Emily Taylor

My former boyfriend always kept me hidden from his friends, insisting that I wasnt on his level.

Why don’t you just go back to your village, Robert said irritably, never turning to face her.

Marina, love, I heard youre having some money troubles? Marina is slicing smoked salmon, folding it thoughtfully

Madam, you just dont understand… This dog really is a problem. Hes wild and is always barking at people.

6th April I was trudging home from the village shop with bags full to bursting, chatting with my neighbour, Helen.

I only ever knew my parents from faded photographs in a worn leather album. My mother had passed away

Dad, please dont take her! whimpered the youngest daughter, seven-year-old Emily, her nose red from crying.

You know, the hardest part about growing up is realising your mum is getting older. We complain about

To stop the whispers, she chose to live with the hunchbacked man… But when he softly breathed his

I am sixty-three, and I have carried a secret for forty years. My wife and I first met at university.