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Robert Hood

Hood, Robert Maxwell

July 24, 1951 (age 74)

Birth place: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

45 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
March 1991 20 Short Fiction The Slimelight, and How to Step Into It Iniquities, Spring 1991
July 1991 8 Short Fiction Groundswell Aurealis, #5
April 1993 38 Short Fiction Mamandis Dreaming Eidolon, Autumn 1993
January 1994 6 Short Fiction Autopsy Bloodsongs, January 1994
April 1994 79 Review Crosstown Traffic Eidolon, Autumn 1994
April 1994 34 Short Fiction Rotting Eggplant on the Bottom Shelf of a Fridge Eidolon, Autumn 1994
April 1994 7 Short Fiction Rough Trade Aurealis, #13
June 1994 18 Interview Putting the Vile in Morbing Vyle: An Interview with Richard Harland Bloodsongs, June 1994
December 1994 4 Short Fiction A Place for the Dead Bloodsongs, Summer 1994
1995 26 Essay Nights of the Celluloid Dead: A History of the Zombie Film (Part 2 of 3) Bloodsongs, Winter 1995
1995 24 Essay Nights of the Celluloid Dead: A History of the Zombie Film (Part 3 of 3) Bloodsongs, Spring 1995
1995 21 Essay Nights of the Celluloid Dead—A History of the Zombie Film, Part 1: First Steps of the Walking Dead Bloodsongs, Autumn 1995
October 1995 64 Short Fiction The Black Lake's Fatal Flood Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1995
October 1996 20 Short Fiction A Quickening in Stone Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1996
December 1996 79 Review Bonescribes Aurealis, #18
June 1998 159 Interview Living on the Dark Edge: An Interview with Richard Harland Aurealis, #20/21: Vend-A-Nation
June 1998 31 Short Fiction Occasional Demons Aurealis, #20/21: Vend-A-Nation
1999 61 Short Fiction Primal Etiquette Orb Speculative Fiction, Spring-Summer 1999
April 1999 9 Short Fiction Ground Underfoot Aurealis, #23
October 2001 161 Short Fiction Rotten Times Aurealis, #27/28
November 2001 50 Serial Apocalypse with the Lot (Part 1 of ?) Fables and Reflections, Issue #1
2003 74 Short Fiction The Drift Orb Speculative Fiction, #5
January 2003 [5]|5 Short Fiction Nobody's Car Ideomancer, January 2003
February 2003 53 Short Fiction Writing on the Wall Dark Animus, February 2003
March 2003 [5]|5 Interview Interview: Robert Hood Ideomancer, March 2003
March 2003 [9]|9 Short Fiction Necropolis Ideomancer, March 2003
October 2003 64 Short Fiction Heartless Aurealis, #31
October 2003 42 Short Fiction Howler Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #9, October/November 2003
2004 165 Short Fiction Got Change? Orb Speculative Fiction, #6
February 2004 106 Interview A Moment with Kim Wilkins,Stephen Dedman, Terry Dowling & Rob Hood Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #11, February/March 2004
June 2004 41 Short Fiction A Helping Hand Dark Animus, June-December 2004
July 2004 135 Review Immaterial Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2004
November 2005 Short Fiction Cross-Currents Cosmos: The Science of Everything, November 2005
December 2005 Short Fiction In the Service of the Flesh Aurealis, #36
May 2006 15 Essay Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents Borderlands, May 2006
September 2006 140 Review Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2006
October 2006 31 Short Fiction God of War Borderlands, October 2006
April 2008 98 Review Daikaiju! 2 Revenge of the Giant Monsters Aurealis, #40
July 2008 50 Short Fiction Moments of Dying Black: Australian Dark Culture, Issue #1
September 2008 24 Interview George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, Issue #2
June 2010 162 Review Creeping in Reptile Flesh Aurealis, #43
April 2014 Short Fiction Dark Mechanics of the Game Cosmos: The Science of Everything, April-May 2014
October 2014 |3 Essay Author Loci (Dimension6, #3) Dimension6, #3
October 2014 |2 Short Fiction The Shark God Covenant Dimension6, #3
August 2016 |6 Review Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Strange Horizons, 15 August 2016

26 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1989 Collection Day-Dreaming on Company Time Robert Hood
1993 Anthology Crosstown Traffic Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden & Robert Hood
1996 Chapbook Bone Screamers Bill Condon & Robert Hood
1996 Anthology Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 Bill Congreve & Robert Hood
1996 Chapbook Freak Out! Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1996 Chapbook Ghoul Man Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1996 Chapbook Loco-Zombies Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1996 Chapbook Slime Zone Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1997 Chapbook Brain Sucker Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1997 Chapbook Feeding Frenzy Robert Hood & Bill Condon
1997 Chapbook Humungoid Bill Condon & Robert Hood
1997 Chapbook Rat Heads Bill Condon & Robert Hood
2001 Novel Ancient Light Robert Hood
2001 Novel Black Sun Rising Robert Hood
2001 Novel Night Beast Robert Hood
2001 Novel Shadow Dance Robert Hood
2002 Collection Immaterial: Ghost Stories Robert Hood
2005 Anthology Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales Robert Hood & Robin Pen
2007 Anthology Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs. the World Robert Hood & Robin Pen
2007 Anthology Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters Robert Hood & Robin Pen
2008 Collection Creeping in Reptile Flesh Robert Hood
2012 Novel Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead Robert Hood
2015 Collection Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Robert Hood
2015 Collection Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Volume 1 Robert Hood
2015 Collection Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Volume 2 Robert Hood
2022 Novel Scavengers Robert Hood

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2000 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story That Old Black Graffiti Nominee
2000 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Fiction Primal Etiquette Nominee
2000 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Fiction Ground Underfoot Nominee
2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Rotten Times Nominee
2001 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Fiction That Old Black Graffiti Nominee
2002 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Number 7 Nominee
2002 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Novel Night Beast Nominee
2002 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Short Fiction Rotten Times Nominee
2006 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales Winner
2006 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Divided Kingdom: King Kong Versus Godzilla Winner
2007 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents Nominee
2008 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Collection Creeping in Reptile Flesh Nominee
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Creeping in Reptile Flesh Nominee
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Creeping in Reptile Flesh Nominee
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Moments of Dying Nominee
2009 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead Nominee
2010 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Wasting Matilda Nominee
2011 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Desert Madonna Nominee
2012 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Escena de un Asesinato Nominee
2012 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) Escena de un Asesinato Nominee
2013 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) Soul Killer Nominee
2014 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) The Shark God Covenant Nominee
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novel Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead Winner
2015 Australian Shadows Award Collection (2011-) Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Winner
2015 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) The Whimper Nominee
2016 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Nominee
2018 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) Time and Tide Nominee
2019 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story A Man Totally Alone Nominee
2020 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novella Bad Weather Nominee
2021 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Bad Weather Nominee
2022 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novel Scavengers Nominee
2023 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel Scavengers Nominee
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