Harlan Covington

**A Twist of Fate** “Good afternoon, Seraphina. How are you? I haven’t seen you in ages.

“Hey. We never did go to the cinema that time, did we?” he blurted out, forgetting all the

For as Long as I Shall… Emily had always been a well-behaved child. She did well in school, never

—How can you *not*? She’s your mother. You wept by her bedside, and now you won’t bury her?

If only we had met earlier… Valerie arrived at the surgery on time, collected her file from reception

“What if Mum and Dad really do get a divorce?” The terrible thought twisted Ollie’s stomach

The Secret of the Old Photograph Oliver and Emily studied in the same class. She was just another girl

“Think, mate, think,” muttered Oliver as he pulled his car up to a petrol pump. “

Just wanted to be happy. Emily tossed the duvet aside, flipped her damp pillow, and lay back down.

The café was quiet on that dreary Tuesday afternoon when Mr. Whitmore shuffled in—our usual, a man of