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'Australia has a long tradition of horror writing, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology are intended to showcase the richness and variety of Australian weird tales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from a variety of authors, including Mary Fortune, Lionel Sparrow and Marcus Clarke, to name a few. James Doig has unearthed a rare and compelling collection of Australian horror classics that have remained largely undisturbed in the pages of old books and periodicals' (www.equilibriumbooks.com, sighted 04/01/2008).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Mandurah,
Mandurah area,
Mandurah - Harvey area,
Far Southwest Western Australia,
Western Australia,:Equilibrium Books
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work essay (p. 9-14)
- The Spirits of the Tower, single work short story horror (p. 15-45)
- Little Liz, single work short story horror (p. 46-71)
-
The House by the River : An Indian Ghost Story,
single work
short story
horror
A British soldier sends his family to a vacant house near Calcutta to escape the cholera , but has to bring them back when a ghostly woman appears. A subsequent night spent there with a fellow officer brings an even more horrific encounter with the woman. Well written. (PB)
- The Ghost from the Sea, single work short story horror (p. 86-98)
- Verflucht Spirit-Led, single work short story mystery (p. 99-113)
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A Haunt of the Jinkarras : A Fearsome Story of Central Australia,
single work
short story
adventure
science fiction
'A Haunt of Jinkarras deals with the discovery of a primordial race that dwells entirely underground.'
Source: L.W. Currey, Inc. https://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/167311/ernest-favenc/the-last-of-six-tales-of-the-austral-tropics
- The Boundary Rider's Story, single work short story (p. 123-129)
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Cannabis Indica : A Psychological Experiment,
single work
short story
Interested to test for himself the effects of Cannibis Indica on the creative imagination, the narrator persuades a pharmacist friend to supply him with a small quantity of the drug and monitor its effects, and to also act as the narrator's amanuensis while he is under its influence. The narrator offers readers the story he imagined, and includes explanatory notes about the objects that inspired him.
- Norah and the Fairies, single work short story fantasy horror (p. 141-147)
- The Ghost Monk, single work short story horror (p. 145-155)
- Lupton's Ghost : A Memory of the Eastern Pacific, single work short story horror (p. 156-170)
- A Colonial Banshee, single work short story horror (p. 171-185)
- A Strange Experience, single work short story horror (p. 186-198)
- A Bushman's Story, single work short story (p. 199-205)
- The Death Child, single work short story horror (p. 206-216)
-
The Jewelled Hand,
single work
short story
horror
Horror tale with a Spanish flavour. The narrator reveals his increasing obsession with decapitation and whether or not will remains in the mind after severence. This leads to the murder of his closest friend, a man of great mind and will power. Well-paced and structured, slight melodrama in the increasing sense of obsession. (PB)Note: Published under the name Lionel Sparrow
- The Vengeance of the Dead, single work short story horror (p. 230-251)
- The Cave, single work short story fantasy (p. 232-249)
- The Forest of Lost Men, single work short story horror fantasy (p. 250-259)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Book of the Week
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 February 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of Australian Gothic : An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction, 1867-1939 2007 anthology short story -
Introduction
2007
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Gothic : An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction, 1867-1939 2007; (p. 9-14)
-
Book of the Week
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 February 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of Australian Gothic : An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction, 1867-1939 2007 anthology short story -
Introduction
2007
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Gothic : An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction, 1867-1939 2007; (p. 9-14)
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