The whole family of my husband unanimously agrees that Blythe, as a daughterinlaw, is useless and completely shameless. At first the situation even looks promising: Blythe...
You know, the phone kept buzzing in my head all the way home, like a stubborn mosquito you just cant swat away. I was in that...
Insomnia had long set up camp in Helen’s life, trailing her like an unwanted shadow. That night she kept to her bitter habit. As if following...
The commuter train shuddered to life, pulling a gust of fresh air through its oilsmelling, dusty carriage. A woman with bright, lively eyes kept watching the...
I remember it as if it were a faded photograph, the kind you pull out on a rainy afternoon and stare at until the edges blur....
Honestly, I saw everything, Mum snapped as we squeezed into our ancient Vauxhall Astra. You think Im blind? Youve been circling that blonde in the red...
Dad. Prove to me youre my son, he blurted out one afternoon. I could have given him a good kick onto the stair landing, but instead...
Scarlet coat of my mother Are you hurting a lot, Mum? Not at all, Poppy. Go to bed. I watched her and could not believe it....
He slipped his key into the lock, turned it, and stepped inside only to find the flat wasn’t his at all. Strangers were lounging on the...
Violet Spencer never believed in closed doors. Anything hidden from her would be uncovered, pulled out, and examined from every angle. She could reach anyone, any...
My mother was strikingly beautiful, though my father would say that was her sole advantage. I, who adored him with...
Open the bag, now! The CCTV can see everything, theres no way youll get away! Take it all out! The...
Cold Divorce: The Dream of Emma and James It is a strange, cold feeling to wake and discover love turning...
Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
Margaret lived alone on her modest pension, tucked away in a tiny Cotswold village where the world seemed to consist...
Family? Tell Christopher to come at once! the daughter shrieked. All three of the little ones have a fever, theyre...
I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
Oliver lived in a ninestorey council block where the walls were thinner than a teabag and every neighbours sneeze bounced...
Open the rucksack at once! the words cut through the air. In the bustling shoemaking hall of the Manchester plant,...
Hey love, you wont believe what I overheard it finally made sense why he married me in the first place....