It was ten to the performance was due to start at three. Joel was nowhere to be found. Catherine was pacing. ‘Why do we always have to...

The air smells different. Change is creeping from the shadows. Light lasts a little longer. Noises are magnified. There is a peace I hug...

‘Am I interrupting?’ Holly put her head round the door. ‘I’m just prepping for the surprise party. I’ve got Josh taste testing canapes.’ ...

The ship pitched and rolled. The sails billowed. ‘Get me some grog boy.’ The first mate hollered into the storm. A big wave sent the ship...

Freda slammed it shut. When it took the huff at the roughness and did it again, she checked there was nothing in the way and gave it a...

Louise hated it when people said she was just a librarian. Did they not understand what she did? Or how hard she had to work to get here?...

The shed was always thought to be creepy. Coming down Conway Hill meant either going into town or into the woods. There was a path that...

‘What are you doing? Are you mad?’ ‘It’s a butter knife not a deadly weapon.’ ‘Will the Italian police see it that way? “Woman on Gondola...

The little boy's idea of heaven was sitting on Conway Hill watching the life unfold in all directions before him. It was a long time...

Ethan met a man who told him that he had already met the love of his life. Being nine at the time, Ethan thought it unlikely. The...