Top short women's fiction from periodicals such as WOMEN'S WEEKLY, CLEO, WOMAN'S DAY, ARGOSY UK and ABC Books.

There's 'The Sand Man' - an award-winning story about a crazily-in-love couple who build a huge sand man on the beach. What happens then will make you cry
There's 'The Snag' - a story about a man who can do anything, except relate to women.
And 'Serpent for Celia'. Do sea serpents exist? Of course not. But still...
And 'The Man Who Made Whistles' - where a hen-pecked husband gets his own back on a domineering wife.
In 'Spinster', a lonely woman suddenly discovers a different way to live.
In 'Brass Teeth', a Prime Minister's wardrobe malfunction changes the course of history.
In 'Time Waits for Nolan', a complacent retiree slides into a decomposing world.
Then, just to tone you up, there's the arid, eerie SF world of 'Tub Travellers'.
And, finally, for readers not afraid to think, there's 'The Stand-in' - a searing re-examination of the Crucifixion based on esoteric research. (21,500 words)
ROMANTIC STORIES FROM WOMEN'S MAGAZINES has a companion set of stories. VICIOUS TALES FROM MEN'S MAGAZINES.