Category Archives: Interviews

He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains, Part 2

Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

I was in Sydney’s Chinatown recently, negotiating a tiresome crowd of zombies, when I bumped into a tall, shuffling figure wearing a trenchcoat, scalf and hat, even though it wasn’t all that cold. It was only as I apologised and … Continue reading →

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He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains, Part 1

Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

As comic giant monsters go, Fin Fang Foom is one of the green-blooded aristocrats. Ranging in size somewhere between 32 feet and 100 feet (though he has been known to be reductive enough to sit in a park playing chess … Continue reading →

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Interview with a Serpent Maker

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Serpent Lake (US-2009, directed by Joel Trujillo) There is a long-running tradition of lake monsters, both in local legend and on film. Deep, dark waters seem to spark the imagination; stories of monstrous aquatic fauna go way back and have … Continue reading →

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Readings to Get Chilled By

Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 by Robert Hood

Once again, members of the Australian Horror Writers Association will be reading their creepiest work on The Writing Show in the days leading up to Halloween. Readings take place via podcast and are followed by a chat between host Paula … Continue reading →

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Australian Spec Fic Spotlight 2007

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

I was recently interviewed by Tansy Rayner Roberts for the ambitious 2007 Australian Speculative Fiction Spotlight project. The result can be read here. The Spotlight was begun by Ben Peek in 2005 and this year is being coordinated via the … Continue reading →

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