Matthew Tait Matthew Tait i(12171516 works by)
Gender: Male
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Former assistant editior for the Australian zine Horrorscope (from 2005 to its closure in 2011), Matthew Tait has also worked as a writer and critic for Hellnotes. He has published a number of horror novels and a collection of essays on horror in fiction and film.

In addition to works indexed on AustLit, Matthew Tait also releases short stories through Amazon's Kindle platform.

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y separately published work icon Deception Pass Australia : Dark Crib Publications , 2020 21480279 2020 single work novel horror

'Nick Wheeler’s subject matter has always been controversial. A venerated photographer motivated to capture the malign elements of human existence – suicide as illusion and artifice – his career is suddenly in tatters after a near-fatal work accident plunges him into a coma.

'A sleep paralysis victim, Nick’s descent into oblivion ushers him back to where it all began: winters spent in the rugged foothills of Deception Pass. It was here, among the secret grottos and old-growth forests, where ancient forces first showed their hand: Shadow Men capable of paralyzing the body and manipulating generations into serving an otherworldly agenda.

'To survive, Nick must confront the past ... and the Shadows, evermore monstrous disguised by human faces.'

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2020 winner Australian Shadows Award Novel
y separately published work icon Providence Place Australia : Dark Crib Publications , 2017 13918964 2017 single work novel horror

'Once a bustling school playing host to the elite of Cranston, Providence Place now sits completely abandoned; a derelict world of memories for the populace of Rhode Island. It's also a place where people come from all over the country seeking their scares. People like Dillon Cook, a budding film-maker who decides to recruit four past pupils for his next independent film. A director with a taste for the tragic places of the world, Dillon sees Providence Place as the perfect backdrop for tragedy to unfold ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2017 shortlisted Australian Shadows Award Novel
y separately published work icon Davey Ribbon Austin : HodgePodge Press , 2014 12171585 2014 single work novel horror

'Hidden within the Pitch Pines of Cyclone Cove forty-five years prior, Wyvern Way becomes a sinister backdrop when a young autistic child bears witness to atrocity. Rescued by an unlikely source, the two make a final pact that resonates throughout the future generations of the town.

'Though small, the municipal of Cyclone Cove sits at the very apex of cutting-edge technology, thanks to the giant computing firm: Azarcheal Systems Conglomerate. Led by Samara Reagan, the ASC maintains its stranglehold through means sometimes not of the human world …

'Elusive and equally mysterious, Norman Perks is a wealthy recluse whose house looks down upon the town like a haunted idol – and whose love of the written word propels him to chronicle the ongoing story of Cyclone Cove.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2014 nominated Australian Shadows Award Novel
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