With spring rapidly ebbing away into the balmier summer climes as we write this – the ‘April’ appellation above is already something of a misnomer as this issue comes to you at the tail end of the month – Schlock is already getting a teensy bit nostalgic about that idyllic time of year.


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In this issue:

The Tempting of Mr. D

Craig Stewart

In the darkness, something moved. No light could reach inside the secret place between the walls, but something in its shifting shadows told April that Mr. D was there and he was watching her…

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The hemophagous mosquito, the female mosquito, in the same category as the leech and the vampire, to which could also be added the bloodsucking bureaucrat, landlord, capitalist.

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Vox Solitarii (Comic)

Thomas Cuschieri

Welcome once again to the only interview that gives a voice to the strayed and the solitary, the lost and the lonely!

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Werevolution

Christopher Hivner

“I can’t believe I did it,” Evan Tanner whispered to the walls as he sat at his kitchen table, his lanky body wrapped in a thick, green robe. “This is a nightmare.” With shaking fingers, he traced the words on the newspaper lying in front of him. The front page blared his attack like a siren. His victim was in the hospital with too many cuts and bites to count.

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Hang

Rachel Agius

Spinning spinning spinning but He would not come down. Henry looked up at Him, a broad smile on his face. Henry loved Him. More than anything in the world. More than his ball. More than The Woman. More than The Child. Henry did nothing but love Him.

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Latest

Pop Culture Destruction goes all ACTION and DESTRUCTION this month as it features summer blockbusters (Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness), violence simulators (Far Cry 3) and a comic that’s actually really good (COPRA). Also, 300 is getting a sequel? Why is that even happening?

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The ‘realistic’ core of fantasy and horror, the secret to successful collaboration and what it means to be an ‘Australian’ author (or rather, not). Aurealis Award-winning author Angela Slatter chats to Schlock about all of this and more, in the wake of her latest ‘mosaic novel’ co-written with Lisa L. Hannett, Midnight and Moonshine.

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We have fresh flash fiction brightened up to no end with soundscapes from Schock’s newest friend Istishhad Hheva, Bettina talks about marvels from the days of the Renaissance and even a radio drama set on the trans-Siberian express.

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He’s worked with the likes of Lars Von Trier and has served as Executive Director of Arte France – midwifing many an international independent film to life. Schlock has the privilege of chatting to Michel Relihac, a filmmaker, producer, dancer and, above all, transmedia storyteller, working at the bleeding edge of contemporary technologies to engage audiences worldwide.

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Podcasts

We have fresh flash fiction brightened up to no end with soundscapes from Schock’s newest friend Istishhad Hheva, Bettina talks about marvels from the days of the Renaissance and even a radio drama set on the trans-Siberian express.

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So, the Schlock podcast returns. It’s been quite a while, we admit. You see, a retreat was taken, far in the woods. There the Schlock team cleansed, meditated and had simple team building exercises of a violent variety. Was it worth the trouble? No idea really, but a somewhat revamped podcast format was decided upon [...]

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Dear readers, Schlock Magazine is currently undergoing what you may call ‘maintenance’, as we tinker through some bumps to make our new website as spit-polished and perfect as we possibly can. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop reading us. On the contrary, because we’re so kind and considerate – especially to the brand-spanking new [...]

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And the summer goes on, and on. How’s it been going for you, dear readers? It’s been slow over here, alas, but fear not; come rain or shine or horrors from the eldritch beyond, our podcast will still hit the internet-waves. Guaranteed, or your money back! With July being the month of the late, great [...]

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