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THURSDAY 29th JULY, 2010 - ISSUE 56 will be sent to the printers in the next few days. See below for writers and pieces in this issue. Remember, issue 57, due out at the beginning of October, 2010. Keep coming back for news of who is appearing in that. If anyone wishes to order copies, please see the ABOUT link below.

ALSO, news of the WRITER'S MUSE WRITING COMPETITION SPECIAL ISSUE will be posted here as soon as it has been completed and sent to the publishers. The WRITER'S MUSE WRITING COMPETITION 2010 has been put on hold for the time being. News about this as soon as have updates.

Remember, the 2008 Writing Competition Special Issue is still available. It contains fifteen of the entries for the competition, including the three winners. If you'd like to receive a copy of The Good The Fab and The Cuddly, please see the details below.

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RISING COSTS HAVE FORCED OUR FIRST PRICE RISE IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS! From issue 50 (August, 2009) a single copy of Writer's Muse will costs £3.50 plus 75p postage and packing (£4.25 total). OUR APOLOGIES FOR THIS.

Issue 56 contains:

EDITORIAL by JIM PALMER (Mike Somers has just had a grandchild and is recovering)
THE DAY MR. GREEN DIED by R. J. DENT
PATHWAY TO THE BELOVED by ADAM PARRY
HENRY QUENNELL’S AND 10LBS OF HORSEMEAT by BRIAN DARWENT
NO FREE RIDE by SHIRLEY GOLDEN
READERS’ LETTERS by THE PUBLIC
THE OLD WOMAN, THE SPARROW AND THE CAT by WILLIAM WOOD
THE THESPIAN’S APPRENTICE by MARK DAVID STALLARD

Writer’s Muse presents the 2008 Writing Competition special issue - The Good The Fab and The Cuddly.

Writers featured are: Prize winners:
Shirley Golden - Dead Ringer
Mark Wagstaff - Memorial
Greta Jordan - “No Mummy”

Also:
Helen Crossley - Life Begins at Forty
R. J. Dent -The Purple Butterfly
Shirley Pettit - Wine Snob
Kevin Brookes - The Knife
Shirley Golden - Theory of My Mind
Andrew Beardmore - Them Mozzies
Adrian Kirsten - The Reunion
William Wood - How and When
Shirley Golden - Into The West
Bryn Fortey - Sunken Cities
Alfred Kessler - The Sister’s Touch
Greta Jordan - The Best and Last Blow
Away Sponge Cake



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