15March2025 The night after the explosion still haunts me. I awoke to a harsh crack, the lights flickering, and a voice shouting my mothers nameVeraVladimirovnathough in...
If you only ever ask me about food, you’d better stop calling! I’ve got bigger things on my mind than chatting about meals all day, okay...
I sat alone in the little village surgery, listening to the old hinges on the wall creak once, twice, once, twice as if they were counting...
Without looking at her son, Emily left the pram by a weatherworn garage and slipped away to rest. Her breath came in ragged pulls, and she...
Stay still, dont say a word, youre in danger. The ragclad girl with tangled hair and grimestreaked cheeks dragged the billionaire into a shadowy alcove and...
When I get back from my trip, my belongings lie on the lawn with a note: If you want to stay, youll have to live in...
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A lonely, sorrowful single mother sat by herself at a wedding, the subject of whispered ridicule, when a shadowy underworld figure approached her and said, Pretend...
The emergency siren wailed, a sharp crack echoed, and darkness fell over the operating theatre. Slowly the gloom receded and a voice called out: Mrs. Evelyn...
The High Street was noisy today, just like any spring day here in London when the city finally wakes up...
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Rain taps against the windowsill of the rented onebed flat in Camden. Andrew watches the droplets trace whimsical patterns on...
Granddad, eek! Sam, lanky and wrapped in an oversized coat, tugged at his grandfathers arm, his little fingers still probing...
Dear Diary, This morning I was watering the geraniums on the windowsill when Elsie burst into the kitchen, her face...
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Enough! Im done carrying the whole lot of you on my back! No more penniesgo feed yourselves however you wish!...
The street was bustling today, as it always is in spring when the city finally feels the warm sun after...