**Diary Entry 10th April** It was in Stairwell Six, where the air always carried the damp scent of raincoats and old concrete, that spring made itself...
Margaret Peterson lunged for the envelope so abruptly that everyone startled, and spoons clattered against plates. Her nails, painted a glossy red, nearly tore through the...
“Katie, Mum,” Victor began softly when they were alone in the kitchen, “I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something.” Kathleen glanced up, surprised. It...
**Diary Entry 12th October** When the rumble of the BMWs engine faded into the trees, the silence pressed down on me like a heavy quilt. I...
When I stepped out of the showerwhere Id stood under the water for at least ten minutes, numb, not feeling the heat or the coldhe was...
The story continued. Weve decided it would be better if you lived separatelyDenis murmured at last, as though afraid of his own words. Separately?Anna stared at...
The Wish Granted They rented a flat right in the heart of London. “Like it?” he asked, barely managing to open the door for her. The...
A few days after being sacked, I still couldnt quite wrap my head around it. The world had stopped spinning, or so it seemed. No more...
**Diary Entry** I returned to my office the next morning, my mind still haunted by yesterdays events at the marketthe shouts of angry onlookers, the womans...
**Diary Entry** “Dad, meet hershes going to be my wife, your daughter-in-law.” “Dad, this is my fiancée, your future daughter-in-law, Imogen!” declared Marcus, beaming with joy....
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....
**Diary Entry 23rd December, 1985** *”Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, staring at the woman sitting at the...
One day, my dads new wife showed up with a big box of sweets and two little poodles wagging their...