Harlan Covington

Emily, cradling baby Lucy, stepped off the coach and stared at the signpost. Willowbrook, it read, the

Dear Diary, Today Evelyn burst with delight when she saw me arrive. I pushed my battered flat cap against

Mrs Whittaker, youre not a mistressyoure a servant. Ellie, dear, just a little more of this splendid

Loneliness Ladies for hire, a rider marries a goat, and she turns it down. Better one than a freeofcharge

Tommy Smiths life begins with a rejection. No reason, just a flatout no. His mother gives birth in the

He shoved her out of the doorway with enough force to rattle the old oak door, then slammed it shut.

28October2025 I cant believe Im writing this, but today I need to put my thoughts on paper before they

I often think back to those bleak days, remembering how my husband, John Whitaker, abandoned me for another woman.

23April If it werent for the relentless curiosity I inherited from my father, the antiquarian, I would

Dear Diary, Last night I finally snapped. I nudged Brians arm while he was still halfasleep and hissed