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 Angela Slatter,ħ5 2004 The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice The Infernal Bill Congreve,Īurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction ,ġ997 single work novel Vamp : A Novel Tracy Ryan,ġ997 single work novel Funnelweb Russell Braddon,ġ990 single work novel Black Ice Lucy Sussex,ġ997 single work novel The Infernal Kim Wilkins,ġ997 single work novel Kim of the Damned Matthew Condon,ġ998 single work column biography - Appears in: 112-127 ) Abstract 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. Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012 (p. The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig,
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