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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Maid's Secret
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A ghostly tale of revenge

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Triangles David P. Reiter , Carindale : Interactive Press , 1999 Z309236 1999 selected work short story

    'A separated man finds a book of poems written by an old flame that tempts him back to a love that seemed too good to be true at the time...

    'An opera singer returns from Europe to find his music teacher’s wife who taught him the meaning of true passion...

    'A teenage girl competing in an Eisteddfod at Port Arthur finds that the brutal historic site and her hostess have more than a few secrets — and ghosts — in common...

    'Migrating north to Queensland, a man finds his lover immersed in more than a change of scene...

    'All hell breaks loose on a cul-de-sac when two otherwise married people admit to having it off — right under the nose of Neighbourhood Watch...' (Publication summary)

    Carindale : Interactive Press , 1999
    pg. 37-53
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Difficult Love : Twenty-Six Intimate Stories by Contemporary Queensland Writers Philip Neilsen (editor), Helen Horton (editor), Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2000 Z396922 2000 anthology short story Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2000 pg. 78 - 91
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  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
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