Creeping in Reptile Flesh

Robert Hood

A detective, hired by one politician to dig up dirt on another, discovers he knows much more than he suspects... A seemingly normal pool of water becomes a doorway for monstrous things, horrible things, hungry for human flesh... A doctor and his “patient” discover that the location of the soul isn’t in the brain, but in the heart... This collection by Robert Hood, Australia’s master of the macabre, offers 15 short stories to tantalyze your mind and tempt your appetite. From rotting food to rotting corpses, this collection is vividly thought out madness, with Hood’s mastermind at its core. Leave your lights on for this one — all of them.

Published
2008
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Robert Hood

Robert (Maxwell) Hood (born 1951) is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas. He has also written plays, academic articles and poetry and co-edited anthologies of horror and crime. He has been nominated for three Aurealis Awards and eight Ditmars. In 2006 Hood won a Ditmar Award for Best Collection for Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (edited with Robin Pen) and another in 2009 for his film review and…