Time to shine

WASN’T it you who used to work behind the bar at the Frog and Lettuce?” Susan Tallboys looked up. She’d been fastening the buttons of her overcoat, suppressing her dislike of its worn fabric and its m

Most people are glued to their phones these days, but my sister won’t go anywhere without her notebook. She bought it after we went on a writing course, and she took it out of her bag as soon as I par

DO you think Ellen would enjoy living here?” Scott asked his wife dubiously. “I don’t know. But we have to make the offer,” Hannah replied. Ellen, Scott’s older sister, was a sharp-tongued woman, quic

serial part 1

KERRY stood behind the counter gazing out across the store. She was plucking nervously at the name tag on the pocket of her blouse. The blocky lettering on the cream and gold badge suddenly seemed too

KARLA sat on the sofa, changing the channels on TV and finding absolutely nothing she wanted to watch. How many evenings had she spent like this, stuck in on her own, dining on instant noodles and tak