HorrorScope (webzine)
Encyclopedia
HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log is a news
and review
webzine dedicated to horror literature
and movies. The zine was created by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press
in August 2005. HorrorScope and its editors have won two Ditmar Award
s (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards) and attracted several award nominations.
. Aside from Cummings, the foundation HorrorScope staff writers were Stephanie Gunn, A D John, Andrew J McKiernan, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs, and Matthew Tait. Heather Gammage joined the staff in December 2006.
The Australian Horror Writers Association
's news service was amalgamated with HorrorScope in March 2007. With AHWA news editor Talie Helene joining the HorrorScope editorial team, the combined serviced provided a single, streamlined source for Australian horror publishing news. Award-winning horror writer
and critic
Robert Hood
joined the HorrorScope team in August 2007.
Aside from regular news items and reviews of books, magazines, and movies, HorrorScope has published interviews with notable Australian and international horror and speculative fiction
authors such as RL Stine, Will Elliott
, Stephen Dedman
, Martin Livings
, Brett McBean
, Rocky Wood
, Queenie Chan
, Jason Nahrung
, and David Conyers
.
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and review
Review
A review is an evaluation of a publication, a product or a service, such as a movie , video game, musical composition , book ; a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, a play, musical theater show or dance show...
webzine dedicated to horror literature
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
and movies. The zine was created by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press
Brimstone Press
Brimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction . Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia....
in August 2005. HorrorScope and its editors have won two Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
s (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards) and attracted several award nominations.
Publication history
The zine is edited by a group of reviewers led by founder and managing editor Shane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya Cummings
Shane Jiraiya Cummings is an Australian horror short story writer and editor. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his partner Angela Challis...
. Aside from Cummings, the foundation HorrorScope staff writers were Stephanie Gunn, A D John, Andrew J McKiernan, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs, and Matthew Tait. Heather Gammage joined the staff in December 2006.
The Australian Horror Writers Association
Australian Horror Writers Association
The Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction and to further the development of dark fiction in Australia.-History:The AHWA built to some extent...
's news service was amalgamated with HorrorScope in March 2007. With AHWA news editor Talie Helene joining the HorrorScope editorial team, the combined serviced provided a single, streamlined source for Australian horror publishing news. Award-winning horror writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and critic
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
Robert Hood
Rob Hood
Robert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
joined the HorrorScope team in August 2007.
Aside from regular news items and reviews of books, magazines, and movies, HorrorScope has published interviews with notable Australian and international horror and speculative fiction
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
authors such as RL Stine, Will Elliott
Will Elliott
Will Elliott is an Australian literary horror fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland.His debut novel The Pilo Family Circus was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award...
, Stephen Dedman
Stephen Dedman
Stephen Dedman is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.-Biography:...
, Martin Livings
Martin Livings
Martin Livings is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award...
, Brett McBean
Brett McBean
Brett McBean is best known as an award winning Australian horror and speculative fiction writer. He was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and he is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association...
, Rocky Wood
Rocky Wood
Rocky Wood is an award-nominated writer and researcher best-known for his books about horror author Stephen King. He is the first non-American to hold the position of President of the Horror Writers Association. Wood was born in Wellington New Zealand and lives in Melbourne, Australia with his...
, Queenie Chan
Queenie Chan
Queenie Chan is a Chinese-Australian Original English-Language comic artist who was born in 1980. She originally lived in Hong Kong, but in 1986, she and her family moved to Australia. Through her childhood, she has interest in reading manga and read Chinese-translated versions of Shonen Jump...
, Jason Nahrung
Jason Nahrung
Jason Nahrung is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne, Victoria with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics. He was co-winner...
, and David Conyers
David Conyers
David Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror.Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melbourne. There he achieved a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1993...
.
Wins
- 2007 Ditmar AwardDitmar AwardThe Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
, Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.) - 2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
Nominations
- 2007 William Atheling Jr Award: Paraspheres review by Miranda Siemienowicz (HorrorScope)
- 2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
- 2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Stephanie Gunn (HorrorScope)
- 2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Miranda Siemienowicz (HorrorScope)
- 2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Mark Smith-Briggs (HorrorScope)
- 2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Matthew Tait (HorrorScope)
- 2006 Ditmar Award, Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
- 2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
- 2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Stephanie Gunn (HorrorScope)