BoneScribes: Years Best Australian Horror: 1995

Are we mad? Brave? Do we have more money than commonsense? (Which would imply very little of either!) Well, we do like good horror stories and 1995 was the third boom year in a row for Australian horror, with no sign that the pace will flag. We've come a long way since the days of bush-legend ghost stories. With Bonescribes you'll find ghosts, zombies (because we like zombies!) and several stories of sexual horror (because 1995 was a good year for that too). You'll find the traditional, the street-smart, the quirky, the amusing and the downright horrible. You'll find the very best horror stories published by Australians in 1995 • Australian Horror: 1995 • essay by Bill Congreve and Robert Hood • 13 • The Lady of Situations • (1994) • shortstory by Stephen Dedman • 24 • Dead Set • (1995) • shortstory by Garry Disher • 38 • Blind Seeking the Blind • (1995) • shortstory by Keira McKenzie [as by K. J. McKenzie ] • 51 • What the Stone of Ciparri Says • (1995) • shortstory by Francis Payne • 62 • Entropy • (1995) • shortstory by Leanne Frahm • 68 • Don't Move! • (1995) • shortstory by Renny Willins • 94 • Conservatory • (1995) • shortstory by Carmel Bird • 100 • Souls Along the Meridian • (1995) • shortstory by Bill Congreve [as by Jacci Olson ] • 115 • Dead in the Glamour of Moonlight • (1995) • shortstory by Robert Hood • 128 • The Corpse • (1995) • shortfiction by Bill Congreve • 131 • A History of Australian Horror • essay by Steven Paulsen and Sean McMullen and Bill Congreve (variant of The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction 1995) [as by Bill Congreve and Sean McMullen and Steve Paulsen ]