Short Fiction Pratt, Ambrose: The Necklace of the Nine Gems, and other stories, v1, 27 Feb 2025,

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Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944) was an Australian journalist, novelist, and world traveller, who produced some 30 novels and 20 or so non-fiction books. He also wrote a small number of short stories; this 2025 collection is the first time they've been assembled into book form. They amount to just 38,000 words in all, not enough for a profitable printed book, which is probably why they were not collected before. I made the cover, as obviously none existed before.

The stories are arranged in order of first publication.

1: A Question of Respect
2: A Perverted Punishment
3: The Punishment of Life
4: The Story of a Wrong
5 Saintin's "Madame"
6: An Idyll of the Stalls
7: Scum of the Earth: No Liability
8: A King's Word
9: The Sonata Appassionata
10: Poetic Justice
11: The Iron Hand
12: The Necklace of the Nine Gems
13: A Compound Felony

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