Leigh Blackmore Leigh Blackmore i(A303 works by) (a.k.a. Leigh David Blackmore)
Born: Established: 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Nightmare Logic : Tales of the Macabre, Fantastic and Cthulhuesque Leigh Blackmore , Melbourne : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2024 28848902 2024 selected work short story horror fantasy

'nightmare (n) 1. a frightening or unpleasant dream with acute fear, anxiety or other painful emotion 2 a very unpleasant experience 3 a condition, thought or experience suggestive of a nightmare in sleep logic (n) 1 the science of principles of reasoning 2. good reasoning 3. correct or reliable inference Nightmare logic 1. The inexorable horror of bad dreams 2. that which lurks unsuspected in the shadows of the waking world 3. forgotten and unacknowledged pasts rising up to claim the present 4. the twisted raison d' etre of things that should not be but are. At the intersection of this world and others, unimaginable things can happen. With this collection of stories, Leigh Blackmore invites you to voyage with him into urban decay and otherworldly dimensions, to discover paranoia and unknown planes of existence, to experience realms of cosmic alienage, and the fantastic that lies at the heart of the real.' (Publication summary)

1 The Tongueless Dead Leigh Blackmore , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Spectral Realms , Summer no. 13 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Midnight Echo : The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association no. 5 February Leigh Blackmore (editor), 2011 Z1919288 2011 periodical issue horror
1 The Gods Throw Dice i "I was a traveller on far seas", Leigh Blackmore , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Melaleuca , February no. 8 2010; (p. 6)
1 1 y separately published work icon Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madness Leigh Blackmore , Lane Cove : P'rea Press , 2008 Z1846432 2008 selected work poetry
1 Leaving Town Leigh Blackmore , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Tide , no. 5 2008; (p. 83-85)
1 Sound of Now i "Garbage trucks smash and crash the bins.", Leigh Blackmore , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tertangala , no. 4 2008; (p. 46)
1 Water Runs Uphill Leigh Blackmore , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 38/39 2007; (p. 146-152)
1 The Return of Zoth-Ommog Leigh Blackmore , 2007 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Daikaiju! 3 : Giant Monsters vs the World 2007; (p. 82-100)
1 Uncharted Leigh Blackmore , 2003 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction 2003; (p. 152-170) Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction 2006; (p. 149-167)
1 Dr Nadurnian's Golem Leigh Blackmore , 2002 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Agog! Fantastic Fiction : 29 Tales of Fantasy, Imagination and Wonder 2002; (p. 36-45)
1 9 y separately published work icon Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror Leigh Blackmore (editor), Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1993 Z188909 1993 anthology short story

Anthology of Australian-written horror stories.

1 Untitled Leigh Blackmore , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 2 (Issue 35) 1993; (p. 29-30)

— Review of Intimate Armageddons 1992 anthology short story
1 The Hourglass Leigh Blackmore , 1993 single work novella horror
— Appears in: Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror 1993; (p. 214-235)
1 The Sphynx Leigh Blackmore , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: EOD , no. 5 1991; (p. 83)
1 2 y separately published work icon Terror Australis : The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine Leigh Blackmore (editor), C. G. C. Sequeira (editor), Bryce Stevens (editor), 1988 Sydney : 1988-1992 Z1770177 1988 periodical (3 issues) Extract from Editorial in Vol. 1, no. 1 by Leigh Blackmore: 'We want to bridge the gap between fantasy and horror fans in this country and overseas by producing a magazine that has high international appeal and a high Australian content.' The magazine grew out of its predecessor, The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine, on which Leigh Blackmore had worked as an editorial assistant.
1 The Shining Pyramid i ""Haunted, you said?" The deep and ancient wood", Leigh Blackmore , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Terror Australis : The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine , Autumn vol. 1 no. 1 1988; (p. 136-137)
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