Walton Merritt

The bus was over twenty minutes late, and the biting cold had begun to sting. Oliver left work later

**Light in the Darkness** **Chapter 1: The Break** “Get out, you ungrateful girl!”

“Please, just ten pounds,” pleaded the boy, offering to shine the CEO’s shoes—when he explained

**Diary Entry – 12th March** A flash… A deafening bang… Darkness… Then, slowly, the blackness began to fade.

For years, I was just a silent shadow among the shelves of the grand public library in Manchester.

**The Gift of Life** My name is Reginald, and I’m 61. Life’s been a rollercoaster, but lately, it’s mostly

The Years of the Chain Baron couldn’t remember exactly when it all began. Perhaps because, for him, time

My stomach growled like a stray dog, and my hands were freezing. I shuffled along the pavement, staring

**Diary Entry** I’d only just returned to the village after three weeks hauling goods across the country

The Ticket That Changed My Life At sixty-two, I never imagined I’d end up sleeping on my own son’s pull-out sofa.