Short Fiction Pain, Barry: City Chronicles. v1. 18 Dec 2022

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A collection of short stories, concerning Financial Dealings of the Double-Dealing kind — shaky speculations, scams, swindles, and devious hijinks abound. But sometimes the underdog can come out on top.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The contents of this book first appeared in the Windsor Magazine Dec. 1900 – Nov. 1901. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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