Marion behaves strangely, sheltering only weeks after her mother died. At nightfall, she leaves her bedsit over the baker’s shop in the high street, walks to the rectory, and sleeps rough on the grass using leaves for blankets, earth for pillows. Come dawn, come sunrise, she dusts herself down, shakes herself off, and starts all […]

I am heavy with child. My breasts are swollen with milk, my abdomen fully distended. I slump on the wicker chair feeling my baby prod my stomach. My man marvels at how I push myself to the utter limits of my endurance to birth my miracle. Sure, he treasures me, and cherishes me, every single […]

Lilian Gash’s body is infectious, infected. As in highly contagious. It is only fair to add that she doesn’t show any visible symptoms to you when you fall for her, but I’d strongly advise you not to go anywhere near her. That’s if you can prevent yourself from being attracted to her. Lilian has skin […]

Friday Night 19th March 2021: He wasn’t coming. She could feel it in her veins. Lizzie picked at her last few stone-cold greasy bacon and cheese loaded fries, rubbing her bare legs to keep warm. An unpleasant fluid flowed from her nostrils into her mouth. She wiped her nose with the back of her hand. […]

July: I have taken to eating on the patio since Farr returned to Dubai. I think of him often as I sip my glass of ice-cold Sancerre leaning back on the lounger for all the world to see. We had a massive row about the buddleia before Farr flew out of my life. I wanted […]