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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Dark and What It Said
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Rick Kennett , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Dark and What It Said, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror (p. 1-14)
Anningley Hall, Early Morning, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror (p. 15-22)
Dolls for Another Day, Rick Kennett , single work short story (p. 23-34)
Chinese Whispers, Rick Kennett , single work short story science fiction

'An ordinary party game uncovers some dark secrets during a night out with a dining club.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 35-42)
The Cross Talk, Rick Kennett , single work short story science fiction (p. 43-46)
All On St Mark's Eve, Rick Kennett , single work short story (p. 47-50)
Due West, Rick Kennett , single work short story science fiction fantasy

'Set in 1935. A retired history teacher, Arthur Lewisham, has retreated to the Queensland outback to write a book on the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Unknown to him, his house has been built on the site of a ritual triple murder committed 37 years before, and where a commonplace action one day re-awakens dormant magic.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 51-76)
Isle of the Dancing Dead, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror

'A young grave digger determines to disprove a legendary curse on a wealthy family’s mausoleum.'

Source: Author's website.

(p. 77-84)
On the Other Side, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror (p. 85-88)
Out of the Storm, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror

'During the Second World War, a bomb-damaged minesweeper, HMAS Barrinji, is found drifting abandoned in the middle of the Indian Ocean. As a salvage crew sail her back to Australia, a spectral atmosphere begins to manifest aboard the little ship.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 89-102)
The Outsider, Rick Kennett , single work short story (p. 103-128)
Time in a Rice Bowl, Rick Kennett , single work short story horror

'Ernie’s ten-year-old niece Christine has turned into an ancient Chinaman and disappeared into the ghost of a house long since demolished. After a rice bowl full of water that take no notice of time is found in her bedroom, an evil rag-face spirit begins to intrude into the search for her.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 129-150)
The Seas of Castle Hill Road, Rick Kennett , single work short story fantasy

'While staying with his friend Sonja Vanhoeven in Queensland, Ernie hears the sound of the sea surging through the windows of her house at night, despite being 40 kilometres from the coast.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 151-182)
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