- HorrorScope (webzine)
Infobox Webzine
name = HorrorScope
caption = HorrorScope screen shot
url = http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com
commercial =
type = Dark fiction news and reviews
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registration =
editor =Shane Jiraiya Cummings
owner =Brimstone Press
author =Shane Jiraiya Cummings
launch date = August 2005
current status = Active
revenue =HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log is a
news andreview webzine dedicated to horror literature and movies. The zine was created byAustralian independent publisher Brimstone Press in August 2005. HorrorScope and its editors have won twoDitmar Award s (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards) and attracted several award nominations. [ [http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive] ] [ [http://www.natcon.org.au/2007/Noimination_shortlist_2007.html Convergence 2 official 2007 Ditmar winners announcement (June 2007).] Retrieved 16-9-2007.] [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar.html Locus magazine index to Ditmar Awards.] Retrieved 16-9-2007.]Publication history
The zine is edited by a group of reviewers led by founder and managing editor
Shane Jiraiya Cummings . Aside from Cummings, the foundation HorrorScope staff writers were Stephanie Gunn, A D John, Andrew J McKiernan, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs, and Matthew Tait. Heather Gammage joined the staff in December 2006. [ [http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2006/12/news-horrorscope-changes.html Cummings, Shane Jiraiya (Dec 2006). "HorrorScope changes". "HorrorScope".] Retrieved 09-09-2007.]The
Australian Horror Writers Association 's news service was amalgamated with HorrorScope in March 2007. With AHWA news editor Talie Helene joining the HorrorScope editorial team, the combined serviced provided a single, streamlined source for Australian horror publishing news. [ [http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/03/news-ahwa-newshorrorscope-collaboration.html Cummings, Shane Jiraiya (Mar 2007). "AHWA/HorrorScope collaboration". "HorrorScope".] Retrieved 09-09-2007.] . Award-winning horrorwriter and critic Robert Hood joined the HorrorScope team in August 2007. [ [http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/08/news-robert-hood-joins-horrorscope.html Cummings, Shane Jiraiya (Aug 2007). "Robert Hood Joins HorrorScope". "HorrorScope".] Retrieved 09-09-2007.]Aside from regular news items and reviews of
books ,magazines , andmovies , HorrorScope has published interviews with notable Australian and international horror andspeculative fiction authors such asRL Stine ,Will Elliott ,Stephen Dedman ,Martin Livings ,Brett McBean ,Rocky Wood ,Queenie Chan ,Jason Nahrung , andDavid Conyers . [ [http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/search/label/Interview HorrorScope interview search list] ]Awards
Wins
*2007
Ditmar Award , Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)Nominations
*2007 William Atheling Jr Award: Paraspheres review by Miranda Siemienowicz (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Stephanie Gunn (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Miranda Siemienowicz (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Mark Smith-Briggs (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Matthew Tait (HorrorScope)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Fan Writer: Stephanie Gunn (HorrorScope)Notes
External links
* [http://www.brimstonepress.com.au/ Brimstone Press website]
* [http://www.australianhorror.com/ Australian Horror Writers Association website]
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