12/05/2008

A freelance journalist has found a new avenue for her writing skills - greetings cards comprising 300 word-long stories.

Glasgow-based Jean Rafferty already has packs of her ‘flash fiction’ tales in her local Borders book store. And the imminent delivery, some time this week, of a display unit is expected to give her work even more prominence in the shop.

Her stories are collected in packs of six cards, their price ranging from £3.99 to £4.99, dependent on the design of the cards.

One story though is less fictional than the rest, based on her great-grandmother’s marriage. Until the wedding, she had never travelled beyond the boundaries of her home village on the Isle of Man. But her marriage, at the age of 21, then took her South Africa.

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