{"product_id":"9780712369619","title":"Terror Australis : Dark Tales from Down Under : 78","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Doig, James\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAnthologies (non-poetry)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 22 October 2026 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the British Library Tales of the Weird' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 352 pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e189 x 130 x 23 | 250g\u003cp\u003e“How  chilly the night vapours were which rose from this large pool, for it was  more like the moat from some ancient ruin than an ordinary Australian  water-hole. How ominous the shadows that gathered over this dwelling, and  which even the great and lustrous moon, now clear of the gable end, seemed  unable to dissipate.”  The  Australian landscape is one that lends itself to the uncanny: the  oppressively hot, fly-infested bush, populated with abandoned shanties or  rundown homesteads, slowly petering out into the empty, endless outback with  its blood-red sands and emaciated myall trees. It has birthed a weird  tradition that is often quirky, disorientating and unexpected; uniquely  blending imported gothic tropes with Aboriginal folklore and colonial horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  These  twelve terrifying tales of bloodthirsty bunyips, displaced phantoms and  strange ancient magic, taking place in Aboriginal settlements, dusty desert  camps, remote country towns and bustling coastal cities, create chills enough  to quell the most shimmering-hot Australian summer day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doig, James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54712950030520,"sku":"9780712369619","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780712369619.jpg?v=1794323288","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780712369619","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}