**Whispers Beyond the Glass** The nurse, a woman with a weary, windworn face and eyes dulled by years of witnessing others suffering, awkwardly shifted Alices clear...
Margaret couldnt recall the last time shed felt so rested. Her business trip had been delayed by a few hours, and without offering any explanation, she...
The solitary street sweeper found a phone in the park. Switching it on, she stood frozen for a long time. Martha Whitcombe left for work earlier...
“Rom, darling, it’s twins!” sobbed Tanya down the phone. “Theyre so tiny, just 5.5 pounds each, but theyre healthyeverythings fine!” “God, the scan did say twins,”...
**Unwelcome Guests** The phone jolted Emily awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed on the screen. “Yes?” she said flatly. “Emily, love?” a...
**The Revenge of a Scorned Woman** Anthony Smith, a physics teacher at a rural school in Cornwall, had just married for the second time. At forty-one,...
I was just thinking, Emily murmured, that we might be the wrong sort of family. Im so glad I have you, said William, wrapping his arms...
“Daddy, dont go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything else, or Alfie either. Just stay with us! No more toy cars, no more...
Oliver shoved the front door open, letting the icy twilight seep into the dim hallway. He didnt make his usual racketno clatter of shoes, no cheerful...
Betrayal, Shock, and Secrets. Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. *How oddwe have a doorbell, and everyone we know uses...
Hey love, you wont believe the rollercoaster Poppys had lately, so grab a cuppa and listen. It all started when...
Dear Diary, I told Tom that we were living in a rented flat, even though the truth is that the...
I cant seem to find the words that will make my daughterinlaw understand that my son is suffering from chronic...
15March2025 Dear Diary, Im writing this for the only person who will ever hear the full truth of what happened...
31August2025 Diary I was born in a tiny village in the West Midlands. Im now twentytwo, and both my father,...
14April2025 Today I reflected on the way we tend to look after our ageing parents. My older brother, James, finally...
The effect of presence The sunrise was still painting the sky over the terraced houses of East Ham when Anthony...
Dear Diary, Grandsoninlaw, look!Elsie pressed her nose to the window. A pooch! she cried. Just beyond the gate a scruffy...
He had always felt that something was off, as if his life were travelling on a side track while the...
I remember old Ethel Whitby, who lived on the fringe of a tiny village called Littleford, way out in the...