Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 251, v1, 24 Feb 2026

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There are two stories, both by Australian writers, "The Great Pearl" by Roderic Quinn, and "The Story of the Big Pearl", by Ernest Favenc, in this issue. Favenc's story appeared in 1890, Quinn's in 1895. Very different approach to a similar idea.

This issue also includes a hard-boiled crime novelette by Cleve F Adams. and even a fairy tale by the author of "Ann of Green Gables".

1: Hulbertson, Outcast / James Francis Dwyer
2: The Nameless Man / Rodrigues Ottolengui
3: A Singular Client / Anonymous
4: I'm a Fool / Sherwood Anderson
5: Transformation / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6: The Tale of Dr. Bland / J. Jefferson Farjeon
7: Murder Presumed / J. Jefferson Farjeon
8: The Great Pearl / Roderic Quinn
9: Pickles and Powder / Ernest O'Ferrall
10: The Bobolink / Duncan Campbell Scott
11: The Outsider / H. P. Lovecraft
12: The "Lady Macquarie" / John Arthur Barry
13: A Pastoral Horror / Arthur Conan Doyle
14: Whiteface / Aidan de Brune
15: After Twelve Years / Mark Hellinger
16: The Phantom Coach / Amelia B. Edwards
17: Butterfly Queen / L. M. Montgomery
18: Private War / Cleve F. Adams (novelette)
19: La Revanche / Alex. Montgomery
20: The Balloon Tree / Edward Page Mitchell
21: The Story of the Big Pearl / Ernest Favenc
22: For Brodie's Benefit / Charles Emmett van Loan
23: The Blue Bonnet / Violet Hunt
24: Sammy The Sandwich-Man / Sydney Horler

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