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Dedication: To Ellen Datlow
Contents
- A Single Shadow, single work short story horror (p. 9-18)
- Probable Cause, single work short story horror (p. 19-22)
- The Lady of Situations, single work short story horror (p. 23-32)
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Waste Land,
single work
short story
horror
'There’s an I Am Legend overtone as vampire myths are expounded by humans-in-hiding in Undead-occupied Europe' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
- Watch, single work short story horror (p. 37-42)
- Beholder, single work short story horror (p. 43-48)
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A Sentiment Open to Doubt,
single work
short story
horror
'Malaysian vampire myths are utilised in the conservation fight by an unusual eco-warrior' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
- Salvation, single work short story horror (p. 61-68)
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What You Wish For,
single work
short story
horror
A frustrated male finds ill-fated solace with a shape-changing succubus. The demon manifests for intercourse in various feminine forms including a disastrous incarnation of the man's ex-girlfriend, whose plump thighs and sagging breasts are apparently not worth reinventing. But his realised fantasy life eventually proves even less desirable than unfortunate reality.
- The Completist, single work short story horror (p. 85-92)
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The Dance That Everyone Must Do,
single work
short story
horror
'A 1940s pied piper puts a vampiric slant on an old tale as he gives a Jew-hunting Nazi a lesson in occupied Denmark' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
- Honest Ghosts, single work short story horror (p. 101-106)
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The Ghoul Goes West,
single work
short story
horror
'Dracula’s Quincy Morris gets a lesson in vampire slaying in America’s Wild West' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
- 'Til Human Voices Wake Us, single work short story horror (p. 119-126)
- Heir of the Wolf, single work short story horror (p. 127-131)
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The Wind Sall Blow For Ever Mair,
single work
short story
horror
Set in Queensland, "The Wind Sall Blow For Ever Mair" is a strongly-written tale about a racist policeman.
- Double Action, single work short story horror (p. 147-150)
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The Facts of Dr Van Helsing's Case,
single work
short story
horror
Stephen Dedman delves 'into Van Helsing’s childhood, with a detour to the US and the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).
- Madly, single work short story horror (p. 163-170)
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Nothing Like The Sun,
single work
short story
horror
A new drug, sundance, has burnt out its users' optic nerves in exchange for psychedelic hallucinations. Many prefer the effects of sundance to having vision, such as Suki, who is in rehabilitation called 'retraining'. An undersecretary, Jack, grapples with the politics and costs of providing new medical eyes to the blind. He believes that those who blinded themselves shouldn't be helped.
When Europe announces it will begin giving out free eyes, Jack finds counterarguments in the low quality of the eyes' vision, successfully staving off demands for his own government to do the same.
Suki's 'retraining' turns out to be prostitution, with Jack the undersecretary her client.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Collections of Hits and Misses
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 July 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of Troy 2006 selected work short story novella ; Through Soft Air 2006 selected work short story ; Never Seen By Waking Eyes 2005 selected work short story -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , September no. 5 2005;
— Review of Never Seen By Waking Eyes 2005 selected work short story -
A Hint of Real Weirdness
Russell B. Farr
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , September no. 5 2005;
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Collections of Hits and Misses
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 July 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of Troy 2006 selected work short story novella ; Through Soft Air 2006 selected work short story ; Never Seen By Waking Eyes 2005 selected work short story -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , September no. 5 2005;
— Review of Never Seen By Waking Eyes 2005 selected work short story -
A Hint of Real Weirdness
Russell B. Farr
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: TiconderogaOnline , September no. 5 2005;