Sources and Provenance: Thriller Short Fiction
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Source list
| Item | Status and provenance |
|---|---|
| Teaching pages | Original explanations, models, tables and scaffolds written for this packet. |
| Original passages | The flat passage, the hallway passage and the model comparative paragraph are original teaching material. They are not quotations from published stories. |
| Genre terms | Standard critical vocabulary for narrative fiction, explained in the packet's own words. |
| The uncanny | The page refers to Sigmund Freud's 1919 essay on the uncanny as a critical lens. The original German essay is in the public domain; modern English translations may not be. The packet does not reproduce it. |
| Public-domain fiction | Teachers may source stories by authors whose works are public domain in Australia, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, M. R. James, Charlotte Perkins Gilman or Arthur Conan Doyle. Check the status of the particular edition before copying. |
| In-copyright fiction | Not reproduced. Teachers must use a school-held copy or a licence and must not upload the text to this site. |
| Images | None. The packet uses type, tables and CSS only. |
| Audio and video | None. No recordings, clips, film stills or trailers are hosted. |
| Student work | None. No student writing, names, results or school data is published. |
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Last reviewed: October 2026. If a source or link changes, update this page rather than leaving a stale claim.