Short Fiction Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Golden Crowns, v1, 22 Jan 2022

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Irish born Beatrice Grimshaw had an extraordinary life. Starting working for a London newspaper, she was given the task of travelling to the South Pacific and writing a series of travel articles; she criss-crossed the area, and eventually settled in Papua, near Port Moresby. She became, improbably, a best-selling romantic/adventure novelist, and a partner in copra and tobacco plantations. She supported herself very successfully all her life, and in the mid-1930s, when she was in her mid-60s, retired to New South Wales.

She published about 40 books, mostly novels, and four or five volumes of short stories. Of these, only one, "The Valley of Never-Come-Back", is readily available (free on MobileRead).

This collection is new, and was collected from the source given under each story title in the text. She favoured longer than average stories, 4-500 words.
Naturally there is no vintage cover; this one I created.

1: Maid of Niu-Niu
2: The Keys of Bluebeard
3: That Tall Girl Belle
4: Away From it All
5: Red Sunset Land
6: The Devil's Smithy
7: January Girl
8: Beyond the Last League
9: The Golden Crowns
10: Blue Jim Takes a Hand
11: The Flaming Sword
12: Sands of Coral
13: The Jasmine Balcony
14: Flowers For the Bride

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