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Tag Archives: Speculative Australia
“Melbourne Calling”
by Mara Geißen For my last blog post I have again chosen a short story to write about. The short story, “Melbourne Calling” by Silvia Brown, doesn’t seem to have much to do with horror at first. However, monsters are … Continue reading
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A Review: Catching Teller Crow
“In telling this tale, we were informed by two sets of stories that are the inheritance of Aboriginal peoples. The first set are stories of our homelands, families, cultures; the stories that speak to the connections which sustain us and … Continue reading
Overwatch’s Australia: The Freak, The Queen and… the Māori?
The gaming industry is notoriously known to struggle with representation of diverse characters. Protagonists still tend to be male, white, cis, and able-bodied most of the time. AAA titles with the most basic protagonists still make tons of profit, while … Continue reading
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Soon…the real life horror story of the Australian town Wittenoom
For my blogpost I would like to introduce the novel Soon by Lois Murphy and would make a recommendation for you to read it. The novel deals with an abandoned city in the Australian outback, only a few people remained … Continue reading
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Subversive Horror in “Waltzing Matilda”
“Waltzing Matilda” is an Australian Icon. Many Australians carry it in their hearts as an unofficial national anthem. The text to the tune was written in 1895 by Australian Banjo Paterson and has struck a chord with people down under … Continue reading
Cargo: An Emotional Take on the Zombie Apocalypse
Short Film vs. Feature-length Film by Eva Musat & Julia Riffel The 2013 Australian short film Cargo, written and directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling is about a father who must save his young daughter from zombies by trying … Continue reading
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Shadow of Drought
“Shadow of Drought“ is a short story from the short story collection The bone chime song and other stories by Joanne Anderton. It is written from the perspective of a teenager “Lou”. She constantly compares her experience to a horror … Continue reading
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“all the uncanny golems of the Gothic imagination“ – traces of Frankenstein in James Bradley’s Ghost Species
by Mariam Schmitt There is something exceedingly exciting about the prospect of reversing death, be it in the form of a person or an entire species. By artificially bringing to life a being that should no longer exist, one dares … Continue reading
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What a Dead Mother Can Tell Us
The story Sleepless by Jay Kristoff deals with a guy named Justin. He turns out to be a serial killer and his online girlfriend is the next victim. However, in the end the hunter becomes the hunted. In the following … Continue reading
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Picnic at Hanging Rock – A spoiler free introduction to an Australian Gothic classic
Over the course of this semester, we have talked about a lot of Australian media, be they novels, short stories or short movies. Since the semester is ending, I find it only fitting to go out with a bang and … Continue reading