Tagged “Austin Philips”
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The Murder at Silchester Post Office
"The Murder at Silchester Post Office" is Austin Philips' fictional reconstruction of the September, 1900 murder of George Fell, caretaker at the Birkenhead Post Office. Philips had written about this crime earlier, as part of his 1907...
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The Booby Trap
Another Austin Philips story, this one from Nash's Magazine, November 1909. In "The Booby Trap," a postmistress contends with a person out of her past; one who knows her dark secret. It's rather interesting that the protagonist became a...
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The Missing Word
A new Austin Philips story: "The Missing Word", from Pall Mall Magazine, November 1907. This one is supernatural. It's a stormy midnight, and several telegraph operators sit together in the telegraph office, awaiting for the moment they must...
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The Telegram
The latest Austin Philips story is up: "The Telegram", from the July 1909 issue of the Strand Magazine. Florence Earle is a naive young telegraph operator, who may just be making a big mistake. "The Telegram" is a crime story, though...
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A Dead Letter
I've put up a new Austin Philips story: "A Dead Letter", from the January 1909 issue of the Strand Magazine. This is a post office themed ghost story, set on Christmas Eve. It features both a moaning ghost, and a ghost envelope! And the reader...
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The Post Office Stories of Austin Philips
I'm starting a new project! This one is more "literary excavation" than "literary sleuthing." Austin Philips was a British author and the son of a postmaster, who not only became a postmaster himself, but also served in an...
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