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Post by dem bones on Jun 30, 2021 6:40:17 GMT
William Hay - Where the Butterflies Come From: (An Australian Rip Van Winkle & other Stories, 1923). Little Isbel Yawkins wants to know where the pretty butterflies live. Her uncle, who isn't right in the head, assures her they live other side of the hill near a dangerous path overlooking the valley ....
W. W. Lamble - The Vampire: (The Bulletin, Nov. 1901). Marguerite preys upon men the worse for drink. Her confederate preys upon the contents of their wallet.
And a minor classic to end on.
Dulcie Deamer - Hallowe'en: (Six Studies of the Stone Age & other stories, 1909). Hevar the witch anoints her body in oils, belts the wolfskin girdle and sets off into the night to attack a sheep pen. Corpses swing on the gallows pole, a two days buried corpse rises from its grave, all is jolly until .... a figure approaches through the trees. Hevar attacks ...
Another vaguely remembered from the Wordsworth sampler, made a stronger impression second time around.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 14, 2022 6:31:51 GMT
Just got an email from John Betancourt that the Wildside Press reprint of Australian Nightmares is at the printers. He sent through the cover, which looks great I thought:
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Post by andydecker on Jun 14, 2022 8:37:54 GMT
This sounds interesting. Did you had a hard time finding those stories?
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Post by helrunar on Jun 14, 2022 13:32:31 GMT
What a beautiful cover! Great news about the reprint!
cheers, Hel
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 14, 2022 21:10:49 GMT
This sounds interesting. Did you had a hard time finding those stories? A bit of work in the National Library looking at books by writers with a connection to Aus that the likes of Hugh Lamb and Richard Dalby used in their anthologies, and researchers like Mike Ashley (Ernest Favenc) and Doug Anderson (Helen Simpson) sent through some stories. Being addicted to book collecting also helps.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 14, 2022 21:16:47 GMT
What a beautiful cover! Great news about the reprint! cheers, Hel Thanks Hel - the earlier one is long out of print, and the contents are slightly different with this one - a different Mary Fortune story ('The White Maniac' has been done to death) and the Rosaleen Norton story replaced by a Dulcie Deamer tale (so I different have to pay a copyright fee).
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Post by mrhappy on Jun 15, 2022 14:22:13 GMT
Just got an email from John Betancourt that the Wildside Press reprint of Australian Nightmares is at the printers. He sent through the cover, which looks great I thought: Fantastic news James! I will be purchasing as soon as it is available! Mr Happy
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Post by mrhappy on Jun 16, 2022 3:25:34 GMT
And I see it is available on A*a*on. Ordered!
Mr Happy
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Post by dem bones on Jun 16, 2022 5:06:16 GMT
Congratulations and very well done, James. Should new readers fancy a taster, Mr. Doig kindly provided the following to the Vault Advent Calendar. Rosa Praed Campbell - The House Of Ill OmenErnest Favenc - What the Rats BroughtAnd I see it is available on A*a*on. Ordered! Mr Happy Likewise. Am**on
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Post by dem bones on Jun 16, 2022 18:23:42 GMT
Arrived just after seven this evening. That was quick! James, any idea of the cover artist? James Doig [ed.] - Australian Nightmares (Wildside, June 2022) James Doig - Introduction
Mary Fortune - The Blighted Meadow Charles Junor - The Silent Sepulchre Ernest Favenc - What the Rats Brought Ernest Favenc - On the Island of Shadows Hume Nisbet - The Odic Touch J.A. Barry - Told in the 'Corona's Cabin on Three Evenings Rosa Praed - The House of Ill Omen Morley Roberts - A Thing of Wax James Edmund - The Prophetic Horror of the Great Experiment James Edmund - The Precipitous Details of the High Mountain and the Three Skeletons Lionel Sparrow - The Strange Case of Alan Heriot Beatrice Grimshaw - The Blanket Fiend James Francis Dwyer - The Phantom Ship of Dirk Van Tromp Dulcie Deamer - The Devil's Ball Helen Simpson - The Pledge Vernon Knowles - The Watch Vernon Knowles - The House That Took Revenge Roger Dard - The Undying OneBlurb: Literary scholar James Doig has assembled a thrilling new collection of rare and previously uncollected horror and dark fantasy stories by Australian authors, all from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 16, 2022 20:59:46 GMT
Arrived just after seven this evening. That was quick! James, any idea of the cover artist? Yes, very quick! No idea who the artist is - I'll have to find out.
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