{"product_id":"terror-australis-dark-tales-from-down-under","title":"Terror Australis: Dark Tales from Down Under","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable now for pre-order. Please note that all orders will be despatched after the publication date. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBunyips, boundary riders and bush-lurkers: just some of the horrors that populate these tales of the Antipodean uncanny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Australian weird tradition may be a short one, but it’s as varied and rich as anything you’ll find in the Old World. Many of these tales – from the likes of Marcus Clarke, Sophie Osmond, Ernest Favenc and Mary Fortune – are written by strangers in a new land. Traditional 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-read sands and emaciated myall trees. The anthology also includes Aboriginal voices, providing a very different take on the landscape and its horrors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/tales-of-the-weird-subscription\"\u003eTales of the Weird\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"British Library Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56090512163201,"sku":"9780712369619","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0244\/8444\/6286\/files\/TerrorAustralis_9780712369619_pre_order.png?v=1786706861","url":"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/terror-australis-dark-tales-from-down-under","provider":"British Library Online Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}