Author: Harlan Covington

**A Lesson in Greed: The Tale of the Water-Deceiver** The door creaked open almost the moment he pressed the bell.

**Autumn of Forgiveness** “Dr. Natalie Wilkinson, why are you doing this?! Let Jackson handle her!”

Late Regret Frances had never particularly wanted a second child. She and Edward already had a seven-year-old

The Inheritance of a Stranger’s Blood Emily returned from work, stepping into the hollow silence of her

In the staff room, an unfamiliar silence hummed like a struck bell. The head midwife, Margaret Hayes

The Voice Beneath the Skin When Thomas returned to his little town in the Yorkshire dales after sixteen

The Lessons of Silence When Steven walked into the classroom at eight in the morning, the air was thick

It happened on a chilly winter evening in a quiet little town near Manchester. My husband had gone off

The House Where Autumn Lingers When Eleanor learned her mother had died, she didn’t cry. She just turned

Father for an Hour Edward first noticed the boy by the bread shelf in a small shop on the outskirts of York.