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A roundup of some traces of my writing life out there in cyberspace, a personal asteroid belt of words in the e-void.
TOUR TO SELL
Tour To Hell (University of Queensland Press) examines Australian convict beliefs in non-existent bush sanctuaries. These strange tales prompted many escapes and caused a lot of disruption, but they also helped shape the Australian imagination.
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Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006
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Tour to Hell: Convict Australia's Great Escape Myths
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My War: Life Is For Living
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Eerie little masterpiece that builds an atmosphere of creeping dread with a splendidly evocative setting. A couple of sly nods to 19th century literature and Edwardian ghost tales too. Perhaps the most quintessential ghost story of recent decades.
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