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Who's a Pretty Boy, Then?

Jan Mark

First published 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man builds an aviary for budgerigars on a patch of land where nothing can grow. He forbids his family to teach the birds to speak. Nonetheless they begin to talk about being dead.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1981 Cover Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers Pepper Press Anthology 7
1983 Cover The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book Armada Anthology 24
1984 Cover Fearfully Frightening Beaver Books Anthology 56
October 1995 Cover Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 200
February 1996 Cover Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 200