| Lizzie Ashman - chapter 4
| | When Lizzie returned to New Hill House that evening, her few possessions tied up in a bundle, she wondered if she had indeed made a dreadful mistake. On arrival she was directed to take her stuff up... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-04-08 |
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| Lizzie Ashman - chapter 3
| | Michael had faced many uncomfortable situations in his life; a weeping woman was close to the worst. “Miss Ashman, Miss Ashman,” he said; then, recollecting the clean, white handkerchief in his... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-04-08 |
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| Lizzie Ashman - chapter 2
| | The bad weather continued for several days. No navigators turned up at the church on Sunday, and it was later discovered that they had arranged for a curate to ride over from Dunkerton to give a... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-04-08 |
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| Lizzie Ashman - chapter 1
| | Lizzie Ashman slowly made her way through the churchyard as the twilight shadows lengthened. The spring cleaning at the Manor had meant a long and exhausting week for her; curtains had been taken... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-04-08 |
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| Lizzie Ashman - introduction
| | “Master! Master!” He looked up and saw a group of urchins watching him from the hedge. One child was a little older than the rest, a girl of about 9 years of age, dressed in a stained blue smock.... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-04-08 |
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| Caroline's Quilt
| | The quilt was made by my great-great-great-grandmother in the mid-nineteenth century. We know that because, unusually, she initialled and dated it: “C.B. 1850-65” is embroidered in stem stitch at... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 09-03-08 |
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| Irina (Wee challenge 28)
| | Danny stared at the clock. She should have arrived. Bloody airlines. He turned to his laptop. There... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 09-03-08 |
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| Stopping Smoking
| | I wanted to stop smoking. I was eight weeks pregnant, blissfully happy and scared witless. And I smoked. I smoked when I got out of bed in the morning. I smoked through breakfast. I smoked while... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 09-03-08 |
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