Category Archives: Books

Collecting Psychos

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, I was asked by Benjamin Szumskyi — editor of books on horror writers as well as founding editor of the journals Studies in Fantasy Literature and Studies in Australian Weird Fiction — if I would contribute to … Continue reading →

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Review of Creeping in Reptile Flesh

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

My short story collection, Creeping in Reptile Flesh (published by Altair Australia, 2008) has just been reviewed very positively — and dare I say insightfully — by Keith Stevenson for Aurealis #43. Here is the review: In the Collection shortlist … Continue reading →

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Exotic Gothic 2 and Shirley Jackson

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 by Robert Hood

The excellent new Gothic anthology Exotic Gothic 2, in which my story “Kulpunya” appears, has just been announced as a finalist in the Shirley Jackson Awards anthology category.  These Awards salute original works for their “outstanding achievement in the literature … Continue reading →

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Kaaron Warren Has Us In Her Slights

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

I first stumbled upon Kaaron Warren via her story “Bone Dog”, which she had submitted to my partner Cat Sparks for possible inclusion in the second Agog! anthology, Agog! Terrific Tales (Agog! Press, 2003). It was a perverse, nasty tale … Continue reading →

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Book Release: Patient Zero

Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Robert Hood

A zombie apocalypse/crime thriller hybrid novel sees release today: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martins Griffin; trade paperback). Synopsis: When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there’s either something wrong with your world or … Continue reading →

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Hater Optioned by Del Toro

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Robert Hood

This is a dramatisation based on page 102 of British author David Moody’s novel, Hater. Sometimes self-publication works — and produces spectacular results. Moody’s self-published horror novel appeared online in 2006. Without an agent, Moody managed to sell the film … Continue reading →

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Pride Cometh Before Zombies

Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by Robert Hood

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single zombie in possession of a good appetite for human flesh, must be in want of a tasty brain or two. However little known the feelings or views of such a decaying … Continue reading →

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Monstrous Big Stories

Posted on Monday, January 19, 2009 by Robert Hood

Remember Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen? It was a much-lauded collection of 26 original giant monster stories — and the anthology ended up winning a Ditmar Award (Australian Hugo) for Best Collection in 2005.  … Continue reading →

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Creeping to the Top

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Much to my own self-satisfaction, the good folk over at Not If You Were the Last Short Story in the World have included my novella “Creeping in Reptile Flesh” (the lead story in the recent collection of the same name, … Continue reading →

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The Lost Thing… Animated

Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

The work of Shaun Tan — The Rabbits, The Arrival, The Lost Thing, The Red Tree and most recently the superb Tales from Outer Suburbia — are brilliant, good-natured yet edgy, quirky and luminous — a bit like Shaun himself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Books, Film, News, Pictorial art | 2 Comments