The sky above them was leaden and she wondered if it always rained at funerals. It would seem unnatural if the sun was beating down, as though the gods were [...]

When we were ten we went to stay at our uncle’s house. He wasn’t really our uncle, just a friend of our dad’s. The house was massive. There was a [...]

We were booked for the treatment at 2 and as we waited in the dayroom in our white toweling robes I began to wonder if I should just have chosen [...]

Having shuffled through the formal reception area of Iwakuni Castle in a line of Japanese and American tourists, we finally reached a room filled with glass display cabinets. I waited [...]

‘Oh darling don’t bore the good people. Pass the wine would you. I got the idea for the plot whilst on my travels in the Far East you know.’ The [...]

He knew there was no one there but as he peered through the glass into the dark garden beyond he felt sure he saw a figure standing by the fence. [...]

‘You shouldn’t be in here Toby. You’ll be costing me my licence.’Toby sat on a stool, his short legs dangling and counted pennies into piles of ten. The collection jar [...]

It was a perfect summer’s afternoon. The sunlight cast a golden glow over the ripening wheat fields with only the occasional poppy to distract the eye. Victoria’s discarded parasol leant [...]

‘Not bad, not bad.’ My new boss perused my letter, red pen hovering like a kestrel, ready to swoop on any infringements of grammar or law.I relaxed a little. If it [...]