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y separately published work icon Australian Stories of Horror and Suspense from the Early Days anthology   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Australian Stories of Horror and Suspense from the Early Days
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Australasian Book Society , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Revenge of Macy O'Shea : A Story of the Marquesas, Louis Becke , single work short story (p. 163-168)
Five-Skull Island, Alex Montgomery , single work short story (p. 169-172)
Enderby's Courtship, Louis Becke , single work short story (p. 173-178)
Castro's Last Sacrament, Albert Dorrington , single work short story (p. 179-185)
Swamp Swallowed, Alex Montgomery , single work short story (p. 186-194)
Fourteen Fathoms S. E. of Quetta Rock, Randolph Bedford , J. Muir Auld (illustrator), single work short story (p. 195-204)
The Tramp, Barbara Baynton , single work short story horror (p. 207-211)
The Last of Six, Delcomyn , single work short story
A Trepang fisherman near Cooktown encounters survivors of prison break from New Caledonia, including a woman, her dead husband, and the corpse of the man she says murdered her husband and also practiced cannibalism. The corpse keeps returning with the tide.
 (p. 212-216)
A Bush Tanqueray, Albert Dorrington , single work short story (p. 217-223)
The Selector's Daughter, Henry Lawson , single work short story

Mary Wylie longs to escape from her impoverished bush home. Her father is a drunk and a thief and the disgraced family exists as outcasts. A series of misfortunes sees Mary lose her only hope of escape. Her mother dies when she learns the troopers are looking for Tom, her eldest son, and Mary's father brings home another woman. Mary is driven from her home, but has nowhere to go.

 (p. 224-234)
Dead Man's Camp, John Arthur Barry , single work short story (p. 235-240)
The Bush Undertaker, Henry Lawson , single work short story
An old shepherd discovers his mate, Brummy, dead and mummified in the bush. Saddened, he feels compelled to bury him.
 (p. 241-248)
A Bush Singer, Alba Dorion , single work short story (p. 249-251)
Scrammy 'And, Barbara Baynton , single work short story (p. 252-267)
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