Stories
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Dear Mary
This
short short story was written for, and published in,
the convention program for Conflux 4,
2007. I was asked to write something about Mary Shelley
and Frankenstein. I think the editor expected
a piece of non-fiction, but she seemed quite happy
to receive the piece of meta-fiction that turned up
in her inbox. In it, I was trying to incorporate in
a metaphorical manner a variety of issues arising
from Mary's iconic creation.
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"Dear Mary".
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This
short short story was published in TiconderogaOnline,
No. 4, June 2005. It was a tongue-in-cheek depiction
of an online invasion, though in the end I was pleased
by the affection I discovered for the main character.
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Call of Cthulhu's Mum
This
one was written for the Conflux 5
Progress Report, in response to being asked to write
about Lovecraft's Old Gods mythology. I would like
to apologise to H.P. -- but I just couldn't help myself.
I was clearly channeling Baoht.
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"Call of Cthulhu's Mum"
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Rough Trade
"Rough
Trade" is a bleak and melancholic story that
somehow I find both uplifting and deeply affecting.
The impetus behind writing it was simple: to do a
"living gargoyle" story. What it became
was so much more. It remains a personal favourite,
despite its grim nature.
The
story was originally published in Aurealis
#13, March 1994, with a superb illustration by the
incomparable Shaun Tan. It was subsquently published
in my ghost-story collection, Immaterial.
Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse
Books 2002. Then in May 2006, Anna Tambour asked if
she could "reprint" it on-line on her The
Virtuous Medlar Circle website, which
is where it can still be read if you don't happen
to have a copy of Immaterial (shame on you!).
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"Rough Trade"
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Dem Bones
This
tale of cruelty and retribution, full of bizarre and
gore-drenched imagery, was suggested by the song from
which the title is taken. It was first published in
Intimate Armageddons, edited
by Bill Congreve, Wollongong, Five Islands Press 1992
and subsequently appeared in Immaterial.
Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse
Books 2002.
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"Dem Bones"
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