Nick Stathopoulos Nick Stathopoulos i(A70757 works by)
Born: Established: 1959 ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Complete Rynosseros : Volume III Terry Dowling , Harrogate : PS Publishing , 2020 18742742 2020 selected work essay

'In this special companion volume to The Complete Rynosseros, author Terry Dowling discusses the origins and development of every story in the classic saga of the Blue Captain.

'There are fascinating insights into the parts played by boyhood movies, picture books, comics and SF magazines, by the work of the Surrealists and Scheherazade’s tales from the Thousand and One Nights, everything from Jacobean song lyrics, modern-day movie soundtracks and a child’s drawing of a robot to the fiction of Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as that of his long-time writer friends Jack Vance and Harlan Ellison.

'Whether through the support and wise counsel of editors like Peter McNamara and Philip Gore, the artwork and design input of friend and colleague Nick Stathopoulos, or the titles, questions and suggestions offered by many interested companions along the way, Songs from the Inland Sea focuses, too, on learning the craft. It highlights the role of hard work, improvisation and—in true Surrealist fashion— serendipity, the part played by chance so prized by Max Ernst and other luminaries in the movement.

'For the completist, the die-hard fan or curious newcomer, Songs from the Inland Sea provides an intriguing, heartfelt look at how one writer went about pursuing the dream, and not only added a truly unforgettable character to the canon of modern fantastic literature, but, as often happens in any creative life, came to discover himself in the process.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Complete Rynosseros : Volume II Terry Dowling , Harrogate : PS Publishing , 2020 18742629 2020 selected work short story science fiction

'Events are fast nearing crisis point for the seven Coloured Captains. While Tom strives to learn the meaning of his three signs from the Madhouse, he continues to test the patience and goodwill of the tribes who rule this amazing Australia of the future.

'As he roams the dream-ridden streets of Twilight Beach, travels the strange wind river called the Soul, wanders the shores of the Inland Sea and visits the desert wastes of Totem Rule and Pentecost, his very existence cannot help but provoke the tribal Princes and their powerful allies.

'Going walkabout doesn’t help either, for Tom cannot be other than the man he is. By aiding outcasts, travellers, fellow captains, even rogue belltrees in his search for his forgotten past, the point is finally reached where something must be done and a deadly plan is put in place that will deal with the Captains once and for all.

'The question is: will Tom find answers before it’s too late.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Complete Rynosseros : Volume I Terry Dowling , Harrogate : Terry Dowling , 2020 18742500 2020 selected work short story science fiction

'It’s no surprise that The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros has been called “The best and most ambitious Australian science fiction series ever written, and one of the best, ever, period” or that Locus magazine in the US saw it as placing its author “among the masters of the field.”

'Only seven Nationals have won Hero Colours and fine sandships from the rival tribes that rule Australia a thousand years from now. We join the Blue Captain, Tom Tyson, and his crew aboard the magnificent kite-drawn charvolant Rynosseros as he strives to discover his true identity in a world of strange and dangerous desert states, orbiting battle stations, mind war and the most bizarre terraforming and genetic experiments imaginable. We travel with Tom to the islands of the Inland Sea, to the great fighting ground of the Air, to deserted carnivals, haunted artists’ colonies, fire-chess contests and the abandoned arcologies of the interior, all while searching for clues to the meaning of the three signs he carries with him from his time in the Madhouse.

'For that is the great mystery here, and Tom’s search to discover who he is, and why he has come to be in this place at this time is one of the most memorable journeys in modern fantastic fiction.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 1 y separately published work icon Peripheral Visions : The Collected Ghost Stories of Robert Hood (1986 -2015) Robert Hood , Melbourne : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2015 8996581 2015 selected work short story

'Peripheral visions is a unique reference collection that includes all of Robert Hood's 44 ghost stories to date, three of them especially written for this volume. These memorable tales display Hood's uncanny ability to make the fantastic real, to embrace weirdness and create human characters whose lives - both inner and outer - haunted by mortality, are laid bare and revealed to be our own worst nightmares. Ranging from melancholy reflection on life and death, through disquieting tales of dark humour and vengeance, to chilling visions of ghostly apocalypse. Hood's stories are sure to draw you into a terrifying world that in the end is revealed to be irrefutably our own. Though many of these stories draw on the traditions of the past, they are far from traditional in approach. As you turn each page remember this: not everything here is as it seems. There's always something more, barely glimpsed, out there on the periphery.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Mamu, or Reptillion vs Echidonah Nick Stathopoulos , 2007 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Daikaiju! 3 : Giant Monsters vs the World 2007; (p. 1-20) The Mammoth Book of Kaiju 2016;
1 2 y separately published work icon A Fire in the Shell Josephine Pennicott , East Roseville : Earthlight , 2004 Z1097414 2004 single work novel fantasy

'Imagine if your darkest dreams had the power to kill . . . First came the flies and bees. Then the wild dog attacks in the Blue Mountains and sightings by locals of terrifying beings. The wail of the Banshee is heard. Erinyes, Pan and the Wild Hunt are on the move. The old ones demand blood ... the killings begin. In Circle of Nine a coven of witches unleashed chaos by opening a portal to Eronth, a parallel world where magic, prophecy and ancient myths are real. Now the coven return to close the portal. But dark forces are working against them. Is one of their own betraying them?

'Eronth is on the edge of ruin. Its cunning folk have been decimated by witchhunts and are beset by invaders. Behind all this chaos lies the Eom crystal, ever growing in power and now with an offspring of equal evil.

'The faith and strength of Khartyn, Gwyndion, Maya and others are pushed to the limit as they face the horrific culmination of deadly energies. Not all of them will prove equal to the challenge. Heroes will fall by the wayside. One of them will perform the ultimate sacrifice. The final unexpected twist will make you gasp!'

[Source: Momentum Books website]

1 The Texture of Foolscap i "I capture your likeness", Nick Stathopoulos , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Twenty Seven : Blue 2003; (p. 32)
1 1 y separately published work icon Bride of the Stone Josephine Pennicott , East Roseville : Earthlight , 2003 Z1032377 2003 single work novel fantasy

Despite Emma's best efforts, the sacred Eom crystal is beginning to recharge, throwing the magical Goddess-worshipping world of Eronth into deadly turmoil. Bride of The Stone tells the story of Maya, daughter of Emma and the mysterious Stag Man, who was stolen by an Eronth faery tribe as an infant and raised to womanhood oblivious to both her identity and destiny in the great struggle to come.

Maya finds herself in a world threatened with destruction. The sinister Lightcaster feeds off the Eom's dark energy to orchestrate bloody witch-hunts, and the Sea Hags fulfill ancient prophecies by invading the land. The Azephim dark angels scheme to harness the Eom's power and Maya's future to realise their dreams of power.

Amidst this chaos Maya begins a long road to self-discovery, helped by the Wizards of the Circle of Nine, freed from millennia trapped in stone.

Meanwhile on Earth, Emma's house is occupied by a new age cult whose leader's esoteric powers are frighteningly real. But he knows little about his own angelic lineage. He knows even less about the Azephim and other dangerous entities drawn to the house's dormant portal between the worlds.

Maya's destiny unfolds as she falls in love with Bwani, leader of the Circle of Nine. But are their combined powers enough stop the dark forces destroying not only Eronth, but Earth as well?

[Source: Momentum Books website]

3 y separately published work icon Tetrarch Ian Irvine , Camberwell : Viking , 2002 Z989293 2002 single work novel fantasy 'Santhenar is on its knees. War with the forces from beyond the Void shows no sign of ending. And there is worse to come. The Aachim have invaded with a fleet of formidable battle constructs and the price for their withdrawal is half the globe. The future of the world now rests in the hands of just three flawed individuals: Tiaan, whose knowledge holds the key to a power that can yet destroy all foes; Nish who has sworn to bring the renegade geomancer to justice; and Irisis, whose great talents are hidden even from herself. Now Tiaan is leading her people in a last desperate stand against the Lyrinx...but if they are to survive she must master her new powers or be destroyed...'. Source: bookseller's website.
1 3 y separately published work icon Circle of Nine Josephine Pennicott , East Roseville : Earthlight , 2001 Z985491 2001 single work novel fantasy 'The violent and supernatural death of Emma Develle's aunt sets off strange series of events that will change the young artist's life forever. One cursory glance at a mural in the dead woman's house, and she inexplicably becomes a key figure in the magical world of Eronth - where ancient goddesses and a clan of fallen angels, are equally intent on using the time traveller to realise victory in their dark and bloody power battle'.

[Source: Momentum Books website]
1 2 y separately published work icon Geomancer Ian Irvine , Ringwood : Penguin , 2001 Z923301 2001 single work novel fantasy

'Two hundred years after the Forbidding was broken, Santhenar is locked in war with the lyrinx - intelligent, winged predators who will do anything to gain their own world. Despite the development of battle clankers and mastery of the crystals that power them, humanity is losing. Tiaan, a lonely crystal worker in a clanker manufactory, is experimenting with an entirely new kind of crystal when she begins to have extraordinary visions. The crystal has woken her latent talent for geomancy, the most powerful of all the Secret Arts - and the most perilous. Falsely accused of sabotage by her rival, Irisis, Tiaan flees for her life. Struggling to control her talent and hunted by the lyrinx, Tiaan follows her visions all the way to Tirthrax, greatest peak on all the Three Worlds, where a nightmare awaits her'.

Source: booksller's website.

1 Amplification Nick Stathopoulos , 2000 single work short story science fiction horror
— Appears in: Short Stories for Short Attention Spans 2000; (p. 14-17)
1 1 y separately published work icon Into the Future Meredith Costain (editor), Paul Collins (editor), South Melbourne : Pearson Education , 2000 Z668089 2000 anthology children's fiction science fiction children's
1 An Eidolon Interview with Shaun Tan Nick Stathopoulos (interviewer), 1999 single work interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Winter no. 28 1999; (p. 41-46)
Shaun Tan answers questions about his approaches to book illustration and influences on his work.
1 Soft Monkey Harlan Ellison , Nick Stathopoulos (illustrator), 1996 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 20 1996; (p. 76-87)
1 His Own, the Star Alphecca Terry Dowling , Nick Stathopoulos (illustrator), 1996 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 20 1996; (p. 52-60)
1 form The Mars You Have in Me (Based on the Short Story by Terry Dowling) Nick Stathopoulos , 1992 single work film/TV
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 7 1992; (p. 15-36)
1 y separately published work icon The Mars You Have in Me Terry Dowling , North Perth : Eidolon Publications , 1992 Z1754322 1992 single work short story horror
2 The Seas of Castle Hill Road Rick Kennett , 1992 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Winter no. 9 1992; (p. 14-31) Strange Fruit : Tales of the Unexpected 1995; (p. 175-197) The Dark and What It Said 2016; (p. 151-182)

'While staying with his friend Sonja Vanhoeven in Queensland, Ernie hears the sound of the sea surging through the windows of her house at night, despite being 40 kilometres from the coast.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

1 Postcards from the Flight Deck Nick Stathopoulos (illustrator), Terry Dowling (interviewer), 1991 single work interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 4 1991; (p. 16-35)
During late December 1990 Terry Dowling agreed to 'interview himself' for Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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