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Shortbread Stories is an online community of writers. Besides providing a worldwide showcase for their work, Shortbread Stories aims to build self-confidence in writing ability through the mentoring, advice and encouragement forthcoming from both its writing and reading community. Shortbread Stories is free and open to anyone who wishes to join, and all stories are free to read and download.

After the success of Shortbread in Spain last October, we’ve decided to run even more courses in the New Year. Below is just the initial information, but please continue to check back for course lesson plans closer to date. Spain Dates: 29 March – 3 April 2012 11 – 16 October 2012 Location: Finca El Tornero de Abajo, Andalusia at… Read full Article

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Over the next couple of months you’ll see ShortbreadStories promoting the The Million for a Morgue Campaign, which will help the University of Dundee raise £1 million to build a world leading forensic centre. They are teaming up with some of the top crime writers to raise funds and awareness. The new morgue will… Read More

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Shortbread record and publish many short audio stories for your enjoyment. View our mp3 library of free audio short stories!

Buy it Now: Short Breaks, Volume 1

It is with great pleasure (and a fair amount of excitement on our part) that we bring you Short Breaks, the first Shortbread Collection of Short Stories - Volume 1. It has to be said, however, that the selection process was not without a good bit of head-scratching, as you will have seen...
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Competition: A Burns Night…

How has Burns inspired you? Write a poem, story or an essay and submit it to the ‘A Burns Night Inspiration’ Competition, and the winner shall receive a free copy of For A’ That: A Celebration of Burns, and their story will appear as a Friday Story.

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With the cold weather refusing to leave and travel agents tempting us with exotic locations, this Formula 500 competition would like to encourage our Shortbreaders to let their imaginations wander to faraway destinations. The word limit is still 500 words, however this time, we'd like stories about traveling whilst sticking to the very limited word count. The sky really is the limit with this one, so leave the cold weather behind and take your reader on a journey they'll never forget! The best story will be sent around our 6,000 plus Friday Story mailing list!

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