Emily never imagined, at twenty years old, what life had in store for her. She was studying at university, deeply in love with Daniel, and dreaming...
**Liam, I’m Still Here: A Tale of Love and Hope by the Sea** “Liam, just look at this beauty!” exclaimed Evelyn, her sun-kissed skin glowing, her...
Every afternoon, after leaving secondary school, Thomas walked along the cobbled streets with his backpack slung over one shoulder and a wildflower carefully cradled in his...
Every evening, as he left the grammar school, Thomas walked along the cobbled streets with his satchel slung over one shoulder and a wildflower carefully cradled...
Lonely caretaker found a phone in the park. When she turned it on, she couldn’t recover for a long time. Margaret Whitmore left for work earlier...
**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,...
It was my grandmother who opened the door when we knocked. “Your mothers come for you. Get your things ready,” the matron had said. They say...
The air in the childrens home was thick with tension. “Your mums here for you. Pack your things.” They said every kid in care dreamed of...
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...
**Diary Entry 12th May** The movers arrived at the new flat today, and you wouldnt believe who we found living thereEmily Hartwell, the pop star who...
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...