Bibliography

Awards/Commendations

2011 Aurealis Award Finalist (Science Fiction Short Story) for "Desert Madonna" from the anthology Anywhere But Earth, edited by Keith Stevenson (Coeur De Lion).
2010 Ditmar Award (Best Fan Writer) for Undead Backbrain
2009 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review -- nomination for "George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead" (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award (Best Fan Writer) for Undead Backbrain
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Collection) for Creeping in Reptile Flesh (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Novella) for "Creeping in Reptile Flesh" (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Short Story) for "Moments of Dying" (2008)
2009 Aurealis Award Finalist (Best Anthology/Collection) for Creeping in Reptile Flesh (2008)
2008 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Fan Writer) for reviews on his website
2008 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Fan Production) for Daikaiju Limerick Competition (2007)
2007 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review -- nomination "Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents", Borderlands #7, 2006 read
2006 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review for "Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla" (2005) read
2006 Ditmar Award for Best Collection for Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (edited with Robin Pen) (2005)
2005 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review for review of Weight of Water at HoodReviews: "Is this film a ghost story?" (2004) -- joint winner with Jason Nahrung
2003 Aurealis Award Honourable Mention (Horror Short Story) for "Number 7" (2002)
2002 Ditmar Award Finalist (Professional Achievement) for Shades Series (2001)
2002 Ditmar Award Finalist (Short Story) for "Rotten Times" (2001)
2002 Aurealis Award Finalist (Horror Short Story) for "Rotten Times" (2001)
2001 Ditmar Award Finalist (Short Story) for "That Old Black Graffiti" (2000)
2001 Aurealis Award Finalist (Horror Short Story) for "That Old Black Graffiti" (2000)
1990 Readercon Award (US) runner-up in the Best Collection by a Single Author category for Day-Dreaming on Company Time (1988)
1989 Australian Golden Dagger Award runner-up for "Dangerous Specimens"
1988 Australian Golden Dagger Award winner for "Dead End"
1975 Canberra Times National Short Story Competition winner for "Orientation"

Collections

Novels

Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead
(Borgo Press/Wildside Press, US, TBA)

The Shades series
(Hodder Headline Australia, 2001):

Book 1: Shadow Dance   Book 2: Night Beast   Book 3: Ancient Light   Book 4: Black Sun Rising

Backstreets
(Hodder Headline Australia, 2000)

Edited Anthologies

Daikaiju!3: Giant Monsters vs the World (co-edited with Robin Pen)
Agog! Press/Prime Books US, 2007
Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters (co-edited with Robin Pen)
Agog! Press/Prime Books US, 2007
Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (co-edited with Robin Pen)
Agog! Press, 2005; Prime Books US, 2006
Bonescribes:Year's Best Australian Horror 1995 (co-edited with Bill Congreve)
Sydney, MirrorDanse Press, 1996
Crosstown Traffic (co-edited with Stuart Coupe and Julie Ogden)
Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1993

Short Stories

Soul Killer
ZVR Diplomacy (tentative title), edited by Jeff Conner, IDW Publishing, June 2013
Walking the Dead Beat
Damnation and Dames, edited by Amanda Pillar and Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications, 2012
Escena de un Asesinato
Exotic Gothic 4, edited Danel Olson, PS Publishing 2012
Desert Madonna
Anywhere But Earth, edited Keith Stevenson, Coeur de Lion Press, November 2011
Wasting Matilda
Zombie Apocalypse! edited by Stephen Jones, Robinson Press/Mammoth Books UK, and Running Press US, 2010
Professor Cadaveros' Experiments in Transcendent Mortality as Reflected in Zombie Cinema
Faux "history" of major zombie films, in Continuum: Future Tense convention booklet, February 26–28, 2010
Ego
Scenes From the Second Storey, edited Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall, Morrigan Press, September 2010
Behind Dark Blue Eyes
Exotic Gothic 3, edited Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, December 2009
The Heart of a Child
Faux foreword to The Man Who Collected Psychos: A Critical Essays on Robert Bloch, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj, McFarland Press US, 2009
Kulpunya
Exotic Gothic 2, edited Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Getting Rid of Mother
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Fifth Annual Volume, edited by Bill Congreve, MirrorDanse Books, 2010
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Unravelling
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Lo Que No Asusta
Originally written for Borderlands: That Which Scares Us convention booklet, Perth, 7 to 8 September 2002
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Remainders
Voices, edited by Mark S. Deniz and Amanda Pillar, Morrigan Books, 2008
(comprises six discrete but connected short stories: "1928", "1948", "1968", "1988", "2008" and "Epilogue")
Zombie Au Gratin
Scary Food, edited by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press 2008
Moments of Dying
Black magazine, #1, edited Angela Challis, Brimstone Press 2008
(comprises "First Moment of Dying" [see 2006 below], "Second Moment of Dying", "Third Moment of Dying", "Fourth Moment of Dying" and "Last Moment of Dying")
Call of Cthulhu's Mum
Conflux 5 Progress Report 1, Jan 2008
Dear Mary
Conflux 4 Programme Booklet, September 2007
Abandoned
Trust Me!, edited by Paul Collins, due 2008
Flesh and Bone
Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World, Agog! Press/Prime Books, October 2007
Fafrotskies
Black Box, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Brimstone Press, March, 2008
Pseudomelia of the Masses
The Workers' Paradise, edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans, Ticonderoga Press, 2008
Monstrous Bright Tomorrows
In Bad Dreams, edited by Mark Sin Deniz and Sharyn Lilley, October 2007
Luxury Goods
Fantastic Wonder Stories, edited by Russell B. Farr, Ticonderoga Press, 2007
Desert Madonna
Tales from a Sunburnt Realm, edited by Nigel Read and Shane Jiraiya Cummings, expected publication 2009
Gold and Black Ooze
Destination: Prague, edited by Steven Savile, Dr Who: Short Trips series, Big Finish, 2007.
God of War
Borderlands #8, 2006
First Moment of Dying
Shadowed Realms #11, edited Angela Challis, 2006
Birthmark
cØck, edited by Keith Stevenson and Andrew Macrae, Coeur de Lion Press, 2006
Touched
Fables and Reflections #8, edited by Lily Chrywenstrom, 2006
In the Service of the Flesh
Aurealis #35, 2005/6
Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2007, edited Angela Challis, Brimstone Press, 2007
Cross-currents
Cosmos, Issue 5, November 2005. Now available online.
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Ticonderoga Online, No. 4, June 2005
Cosmos Online, December 2012
Trevor, the Giant Killer: a failed screenplay
Mitch?3: Stories by Writers Who Should Have known Better, March 2005
A Helping Hand
Dark Animus, no. 7, 2005
Got Change?
Orb Speculative Fiction magazine, no. 6, 2004
Regolith
Agog! Smashing Stories, edited by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004
Books To Look Out For
Antipodean SF web-zine, No. 69, Feb-March 2004. Note: this issue has been archived.
Lady of the Flies
Oceans of the Mind, no. X, "Australian Authors", Winter 2003
Howler
Andromedan Spaceways Inflight Magazine, no. 9, 2003
Beware! The Pincushionman
Southern Blood, edited by Bill Congreve, Sandglass Publishing, 2003
www.digiflesh.cum
Consensual 2: Come Again, edited by Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman and Elaine Kemp, 2003
The Drift
Orb Speculative Fiction magazine, vol. 5, 2003
JAM Jars
Agog! Terrific Tales, edited by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2003
Heartless
Aurealis No. 31, 2003
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Writing on the Wall
Dark Animus No. 2, 2003
Nobody's Car
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction website, featured author, Jan. 2003
Instructions on Pandora's Box
Ideomancer Unbound, edited by Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm, through Fictionwise.com, 2002
Apocalypse with the Lot, Part 2
Fables and Reflections 2, 2002
Waxing Mel Gibson
Mitch?3: Hacks to the Max, 2002
Scrubbed
AustrAlien Absurdities, edited by Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Raynor Roberts, Agog! Press, 2002
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Line of Sight
Agog! Fantastic Fiction, edited by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2002
Maculate Conception
Passing Strange, edited by Bill Congreve, MirrorDanse Books, 2002
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Housewarming (co-written with Paul Collins)
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Number 7
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Resonance of the Flesh
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Rotten Times
Aurealis 27/28, 2001
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction website, featured author, Feb. 2003
Shortlisted Aurealis Award 2001
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Size Matters
ConSensual, edited by Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman and Elaine Kemp, 2001
The Reckoning of Wisdom: A Parable About Really Important Stuff
Mitch?2: Tarts of the New Millennium, edited and published by Mitch? 2001
Apocalypse with the Lot, Part 1
Fables and Reflections 1, Nov. 2001
That Old Black Graffiti
Tales from the Wasteland, edited by Paul Collins. Hodder Headline Australia, 2000
Shortlisted Aurealis Award 2000
Ground Underfoot
Aurealis 23, 1999
Primal Etiquette
Orb Speculative Fiction magazine, issue 0, 1999
Orb: Greatest Hits, issue #8: The Best of Orb, 2010
Occasional Demons
Aurealis 20, 1998, Special Vend-A-Nation issue
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Tamed
Dreaming Downunder, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb, HarperCollins, 1998
A Quickening in Stone
Aboriginal SF, No. 51/52, 1996
Dead in the Glamour of Moonlight
Moonlight Becomes You: Crimes for Summer, edited by Jean Bedford, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1995
Sunday Sun-Herald, 28 Jan. 1996
Bonescribes. Years Best Australian Horror. Sydney, MirrorDanse Books, 1996
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Peeking
Strange Fruit, edited by Paul Collins. Ringwood, Vic., Penguin, 1995
The Black Lake's Fatal Flood
Eidolon 14, 1995
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Keeping An Eye On The Man In Black
Cold Cuts 2, Sydney Horror Society, 1995
One-Hand Clapping
Panorama Magazine, November 1994
Autopsy
Bloodsongs 1, 1994
serialised in Shadowed Realms e-zine, 2005
Book of Shadows, Volume 1, edited Angela Challis, Brimstone Press, 2006
Rough Trade
Aurealis 13, March 1994
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
On-line: the Virtuous Medlar Circle, May 2006
Macabre. A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears, edited by Angela Challis and Dr Marty Young, Brimstone Press, 2010
Rotting Eggplant on the Bottom Shelf of a Fridge
Eidolon 14, 1994
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books, 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Blurred Lines
Anthology of the Illawarra, edited by Ron Pretty. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1994
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Instruments for the Removal of Body Parts
Scarp 1994
A Place For The Dead
Bloodsongs 3, 1994
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Openings
Terror Australis, edited by Leigh Blackmore. Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1993
Voyeur Night
Crosstown Traffic. Edited by Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden and Robert Hood, Five Islands Press, 1993
Mamandis Dreaming
Eidolon 12, 1993
Sandcrawlers
Case Re-Opened, edited by Stuart Coupe and Julie Ogden. Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1993
Rolling Stone magazine, December 1993
Dead Souls, edited by Mark S. Deniz, Morrigan Books, March 2009
Dem Bones
Intimate Armageddons, edited by Bill Congreve. Wollongong, Five Islands Press 1992
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002.
Inchoate
Commissioned and published in catalogue for the exhibition of Tony Hulls work, Memory, Mammery, Mummery, Wollongong City Gallery 1992
Acts of Concealment
Scarp 20, May 1992
Bloody Hide
A Corpse at the Opera House, edited by Stephen Knight. Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1992
Groundswell
Aurealis 5, 1991
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Separating Lenore
Book of Shadows, November 1991
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
The Backroom Boys
Canberra SF Society newsletter, August 1991
Nasty Little Habits
Dark Voices 3: the Pan Book of Horror Stories, edited by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. Pan UK, 1991
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
The Slimelight, and How to Step Into It
Iniquities: the Magazine of Great Wickedness and Wonder, No. 2, 1991
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Hitmen On Holidays
More Crimes For a Summer Christmas, edited by Stephen Knight. Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1991
People Magazine, 8 January 1992
Watching Out
Southerly, March 1991
The Death of Clark Kent
Scarp 18, May 1991
Mugger's Game
Crimes For a Summer Christmas. Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1990
Womans Day, December 18, 1990
Large print edition of Crimes For a Summer Christmas, 1991
You're a Sick Man, Mr Antwhistle
Mattoid 36, 1990
The Years Best Horror Stories XIX, edited by Karl Edward Wagner. New York, DAW, 1991
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
The Calling
Redoubt 3, October 1988
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Alphabet Soup
Redoubt 9, May, 1990
Dreams of Death
Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine, July 1990
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Grandma and the Girls
Redoubt 5, 1989
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002, revised
An Apocalyptic Horse
Southerly, Dec. 1989
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Peripheral Movement in the Leaves under an Orange Tree
Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine, 1989
Immaterial. Ghost Stories by Robert Hood, MirrorDanse Books 2002
Dangerous Specimens
The Australian Way, November 1989
Casual Visitors
Scarp 2/2, May 1989
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Altair Australia Books 2008
Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood, Morrigan Press, 2011 (revised and expanded)
Dead End
The Australian Way September 1988
The Golden Dagger Mysteries, Sydney, Century Hutchinson, 1988
The Weekend Australian, 22 October 1988
Day-dreaming on Company Time. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1988
The Bulletin, January 1992
The Invasion of Earth AD Nauseam
Day-dreaming on Company Time. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1988
Keep It Short
Southerly, December 1988
Run!
Scarp 12, 1988
A Good Friend
Day-dreaming On Company Time. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1988
Bad Day for Something New
Scarp 11, 1987
Day-dreaming on Company Time. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1988
Ancestor
Puffinalia, 1988
Juggernaut
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988
Last Remains
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988
An Old Man and His Dog
Oz-Wide Tales, 1987
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988
Day-dreaming on Company Time
The Cringe, 1987
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988
Necropolis
Ghost Stories, Campbelltown City Council, 1986
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction website, as featured author, March 2003
Caesar or Nothing
ABC Radio broadcast 28 February 1975
Day-dreaming on Company Time. Wollongong, Five Islands Press, 1988
Orientation
Canberra Times, 1975
National Times, 1975
Day-dreaming on Company Time, Five Islands Press, 1988

Children's Novels

The Creepers series co-written with Bill Condon
(Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney, 1996-97):

Hard Rock Rodney
Awesome! Series 2, edited by Meredith Costain, Longman, 2003
The Monster War
Just Kids series 5, Longman, 2002
Olivia Adams, Private Eye
Just Kids series 4, Longman 2002
The Beast of Dymple Heights
Awesome! Series 1, edited by Meredith Costain, Longman 2002
The Monster Sale
Trends series, edited by Meredith Costain, Longman, 2001
Pests
Trends series, edited by Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 1999
Bad Boy Bunyip Goes Nuts
Sydney, Ferrero, 1995

Children's Short Stories

Guard Dog
Thrillogies series: Time Warps, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 2002
One More Mudman
Thrillogies series: Spellbinders, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 2002
Raider of Birdman's Cave
Thrillogies series: Cliffhangers, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 2001
Max's Little Friend
Spinout series: Alien Encounters, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 2000
Headcase
Spinout series: Gadgets and Gizmos, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain. Melbourne, Longman, 1999

Significant Articles/Essays

Making Fish out of Men: Gothic Uncertainty in Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan,
21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000, edited by Danel Olson, The Scarecrow Press, 2011
The Ossuary: Humanity's True Metal
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 4, 2010, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Australia)
The Ossuary: Undeath, the Multiverse and the Meaning of Everything
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 3, May 2009, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Australia)
The Ossuary: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 2, September 2008, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Australia)
The Ossuary: Ghosts, Monsters and Chainsaws
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, vol. 1, March 2008, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (Equilibrium Books, Australia)
George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead
Black: Australian Dark Culture, Issue #2, September 2008
Evolution of the Zombie
Black: Australian Dark Culture, Issue #2, September 2008
The State of the Zombie Film
Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006 edition (Brimstone Press, 2006)
A Giant Against Giants: Ultraman for the New Millennium
G-Fan #77, 2006
Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents
Borderlands #7, 2006
Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla (winner 2005 William Atheling Award for Criticism or Review)
King King Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape, edited by David Brin, BenBella Books, 2005
Nights of the Celluloid Dead: A History of Zombie Films
Bloodsongs, Nos. 4, 5 and 6, 1995; Revised for www.phillyburbs.com, Halloween Special, 2002
Killer Koalas: Australian and New Zealand Horror Films
Sirius, 1994; The Scream Factory, June/July 1994

Plays

The Mummy's Purse
Enjoying English, Book 3, edited by R.K. Sadler, T.A.S. Hayllar and C.J. Powell, Macmillan, 1991
It's Not Easy Saving the World, You Know!
Enjoying English, Book 2, edited by R.K. Sadler, T.A.S. Hayllar and C.J. Powell, Macmillan, 1990
The Fantastic Failures
Enjoying English, Book 1, edited by R.K. Sadler, T.A.S. Hayllar and C.J. Powell, Macmillan, 1989
The Red Terror
A play about 1950s culture and politics in Australia (co-written with Bill Condon) Performed Nexus Theatre, 1989
Roads, Rates and Rubbish (co-written with Bill Condon)
A play about Liverpool Council
Performed Nexus Theatre, 1988
Henry Lawson Theatre, 1994
Still In The Cold World
Performed Nexus Theatre 1985
Firebird
A one-act play
Performed Griffin Theatre Company, 1983
One-Off Theatre Company, Perth, 1984
Nexus Theatre, Camden, 1984
School of Creative Arts, Wollongong University, 1987
Nexus Theatre, 1988
On Getting To The Heart Of The Monster, Or The Reviewer's Revenge
First performed 1983

Non-fiction Books

Issues in Contemporary English (co-written)
Melbourne, Macmillan Australia,
1989 Proceedings of the Seminar on Industrial Democracy and Employee Participation at Port Kembla Wollongong (edited with Raymond Markey)
CWALMS, 1988
Lessons in English (co-written with Ray Capner)
Sydney, Science Press, 1986