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1) Lucky Charm
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Donald walked round the car boot sale without much interest. Most of the items were little more than rubbish. He didn't try to speak to anyone. Whenever he utters a sentence, he has to immediately apologise. It's been that way since he returned to England. This 2000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories.
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Hairdresser Kiri doesn't always pay attention to what's said to her, as her thoughts often runs away with her. That doesn't always matter, in fact her vivid imagination can be helpful. It is a problem though when she upsets Coral Jenkins, one of the salon's regular clients, and that's despite the fact Coral has the same tendency to half listen and then jump to conclusions. This 3000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed...
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Claire's friend asked her if she was superstitious before giving her the vase. Not that it mattered as it was just an ordinary vase. It didn't move about by itself, vases just don't do that. Neither did it have any influence over the life of its owner. There was some other explanation for Claire becoming happier. A short story of 2,500 words
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NOT A DROP TO DRINK
'They' say the human body is around 70% water. It's not true.
We could drink straight H20 of course. Usually we don't. More likely it's vitamin rich juice or teeth rotting cola. We like a nice cup of tea to calm us down or cheer us up. Perhaps a nice glass of wine to celebrate or drown our sorrows. Two glasses. Too many glasses.
Our bodies do contain liquid of course. Never just water though. What's in yours; acid and bile or...
5) Voodo Val
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Since Shirley took over from the previous boss the accounting firm where Val works hasn't been a pleasant place to be. Shirley is sarcastic, demanding, unreasonable and absolutely no fun at all. In a moment of frustration Val's draws a silly cartoon of Shirley and sticks her toungue out at it. This makes her feel better so she cheers up her colleagues by making more drawings for them to stick pins in. This offive voodo works well until Shirley catches...
6) A Dog's Life
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Alex remembered Deborah from school. She hadn't been kind then and she'd not improved since. Except that he didn't remember as much about her as he'd thought, and she did once give him a chance. A short story of 2,800 words
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An Amelia Watson mini mystery Amelia Watson loves to solve mysteries and hates it when she's unable to dig up the answers. That latter's been the case recently, so it might be better if she didn't try at all. That way she'd avoid the embarrassment of calling out the police when no crime had been committed.But a man carried… OK, probably not the dead body it looked like, but definitely something, into the woods. His excuse for being there was a lie....
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Sonia's headaches have come back. They returned when she started working for the awful Harry. She'd suffered them in her youth. Whatever caused them back then seemed to have definite ideas about what she should and shouldn't do. If she tried to do something 'it' didn't like she'd get terrible jolts of pain. But if she could fight through it and make a commitment towards her future they'd stop – just as had happened when she accepted her police officer...
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Everything about Vivien's new job seemsperfect. Well, everything except the heat which means she can't stay in the beautiful courtyard for long and the weird girl called Natasha who is terified of being forgotten. Soon Vivien does forget about her. She forgets other things too. Far to many things. This 3000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories, each of which contains 24 stories.
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Nik had thought everything was going to be brilliant. Mum was going to get a new husband and he'd have a brother. They'd be like one of the families you see on TV. Of course those things would still happen but, because Shane didn't look at things the right way, because they weren't the same, none of it was going to be good like he'd hoped.
That was until the boys went away on a photography weekend and Nik realised it was he, and others who hadn't...
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Natalie and Dean have lived together for eight years and been a couple longer than that. They have a nice home, are able to take a cruise most years and she knows he loves her just as much as she loves him. There's nothing she needs. No reason of her to feel jealous of Gladys who is celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary – but Natalie is jealous. Horribly, painfully jealous.
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Matt followed all his gran's advice and got the job in the bookshop. He enjoyed it there, but there was something very strange about one of the customers. That's if she really was a customer – and actually existed. This 3300 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories, each of which contains 24 stories.
15) Pastures New
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Grant tended not to show his emotions. It was ridiculous to think Saffron had a better idea how the farmer, whose field she walked through on the way to work, felt about her than she had concerning the man who shared her home. This 3000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories, each of which contains 24 stories.
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Sally's husband Brian makes too many assumptions and does too little towards caring for their children and home – which is why she agreed to have a drink with her sympathetic colleague Steve. On a day trip to see HMS Victory Brian is forced into managing the childcare alone for a short time. That one-off event might not be enough to ensure Sally says no to a second meeting with Steve. This 3100 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's...
17) Suzy Hang Around
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A light summertime story of 4400 words At first her brother's friend Julian was an annoyance to Suzy. Then it was him gently suggesting to her that she should get friends of her own and leave him be. Gradually they became friends. A holiday together will show if they can ever become more than that.
18) Albert's Soup
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Albert's mother has never liked Marie. She doesn't seem to like her son much either, but she still wants an explanation for him suddenly going to Patagonia with a friend she's never met and still being gone three months later. Admittedly it is very out of character and Marie offers nothing but the soup she confesses Albert had more than a hand in, but is that any reason to accuse Marie of having done something to him? This 2,700 word short story is...
19) Celebrate Life
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Mary tries not to worry about something that might not happen, but occasionally she feels weepy. Sometimes she snaps at the children or Mike for no good reason. She knows concerns for her health are making her act out of character. This 2000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories.
20) Book Club Romeo
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Gerri wanted to believe that her friend Zoe was telling the truth. The part about her joining a book club was believeable, but not that it met every week and that the utterly gorgeous Sebastien was not only a member, but Zoe's boyfriend wasn't very convincing. It didn't help that all the places Zoe claimed to have been taken on dates were the locations of the book she'd just finished reading. A short story of 2,600 words
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