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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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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