Harlan Covington

The memory of that autumn still sits in my mind like a wellworn coat. It began, I recall, with a filthy

Sarah bolted from room to room, stuffing the most essential items into a battered suitcase.

I never really knew my parents, to be honest. My dad vanished when Mum was pregnant and after that I

I remember the night I stepped into the delivery suite at StThomas Hospital, curious to watch the fetal

The fortuneteller curses me What now, you scoundrel? the lady of the cosy cottage hurls at me a sharp

Did you know that the odd lady on the ground floor is actually a monster? Harry asked, nonchalantly unwrapping

Lucy, youve lost your mind at your age! my sister shouted when I told her I was getting married.

Forget about me forever, she hissed, as if shed cut a cord, forget you ever had a daughter, my daughter

Let your wife stay at the country cottage for now, the commanding voice of my motherinlaw bellowed from

The childless woman shes not even a woman any more, just a halfwoman, my motherinlaw says, Mabel sighs