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Excerpt from THE TRUE STORY OF BINDERELLA AND OTHER SECRET SIBLINGS by Colin O’Sullivan

Posted on April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 by BetimesBooksNow

Excerpt from “Binderella, the girl who lives in a dustbin”, the first tale from THE TRUE STORY OF BINDERELLA AND OTHER SECRET SIBLINGS by Colin O’Sullivan

Posted in Excerpts & short storiesTagged Binderella, Colin O'Sullivan, fairy tale, fairytales, humour

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    • A Sense of Place
  • Our Authors
    • Colin O’Sullivan
    • Sam Hawken
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    • Abel Posse
    • Dimitri Bortnikov
    • Fionnuala Brennan
    • Hadley Colt
    • Les Edgerton
    • David Hogan
    • Kim Hood
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    • Robert Kalich
    • Patricia Ketola
    • Jackie Mallon
    • Donald Finnaeus Mayo
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    • Sean Moncrieff
    • Joe Murphy
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    • Kevin Stevens
  • About Betimes Books
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  • Full list of titles
    • Maiko Moans by Colin O’Sullivan
    • The Red Orchestra in Blue by Joe O’Byrne
    • A Good Enough Mother by Catherine Dunne
    • A Long Day in Venice: A Memoir by Abel Posse
    • Soul Catcher by Dimitri Bortnikov
    • The Painter’s Women by Fionnuala Brennan
    • Permanent Fatal Error by Hadley Colt
    • The Red-Handed League by Hadley Colt
    • The Death of Tarpons by Les Edgerton
    • La Frontera by Sam Hawken
    • The Last Island by David Hogan
    • Hear Us Fade by David Hogan
    • They All Fall Down by Kim Hood
    • Central Park West Trilogy by Richard Kalich
    • The Assisted Living Facility Library by Richard Kalich
    • A Man Made Long Ago by Richard Kalich
    • David Lazar by Robert Kalich
    • A Man Divided by Robert Kalich
    • Dirty Pictures by Patricia Ketola
    • Silk for the Feed Dogs by Jackie Mallon
    • Francesca by Donald Finnaeus Mayo
    • The Insider’s Guide to Betrayal by Donald Finnaeus Mayo
    • One True Sentence by Craig McDonald
    • Forever’s Just Pretend by Craig McDonald
    • Toros & Torsos by Craig McDonald
    • Roll the Credits by Craig McDonald
    • The Great Pretender by Craig McDonald
    • The Running Kind by Craig McDonald
    • Head Games by Craig McDonald
    • Print the Legend by Craig McDonald
    • Death in the Face by Craig McDonald
    • Three Chords & The Truth by Craig McDonald
    • Write from Wrong by Craig McDonald
    • Borderland Noir
    • The Angel of the Streetlamps by Sean Moncrieff
    • The Taking of Colum Pyke by Joe Murphy
    • Killarney Blues by Colin O’Sullivan
    • The Starved Lover Sings by Colin O’Sullivan
    • The Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan
    • My Perfect Cousin by Colin O’Sullivan
    • Marshmallows by Colin O’Sullivan
    • The True Story of Binderella and Other Secret Siblings by Colin O’Sullivan
    • In Love with Paris by Gérard Ramon
    • Reach the Shining River by Kevin Stevens
    • GIFTS: Bittersweet Christmas Stories by Betimes Books authors
  • The Guilty by Samuel Hawken
  • The Safest Place by Svetlana Pironko
  • Svetlana Pironko

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