Cirrus@Austlit

A collection of poetic fiction from postgraduate university students and lecturers of Australia.

'A collection of historical short stories, with settings ranging across the world from Australia, eighteenth century France to nineteenth century England, Egypt and Morocco, exploring themes of the paranormal and apocalyptic, specialising in the Gothic supernatural thriller.'

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'A children's historical novel about a young Irish foundling, Mary who arrives in Botany Bay on a convict ship during the 1830s. She is taken to the stately mansion of a doctor and his commanding wife, within a wild and wandering maze garden. There she meets Daisy, their privileged daughter, and instead of poverty and loneliness, discovers friendship and an escape from her troubled past.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A New Gothic thriller in the tradition of Twilight, loosely based on true crime stories - heroine Chloe Medina researches the Valentine killer who terrorises the female students of Melbourne University, leaving a vial of blood around each victims's neck, and a message of Gothic poetry behind at the scene. Her search to discover the killer's hidden identity leads her into a sinister underground world of internet crime, secret societies, blood cults, and witchcraft.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

A collection of a range of genres of poetry including the French ballade, villanelle, sonnet, and verse novel, with transnational and post-colonial themes.