Author: Ilon Maks

**Diary Entry** This morning, I found myself on the same edge of the bed where Id collapsed last night.

“Oi, dont you dare run off. What are you doing in our stairwell?” The cat blinked up guiltily

The small grey cat sat by the door of the veterinary clinic, weeping softly. At its paws lay a tiny kitten

Margaret stepped slowly onto the perfectly trimmed lawn, as if ascending a stage. Every movement was

When I stepped onto the street that night, I had no idea where my path would lead. My suitcase felt impossibly

A Moment for Me Just the other day, a friend came round for a cup of tea, and as we sat chatting about

**Diary Entry 14th December** *”Leave her here, let her die!”* I heard them say as they dumped

The biting November wind cut through the skin like knives, while a damp, bone-chilling cold rolled in

Spotting the dog lying beside the bench, she rushed toward it. Her gaze fell upon the leash, carelessly

My mother and sister saw me as nothing more than a walletthey never truly cared about me. I grew up in