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Adrik Kemp

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

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Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Science Fiction, Horror

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March 2013

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Adrik Kemp is an accomplished author, lyricist and screenwriter.

Adrik has two erotic vampire novellas with Pride Publishing with very interesting vampiric lore (and a lot of raunch), Blood of the Land and Blood of the City.

Adrik’s short stories have been published all over the world, in places such as Aurealis Magazine, OUTStanding & Transmundane Press. They range from queer, horror, speculative fiction and fantasy and science fiction.

His screenplays have been shortlisted for Project Greenlight Australia and pitched to markets in Australia and the United States (with Apocryphal Pictures).

Adrik also writes lyrics with his spouse, the fantastic singer Carl De Villa.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 115 ratings · 47 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Blood of the Land 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divergent Terror: At the Crossroads of Queerness and Horror by W. Dale Jordan (Goodreads Author), Anna Orridge (Goodreads Author), E.E.W. Christman 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of the City 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunshine Superhighway by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Sarena Ulibarri (Goodreads Author), James Rumpel 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Never Never Land by Mitchell Akhurst (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Phillip Berrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian McHugh (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming Together: Among the Stars by Lynn Townsend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elizabeth Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), T.B. Bond (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galileo's Theme Park (Third Flatiron Anthologies #23) by Juliana Rew (Goodreads Author), Alex Zalben (Goodreads Author), Ginger Strivelli 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #89 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Versace, Adrik Kemp (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Underwater by Anthony S. Buoni (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alisha Costanzo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gregory L. Norris (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rainbow Serpent's Gift it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Queer horror is my favourite intersection and this has that as well as a personification of the city of New York which is another love. Intriguing and unique.
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Picked up because it’s by a woman about a woman and that isn’t common in 80s space opera. A bit of a shoehorned together collection of short stories but compelling, great aliens and worlds.
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