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    Burn: Wordsworth Shorts, #25
    Burn: Wordsworth Shorts, #25
    Burn: Wordsworth Shorts, #25
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    Burn: Wordsworth Shorts, #25

    By Diane Wordsworth

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    The last thing Marcie Craig expected to see when she returned home from a late night gig was an elderly woman who had been burnt to death.

     

    This short story has appeared in Twee Tales Too and Twee Tales More. It also won second prize in a competition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaggins Bottom Books
    Release dateJun 13, 2022
    ISBN9798201805937
    Burn: Wordsworth Shorts, #25
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    Diane Wordsworth

    Diane Wordsworth was born and bred in Solihull in the West Midlands when it was still Warwickshire. She started to write for magazines in 1985 and became a full-time freelance photojournalist in 1996. In 1998 she became sub-editor for several education trade magazines and started to edit classroom resources, textbooks and non-fiction books. In 2004 Diane moved from the Midlands to South Yorkshire where she edited an in-house magazine for an international steel company for six years. She still edits and writes on a freelance basis.

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      Burn - Diane Wordsworth

      Burn

      a Wordsworth short

      Burn

      a Wordsworth short

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      Diane Wordsworth

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      This story has been published in Twee Tales Two and Twee Tales More. It also won second prize in a competition.

      Copyright © Diane Wordsworth 2022

      Cover image courtesy of Canva

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      The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the creator of this work.

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      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author or publisher.

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