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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Australian Nightmares : More Australian Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
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Notes

  • The second in a series of anthologies.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Mandurah, Mandurah area, Mandurah - Harvey area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,:Equilibrium Books , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The White Maniac : A Doctor's Tale, Waif Wander , single work short story horror

The tale opens in London in 1858 where an aristocratic young doctor first sees, then is consulted to call on a house where everything is white. He falls in love with the foreign young noblewoman for whom all this is arranged, only to discover that she is an anthropophagus and feasts on human flesh.

(p. 13-32)
The Silent Sepulchre, Charles Junor , single work short story horror (p. 35-51)
What the Rats Brought, Ernest Favenc , single work short story horror (p. 55-64)
On the Island of Shadows, Ernest Favenc , single work short story horror (p. 65-73)
The Odic Touch, Hume Nisbet , single work short story horror (p. 77-86)
Told in the 'Corona's' Cabin. On Three Evenings, John Arthur Barry , single work short story horror (p. 89-110)
The House of Ill Omen, Rosa Praed , single work short story horror (p. 113-128)
A Thing of Wax, Morley Roberts , single work short story horror (p. 131-141)
The Prophetic Horror of the Great Experiment, James Edmond , single work short story horror (p. 145-157)
A Tale of Three Skeletons, Titus Salt , single work short story horror (p. 158-174)
Note: With title: The Precipitous Details of the High Mountains and the Three Skeletons
The Strange Case of Alan Heriot, Lionel Sparrow , single work short story horror (p. 175-191)
The Blanket Fiend, Beatrice Grimshaw , single work short story horror (p. 195-213)
The Phantom Ship of Dirk Van Tromp, James Francis Dwyer , single work short story horror (p. 217-232)
The Pledge, Helen Simpson , single work short story horror (p. 235-246)
The Watch, Vernon Knowles , single work short story horror (p. 249-251)
The House That Took Revenge, Vernon Knowles , single work short story horror (p. 253-255)
The Story of the Waxworks, Rosaleen Norton , single work short story (p. 259-264)
The Undying One, Roger Dard , single work short story horror (p. 267-271)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mandurah, Mandurah area, Mandurah - Harvey area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,: Equilibrium Books , 2008 .
      person or book cover
      Source: wormwoodiana.blogspot.com.au
      Extent: 274p.
      ISBN: 9781921456008 (pbk.)
    • Rockville, Maryland,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Wildside Press ,
      2022 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 210p.p.
      Edition info: 2nd ed.
      Note/s:
      • Published 13 June 2022.
      • Contents vary from 2008 ed.
      ISBN: 9781479472710, 1479472719
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