{"product_id":"terror-australis-dark-tales-from-down-under-by-marcus-clarke-9780712369619","title":"Terror Australis : Dark Tales from Down Under","description":"\u003cp\u003eBunyips, boundary riders and bush-lurkers: just some of the horrors that populate these tales of the Antipodean uncanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Australian weird tradition may be a short one, but it is as varied and rich as anything you will find in the Old World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of these tales, from the likes of Marcus Clarke, Sophie Osmond, Ernest Favenc and Mary Fortune, are written by strangers in a new land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTraditional European elements of the weird tale appear in new forms, or are moulded afresh to a harsh new environment. The haunted house is no longer a rambling manor, but an abandoned shanty or rundown homestead; the ancient wood, the lair of evils and creatures from folklore, becomes the oppressively hot, fly-infested bush; and the windswept moor is the empty, endless Australian outback with its blood-red sands and emaciated myall trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology also includes Aboriginal voices, providing a very different take on the landscape and its horrors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcus Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308642967925,"sku":"9780712369619","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/terror-australis-dark-tales-from-down-under-by-marcus-clarke-9780712369619","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}