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    Working In The Bookshop
    Working In The Bookshop
    Working In The Bookshop
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    Working In The Bookshop

    By Patsy Collins

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPatsy Collins
    Release dateMay 19, 2022
    ISBN9798201070076
    Working In The Bookshop
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    Patsy Collins

    Patsy Collins spends her time making things up and writing them down from her home in Lee-on-the-Solent or whilst traveling in a campervan – both shared with her husband. When away she enjoys scrambling round ruined castles, visiting friends and eating cake. At home she gardens, bakes (and then eats) cakes. She is the author of six novels and twenty-four themed collections of short stories. Hundreds of her short stories have been published in women's magazines.

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      Working In The Bookshop - Patsy Collins

      Working In The Bookshop

      Patsy Collins

      Published by Patsy Collins, 2022.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      WORKING IN THE BOOKSHOP

      First edition. May 19, 2022.

      Copyright © 2022 Patsy Collins.

      ISBN: 979-8201070076

      Written by Patsy Collins.

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      I nearly didn't bother when I saw the woman at the counter. Didn't think she'd like the look of me. For one thing I'm a big lad, almost six four, and Brookes' book shop is tiny. Old ladies generally look as though they'd like to tell me to pull my trousers up, my hood down and remove the rings and studs. They never do; other than Gran they usually just try to ignore me. Still I needed a job and the shop needed staff so I stood patiently as the old lady served a customer.

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