22October2025 Dear Diary, Today was my mother Margarets birthday. She turned thirtytwo and, in her usual fashion, handed our sister Emily a pair of handknit baby...
Stripes sits at the gate and waits. One day. Two. A week The first snow falls he still sits. His paws are freezing, his stomach rumbles...
Im going to tell you about Stephen Shaws odd little adventure walking a brandnew route through town. Stephen slipped out of the gate at the former...
8:20am the bus dropped me off in front of the gate of the Willow Grove supportedliving complex. A chilly September morning bit at my cheeks, and...
“Stay with a friend; my aunt from Norwich is staying with us for a month,” Mark said, shoving my suitcase out the door. “Mrs. Harper! You’ve...
Simon thought Irene didnt know about his other family, and he was stunned when she turned up at his daughters graduation. Are you serious? That loaf...
Back from sick leave, only to discover that her spot in the office had been taken by her husbands sister. Michael, youve left the tap running...
21December I hardly know where to begin, but tonight the memories keep looping in my head. Ivy had stormed into the kitchen, eyes flashing, and snarled,...
Ill never forget how the morning of my wife Zoes birthday unfolded in our little flat in London. My sisterinlaw Sophie barged into the kitchen without...
Ill never forget how the morning of my wife Zoes birthday unfolded in our little flat in London. My sisterinlaw Sophie barged into the kitchen without...
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....