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A visitor to the Victorian country township of Easyville discovers a bundle of manuscripts in his hotel room.
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The series has also been published in the anthology Australian Hauntings.
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The Strange Unknown
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 10 no. 118 1875; (p. 386-388) Two meetings with a 'strange unknown' Frenchman, the first in Easyville the second in Pitt Street Sydney, convince the narrator of his uncanny powers - especially as he foretells the loss and then the death of the narrator's beloved in Easyville. (PB) -
A Strange Dream
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 10 no. 119 1875; (p. 438-440) The narrator dreams of the thief who robs him - and meets the half-mad balladeer Dan O'Toole selling his songs, other books etc. (PB) -
My Friend D'Arcy
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 10 no. 120 1875; (p. 498-500) How the narrator meets the 'wild' bachelor D'Arcy in Easyville, becoming friends; and how he is rejected by four of the local belles before he dyes his red hair black. (PB) -
The Wronged and the Wronger
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 10 no. 122 1875; (p. 611-612) A famous artist loves and seduces an Easyville maiden but cannot marry her because he is already married. She bears a child and dies, he follows years later ... the child remains. Small oddities (e. g. the lovers speak Spanish and English) but a conventional tale. (PB) -
Tim Mulvaney's First Love
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 11 no. 124 1875; (p. 18-20) Tale in Irish accent of the quarrelling Mulvaneys and of Tim's first disappointment in love on the New Year's Day Easyville picnic. (PB) -
The Haunted House
1875
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 11 no. 125 1875; (p. 83-84) A ghost in Easyville's Moreton Hall can not rest until a murder committed in life is revealed. "L'Envoi", pp. 83-84, ends the Chronicles of Easyville with the end of the manuscript. (PB)
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