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Following the sudden death of their brother Edward, Caroline, Rebecca Ann and Henry are left in the family home.
Socialist principles come in conflict with the demands of high society.
In the heat of battle, with tens of thousands of Germans descending on the British trenches and all hope lost, a man prays to Saint George.
When the cold has settled deep in your bones ...
An attempt is made to visit the millionaire.
A man has to make a difficult decision.
A family reunion from the perspective of a granny with attitude.
Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
An atmospheric recollection of a riverside encounter.
Morality tale based on an elderly uncle's promise of his fortune to a thrifty couple.
Two reclusive, retired ship's Captains decide to celebrate Christmas for the first time in years.
Alethia Debchance, raised on a strict diet of romance novels, leaves home for the first time to visit her distant cousin Robert, an aspiring politician.
The government's success in a by-election becomes dependant on the acquittal of an obviously guilty man.
Sir Lulworth Quayne reflects on some of the enterprising but thwarted plans made by the Suffragettes to further their cause.
At an extended house party everyone gets along splendidly with one another - except a certain Mrs. Pentherby.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
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.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Olly Rice had given his life to literature, but what had literature given him? A wound in the head that oozed something worse than blood or brain matter.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
