Early Spring Little Emily, a four-year-old girl, studied the “newcomer” who had recently appeared in their neighbourhood. He was a silver-haired pensioner sitting on a bench,...
“It seems youve forgotten that this flat is minebought before the wedding!” I said coolly when I heard my husband confidently giving orders about my home....
**Diary Entry 12th November** The shout came from belowsharp, urgentcutting through the quiet of the grand Harrington Hall. “Fire! The kitchens on fire!” Within moments, chaos...
The blaze erupted in the grand housebut what the housemaid carried out left all who saw it in stunned silence. “Fire! The kitchen’s alight!” The cry...
The Other Mother-in-Law When Emily stepped into the flat, she spotted her mother-in-laws shoes right in the middle of the hallway. Any hope of a quiet...
My son-in-law said Id never see my daughter again unless I sold my mothers house. Id spent half my life alone. Well, not entirelyId been married...
**Diary Entry, 14th of May, 1892** In a quiet village in the rolling hills of Devon, there lived a man named Thomas Whitmore, a seventy-year-old widower...
“Get out of here, you filthy old man!” they shouted after him, shoving him out of the hotel. Only later did they discover who he truly...
In a quiet village nestled in the rolling hills of Dorset, where golden fields stretched to the horizon, lived Thomas Whitmore, a seventy-year-old man who had...
It seems youve forgotten this flat is minebought before the wedding! I said coldly, hearing my husband confidently dictating changes to my home. Emily set her...
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...