Short Fiction Various; Past Masters 252, v 1, 6 March 2026

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Eighteen stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, including two from Irish author Katharine Tynan, and one from "Dion Fortune" featuring her occult detective. Also quite a long story set in Australia, published anonymously in "Household Words", Charles Dickens' magazine, in 1850, shortly after it was founded.

1: The Parson's Revenge / Edward Dyson
2: Resolutions / Harold Mercer
3: The Siren / F. Anstey
4: Killbohgan and Killboggan / Hermione Templeton
5: The Stolen Ingots / R. Austin Freeman
6: Old Roses / Sir Gilbert Parker
7: The Old Lady Flies / Raoul F. Whitfield
8: The Curate of Churnside / Grant Allen
9: In The Tules / Bret Harte
10: The Red Bracelet / L. T. Meade & Dr. Clifford Halifax
11: The Image of the Lost Soul / Saki
12: The Heart of a Grand-father / Katharine Tynan
13: Mauryeen / Katharine Tynan
14: An Australian Ploughman's Story / Anonymous
15: Seamew Cavern / Herbert Russell
16: Clown of Fate / Ladbroke Black
17: The Pool of the Black One / Robert E. Howard
18: The Death Hound / Dion Fortune

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