Author: Walton Merritt

A lonely park keeper found a phone on a bench. When she turned it on, she was stunned for a long time.

**Diary Entry 12th June** I still remember the moment I held the phone to my ear, trembling, as Emilys

**Unwelcome Guests** The phone jolted Valerie awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed

Her father brought a dog from a shelter for his dying daughter, then left When he returned earlier, he

The Vengeance of a Scorned Woman Anton, a physics teacher at a village school, had married for the second time.

“Papa, don’t go! Darling, dont leave us! Daddy, dont buy me anything else, or Alfie either.

Betrayal, Shock, Mystery. Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. “

I woke at five in the morning, the sky outside just beginning to lighten with the first hints of dawn.

Margaret woke to find herself in an unfamiliar roomwhite walls, antiseptic scent, a bed too narrow to

You said today you married me because I was convenient! she snapped. He shrugged. So? Whats wrong with that?