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    A Book of Short Stories
    A Book of Short Stories
    A Book of Short Stories
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    A Book of Short Stories

    By Lushanya Matthews-Forth

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    Do you like pirates, dragons, curses and mysteries? What about magic, or talking cats? Then welcome to A Book of Short Stories where all this is possible, and more. Read on to find out what happens to the mysterious village of Thorn, or do battle with Princess Fabiola Ulrike; will she succeed in her quest, or will she be doomed forever? And whatever did happen to that talking dragon…?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateOct 31, 2022
    ISBN9781398465237
    A Book of Short Stories
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    Lushanya Matthews-Forth

    Growing up in an average Welsh home, Lushanya Matthews-Forth started writing creatively as soon as she learned to write. Having written over 40 different short stories, it was high time to let the rest of the world see and enjoy them too.

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      A Book of Short Stories - Lushanya Matthews-Forth

      Copyright Information ©

      Lushanya Matthews-Forth 2022

      The right of Lushanya Matthews-Forth to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      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, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

      Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

      ISBN 9781398465220 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781398465237 (ePub e-book)

      www.austinmacauley.com

      First Published 2022

      Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd®

      1 Canada Square

      Canary Wharf

      London

      E14 5AA

      The Story of Bramford

      the Pirate

      When I was just seven, my mother died. My father was so distraught that he could no longer care for me properly, so I was sent to an orphanage for ten gruelling years. I was small and rather weak, and I was bullied because of it. So most days I very much regretted even being born. On the eve of my seventeenth birthday I ditched the orphanage for good, carrying the small bundle of linen that was all I had in the world. Shortly after arriving in a new town I bumped into a fellow runaway, and learning we had a similar background we became fast friends. He was known as Eddie Marshall, and I as Bramford Willis. Quite by luck we found ourselves working in a small bakery shop down Marlow High street. The pay was good but seeing as how neither of us were taught particularly well how to look after ourselves we always ended up looking a bit shabbier than most. We ticked along working in this little shop for a while until an unusual stranger happened across our path that changed my life forever.

      It started out as any other day, waking early in our dingy lodgings, a quick brisk walk down to the bakery, and then a wonderful inhale of breath as you walk through the back door into the kitchen. If we were lucky when the cook was in a good mood, she’d let us nab a mouthful or two of the fresh bread right out of the oven.

      On 11th June, to be exact, in walked the strange man. He smelled of rum and sweat and I thought he looked suspiciously like a pirate. He was indeed a pirate and giving me and Eddie a once over, taking in our bedraggled appearance he asked us if we wanted to join his crew. I jumped at the chance, to explore the world and sail the seas, what an adventure that would be! Eddie took a little persuading, but eventually the lure of the sea took ahold of him. This was the beginning of me becoming Bramford, the most feared pirate the seas had ever seen.

      When we boarded the ship with our meagre belongings we found that the crew itself were not a very friendly bunch. We had started at the bottom of the ladder, fit only for scrubbing the deck and climbing to the crow’s nest, at least that’s how they saw us. Growing up in an orphanage this hostility did not bother me much, knowing in time my worth would be seen, but Eddie had previously come from a fine family, with fine people, and the hardest part of his life had been when he ran away and met me.

      After a while the hostility really affected him, he could barely eat, and never slept. Eventually one night he went into the Captain’s quarters to explain that being a pirate was not for him and when they next paid port he would be leaving. The Captain seemingly amused by this told Eddie that the only way a pirate ever

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