Diane Wordsworth
2) Blind Date
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When Chloe suspected her husband of having an affair, her reaction was to join a dating agency. This is a SHORT STORY.
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When John Cadbury came to Birmingham in 1824, he sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate in a small shop on Bull Street. Drinking chocolate was considered a healthy alternative to alcohol, something Cadbury, a Quaker, was keen to encourage.
In 1879, the Cadburys moved to Bournville and created their factory in a garden an unprecedented move. It is now ironic that today’s Bournville is surrounded by that urban sprawl the Cadburys were so keen to...
4) Pancake Race
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Pancakes seemed a strange request to take to a child's birthday party. This short story was previously published in My Weekly, Twee Tales Too, and Twee Tales More.
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Five short stories featuring slightly sinister topics. Five Slightly Sinister Short Stories is a Wordsworth Collection of five themed short stories that have been previously published or broadcast. Full publishing history details below: THE MYSTERY OF WOOLLEY DAM first published in Twee Tales Twee; also published in Twee Tales More and as a Wordsworth ShortA STRANGER AT EIGHT first published in Chat magazine; also published in Twee Tales, Twee Tales...
9) Tea for Two
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When Hannah had finished working in the fields, the last thing she expected was someone waiting for her at the farm house ordering tea and cake. This VERY SHORT STORY has been published in Twee Tales Twee, Twee Tales More, and Flash Fiction 2.
10) Poppy Day
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Katy and Chris were both at the remembrance day parade for quite different reasons. Then they bumped into each other. Literally. This VERY SHORT STORY was first published in My Weekly. It has since been published in Twee Tales Twee, Twee Tales More, Flash Fiction 2 and Five Short Stories for Autumn.
12) Shaking the Tree
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When apples started to mysteriously appear around the house, Pat thought it was obvious who was leaving them. His wife Bernadette, on the other hand, wasn't having any of it. This SHORT STORY has been published in The People's Friend, Twee Tales Twee, and Twee Tales More.
15) Twee Tales Too
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A collection of fourteen short stories by Diane Wordsworth, previously Diane Parkin. Eight are brand-new, but six have been published before – either in the UK or in India – or have won prizes in competitions. This is Diane's second volume of short stories. Also look out for TWEE TALES.
17) Twee Tales More
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Twee Tales More is a bundle of three short story collections, plus four bonus short stories, bringing together a total of 40 short stories, all by Diane Wordsworth.
Twee Tales, Twee Tales Too and Twee Tales Twee were first published as short anthologies and are now collected here, alongside the four new stories The Girl on the Bench, The Ace of Wands, The Most Scariest Night of the Year, and The Ace of Cups.
All of the stories, collected in Twee...
19) Trick or Treat
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When Thomas wanted to join his friends trick or treating, his mum was a bit worried because he was already prone to nightmares. Would the occasion help him or would it make matters worse? This SHORT STORY has previously been published in Twee Tales Too and Twee Tales More.
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“Diary of a Scaredy Cat: a year in the life of a frightened writer”. Diane Wordsworth was struggling to get back into the swing of being a full-time freelance writer. She'd done it very well in the past, thank you very much. But years of editing books for various publishers had taken her out of the discipline of the freelance writing world and she needed to get back in. When she met her future husband in 2013, he very quickly encouraged her to...