Walton Merritt

A wedding night should be the happiest moment in a womans life. I sat at the dressing table, my lips

STARS SNEAKERS Eleven-year-old Star walked barefoot through the cobbled streets of Bath, where honey-coloured

**The Song That Never Played on the Radio** When Alice first stepped through the door of the community

THE BENCH OF THE MAN NOBODY NOTICED Every morning, as the first rays of sunlight brushed the rooftops

Her father married her to a beggar because she had been born blindbut what happened next left everyone

**The Cat Who Waited Till the End** In a cosy little café tucked between the red-brick houses and narrow

Lucy lingered by the living room window for a few extra moments, cradling a now-cold cup of tea.

London, 1971. The city stirred beneath a veil of grey morning mist. The streets were slick from the previous

London, winter of 1991. The city wakes to a biting cold that seeps deep into the bones. Frost-covered

When his wife was discharged from the hospital, William hired a car, and with the help of a neighbor