The Untaken One (With Painted Words, January 2013)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Sandra

This story has just been published at With Painted Words: The Untaken One.

They have Exclusive World Electronic Rights for 90 days, so please follow the link to visit the site if you want to read it. I’ll publish here on expiry.

About Sandra

I used to cruise the French waterways with my husband four or five months a year, and wrote fiction and poetry. Now I live on the beautiful Dorset coast, enjoying the luxury of being able to have a cat, cultivating an extensive garden and getting involved in the community. I still write fiction, but only when the spirit moves me - which isn't as often as before. I love animals, F1 motor racing, French bread and my husband, though not necessarily in that order.

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3 Responses to The Untaken One (With Painted Words, January 2013)

Jo-Anne Teal says:

January 31, 2013 at 8:01 am

Sandra – a sad story that slowly unwinds a reveal, paragraph by paragraph. Your writing is always wonderful but here, you match the subject’s affect with even more skill. Beautifully done. (but Sandra – you have to get better at plugging your work! I almost missed seeing your story!)

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- Sandra says:
  
  January 31, 2013 at 8:03 am
  
  Thanks Jo-Anne. I feel uncomfortable about bombarding Twitter and Facebook, but WordPress does it automatically if I forget to change the settings. 😉 Anyway glad you liked it.
  
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silentlyheardonce says:

January 31, 2013 at 10:28 pm

Wow! You did a most excellent job. You drew me right into your world. The end is perfect. I do hope she finds the happiness she missed for the past 12 years.

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