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The story behind the celebrated vaudeville team of (Bob) Hart & (Winona) Cherry. A witty tale of theatre folk.
Holmes comes to the aid of a civil servant who has fallen on hard times following the theft of an important treaty placed in his care.
A man traces the unfortunate story of someone from his past.
The tragic story of three sisters who come tantalisingly close to an unexpected inheritance.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
There is a presence in Theresa's room, watching her ...
As his daughter prepares for university and his wife adjusts to the change, a man finds a snapped plastic bracket in the downstairs machine. Contains strong language.
'I fancy there are few persons living today who ever knew the secret of that window, but I am one, as you shall see.'
The original gothic tale of madness, death and the atmospheric possibilities of an old house.
Then one year she started falling ...
In thirty-eight years my writing on the labels had changed from big and wonky to neat and tiny.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Yesterday’s air sucked out, tidied and smoothed for re-use.
It was Christmas the first time they made love; he said it felt like coming home
She said she was crying tears of happiness. That’s when I learnt that happiness could make you cry too.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
But when their father was killed, the dynamic of their relationship changed...
Snow fell steadily in the wild woods of Siberia...
“Hello, sir. How may I help you?”
It being the last Thursday of the month, the greatest witch in Ireland had gone to the hairdressers and would not return for another hour
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Children
They said I sat on the bottom like an astronaut floating in space...
