After my appointment, the doctor surreptitiously slipped a note into my coat pocket: Run away from your family! That very night, I realised he had just...
Fragments of Friendship Emma comes home after a long day. She unlocks the door and slowly, almost mechanically, takes off her boots. Her movements betray her...
Its Important to Be Happy When Emily was four years old, her father walked out on them for another woman. He left right after Christmas, pausing...
Mothers Love Emily, its Margaret Turner. Have you fed Thomas yet? The voice on the other end of the line sounded as if she was asking...
The Key to Happiness Trouble in your love life? asked Mrs Margaret Wilkinson, tilting her head and giving her new lodger a measured once-over. Her gaze...
An elderly woman fed two hungry boys for months then they vanished without saying goodbye. Twenty years later, the truth finally came out. In the little...
The Upstairs Neighbour Helen, where have you put my saucepan? The big one I make stew in? Mrs. Green, it was in the middle of the...
Posh Girl Look at her, all dolled up! Normal folks, they head off to work first thing in the morninglike proper people. But her? Wheres she...
Between Truth and Dreams Friday, 7:05pm I curled up under my warm tartan blanket, relishing the quiet of my flat. Outside, snowflakes drifted lazily past the...
The Cost of a Second Chance I stood opposite Emily in our lounge, slightly hunched forward, trying to coax her into opening up to me. I...