply emotional pieces to epics with a cinematic scope and tales where a supernatural origin for a haunting remains uncertain. The anthology is concluded with an interview with Hood, conducted by Kyla Ward.
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for Best Horror Short Story – in 2001 for "That Old Black
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The anthology blurs the traditional boundaries of genre expectations by commissioning twelve crime stories from
Australian writers, in each case challenging the writer to produce a story that also worked with the conventions of another genre; examples include the western, romance, science fiction,
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Australian horror writer, but his work is not constrained by boundaries of genre. Many of his stories contain elements of science fiction or fantasy and can be a mixture of several genres with an apparently playful sense of experimenting with typical conventions and
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series of horror tales for children, written in collaboration with Bill Condon, ran to nine volumes and was published in
Australia from 1996 to 1997 by Hodder Headline. The series includes: Ghoul Man, FreakOut!, Loco-Zombies, Slime Zone, Bone Screamers, Rat Heads, Brain Sucker (written entirely by
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at the event, the editor expressed an interest in seeing a proposal for a young adult horror series. Hood formulated this and sent it to her. Receiving the proposal favourably, she assisted Hood in preparing the pitch for her marketing department and the contract was offered solely on the basis on
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This collection brings together all Hood's 44 ghost stories, published from 1986 to 2015, three of them written especially for the book: "After Image", "Double Speak" and a 22,000-word novella, "The
Whimper". Seen by the publisher as a "reference collection", the volume includes an introduction by
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are infrequently published and the stories might find difficulty finding a market elsewhere. However a relationship between Agog! and Prime Books in the US, the development of low cost print on demand technology and Prime's support in getting Agog! books on Amazon made it more cost effective to
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A horrific car accident leaves Kel in a coma, and Bryce, his lifelong friend dead. When Kel awakens he cannot believe his friend is truly gone, and is wracked with guilt, fear and feelings of deep loss. When he begins to experience strange dreams and catch sight of shadowy figures, he comes to
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He has published over 120 short works of fiction in
Australia and overseas and his work has been included in anthologies and major magazines. His short fiction has spanned a number of genres, including horror, science fiction and crime and he has also published mainstream stories in Australian
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High School and in the following ten years wrote on an irregular basis and submitted stories only sporadically, making some sales in literary journals. He saw little wider success until he left teaching – which he found a demanding profession leaving him little energy for writing – and began a
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Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work of 2015. The Awards stated: "Peripheral Visions is an ambitious project, a veritable door-stopper of a hardback comprising nearly 800 pages and 29 years of published work. Author Robert Hood demonstrates a dazzling breadth of
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Australian horror films (to 1990), and on giant monster films. One of the latter, "Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla" (which he wrote for a book on the 1933 film
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with retrospective humour as "a bad Dr Who-type scifi novel", featuring an eccentric professor with a beautiful daughter combating alien invaders and carnivorous plants. He wrote in school exercise books, and not infrequently during his mathematics lessons.
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local newspaper and also drew an editorial cartoon on a weekly basis for the publication for close to a decade. Additionally he has worked a research assistant in Australian political history and as a comedy writer for a 2SM breakfast show.
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and feels that Blake's ideas and images have affected his world view and are often reflected in his writing. He cites film as a major influence, in particular the late night horror films of his youth which led him to read classics such as
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World Fantasy Award-winning editor, Danel Olson, notes by the author and a bibliography that lists complete publication details, awards and commendations for each story. With the publication of this book, the publisher announced that
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of enthusiasm among writers who had been waiting for such an opportunity. Submissions included stories that invoked the essence of the genre but also those that envisioned new and original ideas drawn from its sensibilities.
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of shadows, reflecting concepts more familiar to science fiction, such as alternative dimensions and dark matter. He then created an original mythology based on these ideas, although he also drew upon aspects of
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The story "Number 7", about a couple on holiday coming across a legend suggesting Rudolf Hess survived and his double perished in Spandau prison, received an honourable mention in the 2003 Aurealis awards.
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and other mythologies. This connected with the publisher's desire to avoid an obviously horror-based scenario. He was nominated for a 2002 Ditmar for Professional Achievement for the Shades series.
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A number of short-listed stories were unable to be included in the first volume due to size constraints. Hood had originally intended to publish these in an e-publication, as anthologies on
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home, while the fourth book is set in Egypt. The genesis for the Shades series came from a serendipitous encounter with an acquisitions editor at the book launch of Hood's novel
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regular writing regime and became persistent in submitting his work. He was also involved for some time with musical and theatre pursuits – the drummer for
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A collection of horror, fantasy and crime fiction. It was a runner up for best single author collection in the 1990 Readercon Imaginative Fiction Awards.
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treatments united under the overarching ghost story theme, writing with intelligence and insight".
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Paulsen, Steve; McMullen, Sean (1994). "The Hunt for Australian Horror".
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A series of three anthologies of stories about giant monsters, known as '
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Ikin, Van (21 September 1996). "Terrible Tales From The Human Jungle".
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The first three books are set in a cliffside community based on Hood's
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On Getting to the Heart of the Monster, Or the Reviewers Revenge
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MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Fan Writer (2007): for film reviews published on his website
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Duffy, Jodie (7 April 2007). "A Little FRIGHT is Alright".
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Nahrung, Jason (27 April 2002). "The empire prints back".
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Carty, Lisa (15 May 1999). "Book Releases Author's Pain".
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National Short Story Competition with "Orientation" (1975)
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The Writing Show: Information and inspiration for writers
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Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural
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believe that Bryce is lost rather than no longer alive.
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This article is about the writer. For the musician, see
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out of twenty nominations, and been nominated for six
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Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia
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Collins, Paul; Steven Paulsen; Sean McMullen (1998).
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Peripheral Visions: Collected Ghost Stories 1986-2015
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1812:"Under the Hood: An Interview with Robert Hood"
1641:"News: Robert Hood's Creeping in Reptile Flesh"
729:Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror 1995
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1712:(Press release). IFWG Publishing Australia.
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2161:Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead
2010:"Rob Hood: Revenge of the giant monsters"
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988:Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead
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784:Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters
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569:(BenBella Books, 2005) -- won the 2006
108:Horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction
1519:"2007 Snapshot Interview: Robert Hood"
1424:"Robert Hood: Awarding Winning Author"
1199:"Beware! The Pincushionman" (2003) in
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1554:As If!: Australian Specific in focus
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1486:Supernatural Literature of the World
1169:"That Old Black Graffiti" (2000) in
2199:Australian male short story writers
1548:Jeyathurai, Devin (November 2005).
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790:(2007). All three are published by
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1235:"Behind Dark Blue Eyes" (2009) in
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349:(IDW Publishing, 2013) within the
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2109:(Jacobyte Books CDROM, Sept 2000)
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1928:"A valuable history of horror".
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984:series. (Hodder Headline, 2001)
799:The Greater Death of Saito Saku
1708:Gerry Huntman (1 March 2015).
845:(editor with Robin Pen) (2006)
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1710:"News: New Dark Fiction Line"
1099:Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales
861:(Borgo/Wildside Press, 2014).
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834:Hood is the recipient of the
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990:(Borgo/Wildside Press, 2013)
829:Awards and Award Nominations
347:Zombies vs Robots: Diplomacy
201:Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology
1749:"australian shadows awards"
1027:The Beast of Dymple Heights
936:Daydreaming on Company Time
363:Daydreaming on Company Time
172:Parramatta, New South Wales
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2194:Australian horror writers
1970:The Sydney Morning Herald
1182:"Rotten Times" (2001) in
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955:Creeping in Reptile Flesh
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357:Short Fiction Collections
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1855:"Interview: Robert Hood"
1172:Tales from the Wasteland
1001:Bad Boy Bunyip Goes Nuts
290:University of Wollongong
272:His first wife was poet
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1215:Agog! Smashing Stories
1147:Selected Short stories
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1988:Locus Magazine Online
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1515:Rayner Roberts, Tansy
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1212:"Regolith" (2004) in
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216:The War of the Worlds
193:Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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2035:"Robert Hood Awards"
1838:The Newcastle Herald
1728:Australianhorror.com
1271:"Robert Hood Search"
841:For Collected Work:
762:Daikaiju anthologies
224:Macquarie University
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1932:. 16 November 1996.
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1155:Dreaming Down-Under
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875:The Weight of Water
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2100:and Sean McMullen)
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1152:"Tamed" (1998) in
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1041:Just Kids series 5
700:, Dominic Cadden,
563:King Kong Is Back!
537:Children's fiction
429:Peripheral Visions
351:Zombies vs. Robots
274:Margaret J. Curtis
2128:Deborah Biancotti
1778:Illawarra Mercury
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