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ANTHOLOGY UPDATE

DAIKAIJU! GIANT MONSTER TALES 1, 2 and 3 are now available on Amazon. Check them out here.

Previous Updates

STORIES / NOVELS / ARTICLES SOLD

"Soul Killer" -- a 15,000 word novella -- will be published as part of the Zombies vs Robots multi-volume fiction project edited by Jeff Conner for IDW Publishing (US). It will appear in ZVR Diplomacy in July 2013 and subsequently in Volume 2 of the compendium edition in 2014.

"Escena de un Asesinato" has been accepted for Exotic Gothic 4, edited by Danel Olson, to be published by PS Publishing in July 2012.

WHAT'S OUT THERE?

A dark-crime/horror novel Scavengers is currently doing the rounds. I'm getting a lot of comments along the lines of "It's a great read, but unfortunately we're looking for something a bit more conventional." (I paraphrase!)

"Footprints in Venom", which was originally to appear in the anthology In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh for Gilgamesh Press, is now a free agent as the anthology has been cancelled.

Robot War Espresso, a SF novel about robots, coffee and mortality, is undergoing major revision.

I may be writing a commissioned story about Ozma, Princess of Oz, set noirish fashion in the Emerald City. Stay tuned.

NEW BOOKS

My epic fantasy novel Fragment of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead has been published by BorgoPress/Wildside Press as of March 2013 and is available in trade paperback and e-formats from online stores and selected bookstores. Visit the Fragments of a Broken Land site.

Creeping in Reptile Flesh, first published in 2008 by Altair Australia Books in a limited format, has just been reprinted by Morrigan Books and is now available from Smashwords in a variety of e-book formats and on Amazon in book form and for Kindle.

  • Rob was Featured Author on the very excellent IDEOMANCER SPECULATIVE FICTION website during January, February and March 2003. On the site you will find a then new story, "Nobody's Car", as well as two reprints -- "Rotten Times" (which was shortlisted for an Aurealis award in 2000) and "Necropolis" (from Day-dreaming on Company Time). There is also a new interview conducted by Deborah Biancotti. Check out the site at www.ideomancer.com. Note: you'll have to go to the Previous Issues section now! Time marches on!
  • New interview by Kathryn Linge for the Australian 2010 Snapshot project here.
Recent Stories
 

Recently accepted stories, awaiting publication

  • "Soul Killer" in ZVR Dpilomacy, as part of the Zombies vs Robots fiction project, edited by Jeff Conner, IDW Publishing, July 2013

Published stories / novels / articles since 2005

  • Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, 2013.
  • "Garuthgonar and the Abyss", published as e-book by UndeadBackbrain Publications, 2013.
  • "Dark Witness, published as e-book by UndeadBackbrain Publications, 2013.
  • "Escena de un Asesinato", Exotic Gothic 4, edited by Danel Olson, PS Publishing, July 2012.
  • "Walking the Dead Beat", Damnation and Dames, edited by Amanda Pillar and Liz Grzy for Ticonderoga Publications, 2012.
  • "Desert Madonna", Anywhere But Earth, edited by Keith Stevenson. Coeur De Lion, November 2011.
  • "Making Fish out of Men: Gothic Uncertainty in Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan", 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000, edited by Danel Olson, The Scarecrow Press, 2011.
  • "Wasting Matilda", Zombie Apocalypse! edited by Stephen Jones, Robinson UK/Running Press US, October 2010.
  • "Primal Etiquette", Orb: Greatest Hits. Issue #8: The Best of Orb, ed. Sarah Endacott, EOD, September 2010.
  • "Ego", Scenes From the Second Storey, ed. Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall, Morrigan Books, September 2010.
  • "Getting Rid of Mother", The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fifth Annual Volume, ed. Bill Congreve, MirrorDanse Books. September 2010.
  • "Behind Dark Blue Eyes", Exotic Gothic 3, ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, December 2009
  • "Sandcrawlers", Dead Souls, edited by Mark S. Deniz, Morrigan Books, 2009. Re-print.
  • "Kulpunya", Exotic Gothic 2, edited Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008.
  • "Remainders", Voices, edited by Mark S. Deniz and Amanda Pillar, Morrigan Books, 2008. [This comprises six discrete but connected short stories: "1928", "1948", "1968", "1988", "2008" and "Epilogue"), which introduce each section of the anthology.]
  • "Zombie Au Gratin", Scary Food, edited by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press 2008 (fundraiser for Paul Haines).
  • "Creeping in Reptile Flesh", Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books 2008)
  • "Getting Rid of Mother", Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books 2008)
  • "Unravelling", Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books 2008)
  • "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast" in Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 2, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Aust.) [column]
  • "Abandoned", Trust Me!, edited Paul Collin (Ford Street Publishing, 2008)
  • "Fafrotskies", Black Box, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Brimstone Press, 2008)
  • "The Ossuary: Ghosts, Monsters and Chainsaws" in Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 1, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Aust.) [column]
  • "Call of Cthulhu's Mum", Conflux 5 Progress Report, February 2008 -- read it here.
  • "Pseudomelia of the Masses" -- an SF tale speculating on the near-future of work -- accepted for publication in The Workers' Paradise, edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans, Ticonderoga Press, 2007.
  • "In the Service of the Flesh", Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2007 Edition, edited Angela Challis, Brimstone Press, 2007 [reprint]
  • "Flesh and Bone", Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World, edited Robert Hood and Robin Pen, Agog! Press/Prime Books, 2007
  • "Monstrous Bright Tomorrows", In Bad Dreams: Where Real Life Awaits, edited Mark Sin Deniz and Sharyn Lilley, Eneit Press, 2007
  • "Dear Mary", Conflux 4 Program, September 2007 -- read it here.
  • "Luxury Goods", Fantastic Wonder Stories , edited Russell B. Farr, Ticonderoga Press, March 2007
  • "Gold and Black Ooze", Dr Who Short Trips: Destination: Prague, edited Steve Savile, Big Finish, July 2007
  • "God of War", Borderlands, issue 8, 2006
  • "First Moment of Dying", Shadowed Realms #11, edited Angela Challis
  • "A Giant Against Giants: Ultraman for the New Millennium", in G-Fan #77, 2006.
  • "Birthmark", cØck, edited by Keith Stevenson and Andrew Macrae, Coeur de Lion Press, 2006.
  • "Man and Super-monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents", Borderlands #7, 2006.
  • "Touched", Fables and Reflections #8, edited by Lily Chrywenstrom, 2006.
  • "Cross-currents", Cosmos, Issue 5, November 2005.
  • "Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla", in King King Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape, edited by David Brin (BenBella Books, 2005).
  • "In the Service of the Flesh", Aurealis #36 , 2005.
  • "<term UNTRANSLATABLE>", Ticonderoga Online, No. 4, June 2005

 

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