I’m the cleaner, me, luv. What I’m about to tell you’s things I know for certain. Everyone in these parts’s got their own story about Camilla. I’ll tell you things I know for certain. But if you need to find out more you go talk to the Madam’s niece, luv. She was a friend of
Year: 2014
Julie, Deirdre, Olivia and Prince had barely been at the rental house in the mountains for ten minutes before they accepted the fact that they were all going to die there. Anna’s car keys on the kitchen counter, covered in a visible layer of dust, had been the first clue, and the discovery of Anna
In further proof of our living in interesting times, (allegedly) North Korean hackers have stopped Sony from releasing a movie, specifically Seth Rogen and James Franco’s The Interview. Is this a thing that actually happened – as in the hackers threatening the studio – or merely the most elaborate marketing campaign gimmick in history? Meanwhile hacker-proof
The award-winning author of the novel The Etched City and, more recently, the short story collection That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote KJ Bishop speaks to us about juggling two artistic disciplines, how the Australian landscape impacts on her work and reflects back other locales that make their way into her fiction, and her story
For our second November Schlock Talk, we speak to the versatile Australian artist Kathleen Jennings. Both a writer and illustrator, she has most recently applied her delicate, evocative and fragile line to Angela Slatter’s latest collection, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings. We chat to her about juggling two art forms on a regular basis,
It’s November, or as I’ve heard it being called, Noshavember. Which is fine enough, although in my case every month is basically Noshavember…er. In fact my beard’s grown so much that it has now gained enough sentience (as well as strong enough opinions) to host AND edit this month’s POP CULTURE DESTRUCTCAST. DESTRUCTION NEWS Just a
When somebody describes themselves as an ‘all-purpose editorial mercenary’, you know they’re probably worth talking to. Rachel Edidin – writer, editor and publishing consultant – speaks to us about her work in both literature and comics, pointing out what writers should be mindful of when they embark on their forays into fiction, her work as
By Kris Green Illustration by Mark Scicluna The robed and hooded figures didn’t look out of place in the bar. It was a small place, cozy. The kind of place with nicknacks crowding the spaces between the ranks of bottles, where the memorabilia on the walls didn’t speak so much of theme, as it did
So it’s Halloween week but, due to my not being brought up with such a tradition, I never too compelled to feel, well, Halloween-y. Still, I suppose I have some candies for all of you trick or treaters… but wait, the candy is actually SPIDERS! AHAHAHAHA! I’m actually feeling Halloween-y after all. DESTRUCTION NEWS The past
Laird Barron: “My worlds are growing much larger and much more frightening than I’d imagined.” Illustration by Thom Cuschieri. We’re proud to cap off our run-up to Schlock’s Halloween issue by interviewing one of the luminaries of contemporary horror fiction. In an illuminating Schlock Talk, the award-winning novelist and short story writer Laird Barron speaks