My names Janet, Im 49, and I work the night shift as a nurse at St. Marys General in Manchester. Ive been here two decades seen...
The old coach, leaving behind the familiar scent of petrol and rumbling on, soon disappeared into the dusk, leaving the woman quite alone. She looked about...
An Ex Tries to Become a Dad She noticed him before he had a chance to say anything. Seven years. For seven years, shed sometimes wondered...
Peter. A Story. A warm breeze wafts in through the open window of the hospital room. The nurse opened it this morning. Curtains float gently in...
In the winter of 1943, in a draughty hospital on the edge of a frostbitten English town, an exhausted surgeon found a dying boy in the...
There is an old English phrase: Fools and their goods are soon parted. Id always thought it a bit of an exaggeration, but my own life...
A Wedding Beneath the Weight of Ancient Village Customs In a tiny hamlet nestled amidst windswept moors of Yorkshire, where days seemed to crawl as slowly...
The Paper House Hurry up, Ellie, or well be late! Im just coming, Dad! Ellie hopped about, trying to pull a sock over her foot. Her...
Its still difficult to believe how quickly the world can change. When the news got round our little village that Edward, my brother, was now my...
– Hello! Sorry to bother you, Im your downstairs neighbour. – Oh, Ill turn the music down, no worries, – said the young woman in a...