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1 An Eventful Hour John F. Davis , 1895 single work short story thriller
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 30 no. 361 1895; (p. 535-536) An encounter between a lodger and a burglar in a coastal lodging house near Sydney reunites brothers separated when the spoiled young and slightly wilder brother left their Melbourne home for wandering to NZ and California, hurrying the deaths of their parents. Suspense maintained to the end. (PB)
1 A Leap from Afloft John F. Davis , 1894 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 29 no. 346 1894; (p. 392) US circus tragedy. A cruel father sends his young son aloft to dive into a net. The leap eventually kills the boy, his mother dies of grief, and a year later the father dies of the DTs - unmourned. Episodic narration; sentimental. (PB)
1 The Event of a Life John F. Davis , 1893 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 28 no. 337 1893; (p. 565-566) Lodging-house tale. A venerable old clerk tells his tale to a fellow lodger of his youthful employment to the daughter of a Sydney hotel-keeper; her flirtation with an American and her murder. A false note led the narrator to a drunken life until her ghost shows him her body - and a dying man's confession reveals the murderer. (PB)
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