A Way With Words

A WAY WITH WORDS A collection of 25 short stories We may choose our words carefully or use them without thought. They might be employed to get our message across, or hide what we're feeling. They can be tools, gifts or weapons. We need them for the games we play, the work we do and the excuses we make. Words are written or typed, texted, emailed, signed or spoken. They're heard, misheard, remembered forever or forgotten in an instant. Strung together they create fact or fiction, tell lies or the truth. Whether compliments or taunts, hard to spell or difficult to say, formal, familiar or foreign, long or short, the words we use all influence the stories we tell. This book contains 25 of them. 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 several stand alone novels, the Little Mallow cosy crime series and twenty-four themed collections of short stories. Hundreds of her short stories have been published in women's magazines.