• Short stories

    October is the month we forget.

    The manuscript arrived on the first of October. No stamp. No return address. Just my name written across the front in black ink, ‘MARA VANE’ I found it on the doormat when I came home from the supermarket, half-hidden beneath a flyer for a local Halloween event. I almost threw it away. That was the first thing I remembered later.…

  • Short stories

    Delusions

    This was supposed to be the best day of their lives. A new house, beautiful as they ever could have imagined. With a brown brick frame, squared windows and an adorable little red door. The day they closed the deal, the real estate agent seemed a little too happy to be getting rid of the place. Neither of them wondered…