Short Fiction Mercer, Harold: The Grave of Pierre Lamont, v1, 31 July 2023

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Thirty three short stories and an autobiographic article by Harold Mercer, (1882-1952), an Australian freelance journalist and humorist. He served in WW1 on the Somme and other theatres of the Western Front, and achieved the remarkable feat of making a living during the depression of the 1930s on his free-lance writing. It wasn't until the manpower shortage of WW2 that he took a full-time wages job, working at the Australian General Post Office, presumably as a censor, After the war he continued working full time, now with an industrial company. He was still working at age 70, when he was killed accidentally after being hit by a car while crossing a road.

1: Doing the Right Thing
2: The Honor of the Family
3: Checkmate
4: The Work of Brother Petherick
5: The Romance of Ginger Mick
6: The Tango With the Stars (verse)
7: A Bit of 'Bacca
8: Reardon’s Rhapsodies.
9: The Good Samaritan
10: The Grave of Pierre Lamont
11: The Fairy Godmother
12: Grigson With the Wind Up
13: The Tragerigal Bobgetts
14: Old Maudie
15: The Melbourne Cup Mystery
16: Biggar in a New Suit
17: Glubson— Realist (verse)
18: Disembowelled Spirits
19: Cutting a Long Story Short
20: The Fakir
21: The Climax
22: The Confession
23: Unleashing The Lease
24: The Lottery Ticket
25: Everybody Dies
26: The Man With Hair Like Mine
27: A Memory of Morbecque
28: Non-Union Ghost
29: The Crabbiness of Miss Cripps
30: Honor Among Thieves
31: Biggar and Better Times
32: Uncle Bill Comes to Light
33: Marketing our Bridge
34: “With Self-Clipped Wings"

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