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An Intimate Knowledge of the Night

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A collection of Dowling stories, some really good, a lot of horror type stories here. There is a device used in the book of a conversation that runs in the spaces between chapters.

The Mars You Have in Me is available online.

An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Bullet that Grows in the Gun - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Maze Man - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Terrarium - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : They Found The Angry Moon - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Gully - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Last Elephant - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Echoes - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Third Gift - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Mars You Have In Me - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : The Rediscovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb - Terry Dowling
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night : Scaring the Train - Terry Dowling


Houses get lonely, want people, seems firearms feel the same way about ammo.

3.5 out of 5


Labyrinthine lifestyle logistics lesson.

3.5 out of 5


Son's a sucker for spooks.

4 out of 5


Moon man's vegie mojo.

3 out of 5


Dog destroyers decimated.

3.5 out of 5


Green valley switcheroo.

3 out of 5


Heffalump helper joining.

3.5 out of 5


Painting and nude xmas mallwalking gives them the horn.

3 out of 5


Last pressie going a bit overboard.

3 out of 5


Schizoid dream delving blind fighter breakthrough.

4 out of 5


A man dreams of Mars, builds a bit of his own in Central Australia.

3.5 out of 5


Recreated grumpy Pharaoh's suicidal history lesson.

3.5 out of 5


Train pranksters nailed.

5 out of 5

Dowling's skill shines in these 12 short stories of horror, fantasy and science fiction. From the thrill and the shock of The Bullet that Grows the Gun, to the dread and the wonder of Scaring the Train, Dowling weaves his magic as a storyteller.

Significant to this collection of short stories is Dowling's connecting narrative, spanning a 12 hour evening, from dusk till dawn.

Truly a significant mind in Australia's literary circles.

Terry Dowling is Australia's most significant writer of horror fiction. Having performed marvellous feats of the imagination in science fiction and fantasy in his other books, Dowling has also always recognised the power of the frisson, the importance of the weird and the uncanny in reconnecting us to primal emotions. This book contains some of his most powerful uneasy tales, linked by a running narrative of postmodern bent - an author, sitting down to write each night, is disturbed in his work by the interruption of phonecalls from Ray, denizen of a local madhouse. These linking episodes, together with some Ellison-like autobiographical vignettes and philosophical reflections which intersperse the narrative, give the stories a synergy, a cumulative power over and above their individual plots. But one could, if one preferred, read just the stories themselves; the rewards they offer are great. Dowling is a master of the form, and his technical accomplishment and imagination combine to make a memorable collection for those who appreciate 'things that go bump in the night'. Unfortunately out of print, this collection -track it down used by any means necessary!