‘Quick,’ Granny screamed from the window. ‘Get the hell over here.’ I put down my schoolbook and wandered across the…
Dear David, It’s been such a long time. I guess I must be the last person you were expecting to…
‘Would you like me to read for you tonight?’ he asked, sitting carefully on the edge of my bed. He…
Jack Regan checked the time on his dashboard, rechecked it on his phone. He even pulled back his sleeve to…
Jason was three when his mother packed her bags and moved out. He was the youngest. Katie was five, Alice…
Every summer my parents would redecorate the house. New wallpaper on the walls, new paint on the windows and doors.…
The old man was annoying me and he’d only been on the ward for an hour. He complained about everything.…
His mother was permanently a bit drunk. Never blotto, never sober. She seemed to always have a half empty glass…
I found my secret den right at the start of the summer holidays. Our back garden is wild, overgrown with…
My father left when I was two, just disappeared. He’d emptied out the family bank account, left a huge amount…
