Leigh Blackmore

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Leigh Blackmore

Born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Writer, freelance manuscript assessor, critic, editor, occultist
Nationality	Australian
Genres	Dark Fantasy, Weird Fiction

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Leigh David Blackmore is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor and occultist. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School (1971-72) and Newcastle Boys' High School (now Callaghan College Technology Campus) (1972-76). He resides in Wollongong, NSW.

1 Works edited
2 Magazines edited
3 Critical writings and bibliographies
4 Published fiction and Poetry
5 Reviews and Amateur Press Associations
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Works edited

Terror Australis: Best Australian Horror (Hodder/Coronet, 1993)

[edit] Magazines edited

Mythopoeia: The Newsletter of Dymocks SF & Fantasy (co-edited with Glayne Louise) (1995-97)
Terror Australis: The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine (co-edited with Chris G.C. Sequeira & Bryce J. Stevens) (1987-92)
ThAT: Newsletter of Oceania Lodge, O.T.O. (1993-94)
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction (co-edited with Benjamin J. Szumskyj, Phillip A. Ellis & James Doig)

[edit] Critical writings and bibliographies

The Eternal Yes: The Affirmations of Terry Dowling (with Dr Van Ikin)(forthcoming);
Terry Dowling: Virtuoso of the Fantastic (R’lyeh Texts, 2005);
Harlan Ellison/Terry Dowling/Jack Dann: A Bibliographic Checklist (Sydney: R’lyeh Texts, 1996);
H. P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: A Bibliographical Supplement 1980-84 (with S.T. Joshi)(West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1985);
Brian Lumley: A New Bibliography (Sydney: Dark Press, 1984; San Bernadino CA: Borgo Press, 1986).

He has contributed to various scholarly works on speculative fiction including S.T. Joshi's Supernatural Literature of the World An Encyclopedia (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.) and Rhythmic Toil Combin'd: Poets of the Lovecraft Circle (Mythos Books, 2007). Other critical writings and interviews with leading writers in speculative fiction have appeared in The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine, Calenture, Crypt of Cthulhu, Dagon, Dayspring, E.O.D., FuBar, Masque Noir, Outpost, Severed Head, Shadowplay, Shoggoth, Sirius, Tabula Rasa and Talents & Twilit Grotto.^[^{citations needed]}

He also written columns on the occult for Spellcraft magazine and Black magazine (Brimstone Press).

[edit] Published fiction and Poetry

Blackmore's weird fiction, some of which is Lovecraftian, has appeared in Agog! Fantastic Fiction, Agog! Terrific Tales, Aurealis, Avatar, Bold Action, Daikaiju 3, Micro, Phantastique, Pulse of Darkness, Tertangala and online at Ligotti.net. In 2004 his novella "Uncharted" was nominated for a Ditmar Award for "Best Novella" and received an honourable mention in The Year’s Best Horror & Fantasy (17th annual), ed. Ellen Datlow et al.

His weird verse has appeared in Arkham Sampler, Avallaunius, Beastly, chaosmagic.com, EOD, Etchings & Odysseys, New Lovecraft Collector, Shoggoth, Telmar and The Eldritch Dark. Some is now collected in Spores from Sharnoth & Other Madnesses (P'rea Press, 2008). General poetry has appeared in Tertangala.^[^{citations needed]}

[edit] Reviews and Amateur Press Associations

Blackmore has reviewed horror and fantasy fiction for AsIF.com, EOD, Galaxy Newsletter, Prohibited Matter, Science Fiction, Shoggoth, Skinned Alive and the Sydney Morning Herald. He regularly contributes the zine Mantichore to the SSFWT and Esoteric Order of Dagon amateur press associations.^{[citations needed]}

[edit] See also

List of horror fiction authors

[edit] References

Mike Ashley & William G. Contento. The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird and Horror Anthologies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995, p. 118
Russell Blackford, Van Ikin & Sean McMullen (eds). Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999, p. 169.
Paul Collins (ed). The MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Melbourne, Vic: Melbourne University Press, 1998, pp. 11, 46-47
S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz (eds). Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 1409-10.
Bryce J. Stevens The Fear Codex: Australian Encyclopedia of Dark Fantasy & Horror (Jacobyte Books, CD-ROM, 2001).