Leigh Blackmore

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birthplace = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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occupation = Writer, freelance manuscript assessor, critic, editor, occultist
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website = Blackmausoleum [http://members.optusnet.com.au/lvxnox/]

Leigh David Blackmore is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor and occultist. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School (1971-72) and Newcastle Boys' High School (now Callaghan College Technology Campus) (1972-76). He resides in Wollongong, NSW and is currently doing Honours in Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong.

Works edited

(Hodder/Coronet, 1993)

Magazines edited

*" Studies in Australian Weird Fiction http://www.australianhorror.com/SiAWF/" (co-edited with Benjamin J. Szumskyj, Phillip A. Ellis & James Doig) (2008 - )
*"MoonsKin Annual" (No 1, 2008).
*"ThAT: Newsletter of Oceania Lodge, O.T.O." (1993-94)
*"Mythopoeia: The Newsletter of Dymocks SF & Fantasy" (co-edited with Glayne Louise) (1995-97)
*"Terror Australis: The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine" (co-edited with Chris G.C. Sequeira & Bryce J. Stevens) (1987-92)

Critical writings and bibliographies

*"The Eternal Yes: The Affirmations of Terry Dowling" (with Dr Van Ikin)(forthcoming);
* "Terry Dowling: Virtuoso of the Fantastic" (R’lyeh Texts, 2005);
*"Harlan Ellison/Terry Dowling/Jack Dann: A Bibliographic Checklist" (Sydney: R’lyeh Texts, 1996);
*"H. P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: A Bibliographical Supplement 1980-84" (with S.T. Joshi)(West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1985);
*"Brian Lumley: A New Bibliography" (Sydney: Dark Press, 1984; San Bernadino CA: Borgo Press, 1986).

He has contributed to various scholarly works on speculative fiction including S.T. Joshi's "Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia" (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.)

Other critical writings and interviews with leading writers in speculative fiction have appeared in "The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine, Calenture, "Crypt of Cthulhu", Dagon, "Dayspring", E.O.D., FuBar, "Masque Noir", "Outpost", "Severed Head", "Shadowplay", "Shoggoth", "Sirius", Tabula Rasa and "Talents" & "Twilit Grotto".Facts|date=June 2007

He also written columns on the occult (with his partner, the poet, witch and activist Margi Curtis)- "Arts of the Craft" (2005) for Spellcraft magazine and "Black Cauldron" (2008 - present) for "Black: Australia's Dark Culture" magazine Brimstone Press.

Fiction published in print or online

*"Leaving Town". "Tide" No 5 (October 2008)
*"Dream Street". "And Then I Woke Up!" (Oct 2007)
*"The Return of Zoth-Ommog". Rob Hood & Robin Pen (eds)."Daikaiju 3! Giant Monsters vs the World". (Wollongong: Agog! Press, 2007). Reprint forthcoming in Henrik Harksen (ed). "Eldritch Horrors: Dark Tales" (2008).
*"Water Runs Uphill". "Mantichore" 2, No 1 (WN5) Dec 2006. "Aurealis" No 38/39 (Sept 2007).
*"Cemetery Rose". www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005). Online podcast at www.writingshow.com (Oct 2006) (includes interview with Blackmore).
*"Imago". "Tertangala" (Oct 2006).
*"A Myriad of Stars". "Mantichore" 1, No 4 (Sept 2006)
*"Wave". "Micro" No 1 (May 2006).
*"Soul Food". "Mantichore" 1, No 2 (Mar 2006).
*"By Their Fruits". www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005).
*"Uncharted". Cat Sparks (ed). "Agog! Terrific Tales". (Wollongong: Agog! Press, 2003). (Nominated for a Ditmar Award for "Best Novella" and received an honourable mention in "The Year’s Best Horror & Fantasy" (17th annual), ed. Ellen Datlow et al.)
*"Dr Nadurnian's Golem". Cat Sparks (ed). "Agog! Fantastic Fiction". (Wollongong: Agog! Press, 2002). Online at www.ligotti.net (Dec 2005).
*"The Horror in the Manuscript" (with Lindsay Walker"). www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005).
*"The Guardian" (with Greg Smith). "Avatar" No 3 (June 1995).
*"The Last Town". "Avatar" No 3 (June 1995). www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005).
*"The Sacrifice". "Avatar" No 3 (June 1995). www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005)
*"This Story Has No Tuttle" (with Bryce J. Stevens. "Choking Dog Gazette" No 3 (1998)
*"The Hourglass". Leigh Blackmore (ed). "Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror" (Coronet, 1993). www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005).
*"The Gargoyle Club Gambit" (with Chris G.C. Sequeira). "Pulse of Darkness" No 4 (1990). "Bold Action" No 1 (2002).
*"The Infestation". "Phantastique" (1987). www.sffworld.com (Nov 2005).

Published poetry

His weird verse has appeared in "Arkham Sampler", "Avallaunius", "Beastly", chaosmagic.com, "EOD", "Etchings & Odysseys", "New Lovecraft Collector", "Shoggoth", "Studies in the Fantastic", "Telmar" and "The Eldritch Dark". Some is now collected in "Spores from Sharnoth & Other Madnesses" (P'rea Press, 2008). General poetry has appeared in "Tertangala".Facts|date=June 2007

Reviews, Sound Works, Amateur Press Associations, Art

Blackmore has reviewed horror and fantasy fiction for AsIF.com, "EOD", "Galaxy Newsletter", "Prohibited Matter", "Science Fiction", "Shoggoth", "Skinned Alive" and the "Sydney Morning Herald".His audiowalk sound piece "Carbon Footprints" was exhibited at the University of Wollongong (Faculty of Creative Arts), Oct 2007. His radio play "Calling Water" is scheduled for broadcast in late 2008 on "Airplay" (ABC Radio). He contributes a zine regularly to the Sword and Sorcery and Weird Fiction Terminus (SSFWT) and Esoteric Order of Dagon (E.O.D.) amateur press associations.Facts|date=June 2007. He is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association.His collage work has been featured in various magazines - a sample can be seen at the Tertangala page.

ee also

*List of horror fiction authors

References

*Mike Ashley & William G. Contento. "The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird and Horror Anthologies". Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995, p. 118
*Russell Blackford, Van Ikin & Sean McMullen (eds). "Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction." Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999, p. 169.
*Paul Collins (ed). "The MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy" Melbourne, Vic: Melbourne University Press, 1998, pp. 11, 46-47
*S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz (eds). "Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia". Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 1409-10.
*Bryce J. Stevens "The Fear Codex: Australian Encyclopedia of Dark Fantasy & Horror" (Jacobyte Books, CD-ROM, 2001).
*Benjamin J. Szumskyj "The Terror from Australis: An Interview with Leigh Blackmore" . "Australian Studies in Weird Fiction" 1 (Equilibrium Books, 2008).

External links

* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/lvxnox/ Blackmausoleum, official website]