**A Family Recipe** “Are you seriously going to marry someone you met online?” Margaret Whittaker eyed her future daughter-in-law with the suspicion of a bank teller...
**The Shadow of the Gypsy on White Snow** The crisp, icy air of January seemed forever stained with the scent of burnt candles from the Christmas...
The Family Recipe “Do you honestly want to marry someone you met online?” Edith Wilkins eyed her future daughter-in-law with the scepticism of a bank clerk...
The Shadow of the Gypsy on White Snow The crisp, icy air of January seems forever stained by the scent of burnt candles from the Christmas...
The Whisper Behind the Glass The nurse, a woman with a weary, wind-beaten face and eyes dulled from years of witnessing others suffering, awkwardly shifted Alices...
**The Whisper Beyond the Glass** The nurse, a woman with a weary, wind-worn face and eyes dulled from years of witnessing strangers’ suffering, awkwardly shifted Alices...
Emma couldnt remember the last time shed felt this relaxed. Her business trip had been delayed by a few hours, and without explaining a word, she...
Valerie couldnt remember the last time shed felt this relaxed. Her business trip had been postponed by a few hours, and without offering any explanations, she...
A solitary park keeper found a phone on a bench. When she turned it on, she could hardly believe her eyes. Margaret Whitmore left for work...
“Daddy, don’t go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything else, or Alfie either. Just stay with us! We dont need toy cars or...
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...
**Diary Entry 15th May, 2024** Every day, I walk to my grandsons school. Im not a teacher or staffjust a...
One afternoon, my fathers second wife appeared at our doorstep. In her hands was a box full of sweets, and...