Author: Walton Merritt

For two weeks, a cat kept appearing by the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they finally learned

**Saturday, 12th May** Nina kept insisting. “Emily, honestly, nothing terrible happened!

**Diary Entry 28th May, 2024** What are we doing here? Why are we trespassing in someone elses house?

**Sand Through the Fingers** The silence in the house was thick as treacle, broken only by the crackling

“Get out of here, you disgusting old man!” they shouted after him as they threw him out of

“You can think whatever you like about me, but youll never prove a thing,” the mother-in-law

The Final Chance Emily lay curled up on the sofa, clutching her stomach as waves of pain shot through her.

“Enough, I’m done! How much longer can I take it? The child, always needing something’

In that little town perched on the edge of the map, like the last speck of dust forgotten by time, life

“I’ve been sick of you since our wedding night! You disgust me! Leave me alone!”