The Girl With a Pearl in Her Nose

The Chronicles of St Mary's #11.2

by Jodi Taylor

Max is in sick bay (again) where Dr Stone investigates her apparently larger-than-normal nostrils and finds something interesting.

Free to read on Jodi's blog: joditaylor (dot)online/blogs/news/the-girl-with-a-pearl-in-her-nose

Genres: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction, Humor, Historical Fiction

2 pages, ebook

First published April 2, 2020

About the author

Jodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's series, the story of a bunch of disaster prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police series - a St Mary's spinoff and gateway into the world of an all-powerful, international organisation who are NOTHING like St Mary's. Except, when they are.

Alongside these, Jodi is known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults.

Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a novel. Over twenty books later, she still has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really want a reminder of Max's time lost in the past. #justsaying. LOL

[Trish · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can one even call this a short story? I think not. So here is my super short review for this super short ... story.

It was very amusing. All I will say about the plot is that it was inspired by the author having sinusitis.

You can read it for free here: https://joditaylor.online/blogs/news/...

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really just a nose-tease of a short short story, but at least it had the gross-out factor. That's St. Mary's for you!

[Richard Derus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two-minute microread. Hilarious for Disaster Magnets, and Max-snark addicts; incomprehensible for civilians.

[Marjolein (UrlPhantomhive) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short story you can read for free on the author's blog.

If you have two minutes to spare, give it a go =)

[Tobey · Rating 4 out of 5]

So short, so typical Max!

[Nirkatze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Feels like a little deleted scene. An amusing 5 minutes of he day.

[Erica (sand_between_pages) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little short!

[Frankie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing and silly Max short.

[Dustin (dragonarmybooks)]

I have a BookTube channel where I review books, give reading suggestions, and more! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/dragonarmybooks

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Another blog (available here) from Jodi Taylor where she thought of a joke due to her own stint with sinusitis and then grabbed a pen and paper to write a quick and silly scene. It's gross, it's quick, it's cute. The end.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

"He was some time – firkling away like an Egyptian embalmer removing brain tissue from an embalmee. Except that I was living, conscious, and complaining every inch of the way.

‘There’s something here,’ he said which I think everyone will agree is exciting news when you’re looking for treasure. Less so when you’ve got a doctor half way up your nose."

[Trelawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short but fun

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amusing little snippet into the world of Max.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was.... short...

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little filler while we wait for the next full length. I always enjoy a visit with Max and Leon.

[Suze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Then2 page count doesn’t lie - very short!
But even in these few lines, we get great humour and Max being the cause and brunt of it!

[Jen Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah the journey of finding one missed out on something, and can enjoy it still! A brief entertaining visit to St Mary’s Sick Bay. You won’t be disappointed.

[Esther · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny :)

[Danielle Mccoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute, short, funny. Kind of like Max.

[Brook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super short story (a page or 2) for free on the authors web page, about Max with something up her nose. Fun but superfluous.

[Chase · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly little jount up Maxwell's nose.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiny snippet from Jodi Taylor about Max and something stuck up her nose.

[Dreximgirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Literally a 2 minute read on the authors website. Amusing.

[Pittoresque · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not what I expected, but fun! If Jodi ever decided to spend all her time writing enjoyable little episodes like this every other day, I certainly wouldn't mind.

[Rachreads22 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fab little very short story :)

[Elisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super-super short, just marking it as read so that I know I read them all.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was cute little snippet from, Jodi Taylor! Max has funny little misadventures. Lol

[Linda Lassman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another free (very) short story on Taylor's website. Hilarious!