Walton Merritt

The Shadow of the Past in an Empty House On a damp evening in the quiet town of Pinewood, where streetlamps

**The Obstacle to Happiness** Emma broke up with her boyfriend, a guy she thought she’d been through

No one could have guessed that two best friends, inseparable since childhood, would find themselves on

The Shadow of Calculation From the very first meeting between Lucy and her mother-in-law, Margaret, there

Finding Herself on a Monday That Monday, Emily awoke earlier than usual. Not from the alarm, nor from

The Woman in Scarlet On a frosty morning in the quiet town of Woodbury, where the wind chased fallen

The Enigmatic Nook of Returns In one of the forgotten alleys of an old English town, where the houses

Well, at long last… or is it just the beginning? When Emily married James, she never imagined her husband

Still Ahead: The Time That Returns On a bleak November evening in the town of Rivermere, thick with the

**Diary Entry – October 12th** The morning was eerily quiet. The stairwell smelled of damp, a mix of