short story

Going, going, gone

a short story of 2,100 words

Diane Wordsworth
ILLUMINATION
Published in
10 min readJun 23, 2023

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There was no doubt about it. The music box Grandad had brought back from Italy after the war was hideous. It looked like Walt Disney’s castle, in a gaudy way, and was allegedly part of a pair. But it was tasteless and tacky and now it was gone. Instead of feeling elation, though, Abigail was distraught.

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Diane Wordsworth
ILLUMINATION

freelance writer ● novelist ● editor ● ghostwriter ● member of the Crime Writers’ Association ● UK writer writing about writing ● world-famous nutter-magnet