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    The Not Mouse
    The Not Mouse
    The Not Mouse
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    The Not Mouse

    By Colin Garrow

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    When Peterson notices a corner of the bread has been nibbled, he thinks he knows what to do about it, but then he sees the boots, the doll-like footprints and the tiny grappling hook...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColin Garrow
    Release dateNov 10, 2018
    ISBN9780463975589
    The Not Mouse
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    Colin Garrow

    Colin Garrow grew up in a former mining town in Northumberland. He has worked in a plethora of professions including: taxi driver, antiques dealer, drama facilitator, theatre director and fish processor, and has occasionally masqueraded as a pirate. All Colin's books are available as eBooks and most are also out in paperback, too. His short stories have appeared in several literary mags, including: SN Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Word Bohemia, Every Day Fiction, The Grind, A3 Review, 1,000 Words, Inkapture and Scribble Magazine. He currently lives in a humble cottage in North East Scotland where he writes novels, stories, poems and the occasional song.

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      The Not Mouse - Colin Garrow

      The Not Mouse

      By Colin Garrow

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      Copyright 2018 Colin Garrow

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      It was the bread he noticed first.

      To begin with, Peterson dismissed it as one of the world's great unsolved mysteries - how small corners of a freshly-baked loaf can simply crumble into nothing, somehow evaporating

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