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- The Dark and What It Said, single work short story horror (p. 1-14)
- Anningley Hall, Early Morning, single work short story horror (p. 15-22)
- Dolls for Another Day, single work short story (p. 23-34)
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Chinese Whispers,
single work
short story
science fiction
'An ordinary party game uncovers some dark secrets during a night out with a dining club.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
- The Cross Talk, single work short story science fiction (p. 43-46)
- All On St Mark's Eve, single work short story (p. 47-50)
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Due West,
single work
short story
science fiction
fantasy
'Set in 1935. A retired history teacher, Arthur Lewisham, has retreated to the Queensland outback to write a book on the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Unknown to him, his house has been built on the site of a ritual triple murder committed 37 years before, and where a commonplace action one day re-awakens dormant magic.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
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Isle of the Dancing Dead,
single work
short story
horror
'A young grave digger determines to disprove a legendary curse on a wealthy family’s mausoleum.'
Source: Author's website.
- On the Other Side, single work short story horror (p. 85-88)
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Out of the Storm,
single work
short story
horror
'During the Second World War, a bomb-damaged minesweeper, HMAS Barrinji, is found drifting abandoned in the middle of the Indian Ocean. As a salvage crew sail her back to Australia, a spectral atmosphere begins to manifest aboard the little ship.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
- The Outsider, single work short story (p. 103-128)
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Time in a Rice Bowl,
single work
short story
horror
'Ernie’s ten-year-old niece Christine has turned into an ancient Chinaman and disappeared into the ghost of a house long since demolished. After a rice bowl full of water that take no notice of time is found in her bedroom, an evil rag-face spirit begins to intrude into the search for her.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
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The Seas of Castle Hill Road,
single work
short story
fantasy
'While staying with his friend Sonja Vanhoeven in Queensland, Ernie hears the sound of the sea surging through the windows of her house at night, despite being 40 kilometres from the coast.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)