Australian Nightmares
More Australian Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
- Publication
- 2008
- Editor
- James Doig
About the Book
Literary scholar James Doig has assembled a thrilling new collection of rare and previously uncollected horror and dark fantasy stories by Australian authors, all from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are—
1. The Blighted Meadow, by Mary Fortune
2. The Silent Sepulchre, by Charles Junor
3. What The Rats Brought, by Ernest Favenc
4. On The Island Of Shadows, by Ernest Favenc
5. The Odic Touch, by Hume Nisbet
6. Told In The ‘Corona’s’ Cabin On Three Evenings, by J.A. Barry
7. The House Of Ill Omen, by Rosa Praed
8. A Thing Of Wax, by Morley Roberts
9. The Prophetic Horror Of The Great Experiment, by James Edmund
10. The Precipitous Details Of The High Mountain And The Three Skeletons, by James Edmund
11. The Strange Case Of Alan Heriot, by Lionel Sparrow
12. The Blanket Fiend, by Beatrice Grimshaw
13. The Phantom Ship Of Dirk Van Tromp, by James Francis Dwyer
14. The Devil’s Ball, by Dulcie Deamer
15. The Pledge, by Helen Simpson
16. The Watch, by Vernon Knowles
17. The House That Took Revenge, by Vernon Knowles
18. The Undying One, by Roger Dard
