**Whisper Behind the Glass** The orderlya woman with a weary, wind-beaten face and eyes dulled from years of witnessing others’ painshifted Emilys transparent bag from one...
Emily couldnt remember the last time shed felt so rested. Her business trip had been delayed by a few hours, and without explanation, shed switched off...
A lonely cleaner found a phone in the park. Turning it on, she was stunned by what she saw. Martha Wilson left for work earlier than...
“Rom, oh Rom, weve got twins!” sobbed Tanya down the phone. “Theyre so tiny, just 5.5 pounds each, but theyre healthyeverythings fine!” “Bloody hell, the scan...
Unwanted Guests The phone jolted Valerie awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed on the screen. “Yes?” she mumbled dryly. “Val? Is that...
**The Vengeance of a Scorned Woman** Anthony Smith, a physics teacher at a rural school in Somerset, married for the second time. At forty-one, his new...
Just now, I was thinking that you and I must be the most unusual family,” said Emily, snuggling closer to her husband. “Its so lovely to...
“Daddy, dont go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything else, or Alfie either. Just stay with us! We dont need toy cars or...
Tommy pushed open the front door hard, letting the cold gloom of early evening seep into the dim hallway. When he stepped inside, there was none...
Betrayal, Shock, and a Mystery Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. “Odd,” she thought. “We have a doorbell, and all...
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the older woman...
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....