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Category: Relationships/Family

Coming of Age
Rasmenia Massoud

Melody’s Fire

If you asked Melody why she burnt down her stepfather's camper van, she'd tell you. But no one asks.  Ever.

 
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Mystery
Martyn Clayton

There In Spirit

Grieving for her dead boyfriend, Laura finds strange photos of him with a mystery woman at Clootie Well.

 
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Coming of Age
Gregory Heath

The Actress

A boy of twelve helps a beautiful wreck of a woman find her car and he finds himself unable to forget her.

 
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Humour
Mary Alexander

Christmas Eve

John left Clare for Eliza, so isn't it wonderfully civilised of them all to be able to come together on Christmas Eve?

 
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Relationships/Family
Martin Spencer Coleman

Wreckage

“I am a killer. Twenty years ago, I took the life of a young boy, a stranger to me, and I did it deliberately.”

 
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Relationships/Family
Sara Ball

Joy

An old man treasures his memories of those long dead, but never forgotten.

 
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Humour
Stefania Hartley

The Right Girl

No love is stronger than the love of an Italian mother… especially for her son.  Which sucks if you’re his wife.

 
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