Short Fiction Dyson, Edward: Dead Man's Lode, v1, 31 March 2025

[Pulpmeister]

Australian journalist, poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer

Edward Dyson was the son of a Mining Engineer, and he grew up on goldfields in Victoria and Tasmania. In 1883 the family settled in Melbourne and he worked as a factory hand, and took to writing. This proved so successful that he soon became a full-time freelance writer under an ever-growing list of pseudonyms: Dy Edwardson; Ed Ward; Silas Snell; E.D.; Ward Edson; Eddyson; and many more.

As an example of his poetry, or perhaps using the less exalted word "verse", I have included a poem rather deeply felt by many a freelance writer.

1: The Splendid Quest
2: Luck
3: McSwash's Bitter Experience
4: The Knock at the Door
5: His Ghostly Counsellor
6: The Vengeance That Miscarried
7: The God Shoo Shan.
8: John Leslie's Burglar
9: The Little Fiddler
10: The Supernatural Agent
11: A Sunday at Deadwood
12: The Heroes of Duckfoot
13: The Sad Case of Willie Borlow
14: The Funerals of Malachi Mooney
15: Two and a Telephone
16: Dead Man's Lode
17: Von Windenberg's Last Command
18: Leonard's Reward
19: Her Last Curious Case
20: The Trapping of Santa Claus
21: Mrs. Edward Ellerker's Diamonds
22: The Third Chair
23: The Passing of Mrs. Phinny
24: A Property Deal
25: The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat
26: A Big Bluff
27: Following The Film
28: A Damosel in Distress
29: The Elopement of Mrs. Peters
30: The Regeneration of Indiarubber Ike
31: The Haunted Mine
32: Tom Constant's Second Wife
33: When The Postman Brings The Cheques (verse)
34: His Accomplice

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