He could not even translate it. It was what one might call a specific knowledge, the fact that he did not understand ...

£18,000. That is what the twisted gold wire bracelet was worth to me. Commonly known as a torc. Iron age. It was easy...

£18000. That's all it would take. But it was more than Charles had, that was certain. He gazed in wonder at that glos...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was snowing, freezing her slowly. She continued...

Rain poured down, next to her, the doorway shielding her. She clutched her red gown as she huddled down close to the ...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was raining, her hair was plastered to her fac...

"there was blood on my pillow and a noose in my heart" These country singers were getting downright moros, good thou...

There was blood on my pillow. It's 6 a.m. and there is blood on my pillow. I started to try and remember what happene...

Whitechapel 1888. There was blood on my pillow again this morning when I awoke. My landlady has already been asking ...

She was the most delicate girl in town, so different from all the rest. I look at her and all I can do is smile, she...

She was the most delicate girl in town. Or at least, that's what they all thought. With her prim private school uni...

The Delicate Chance No one ever dared to push her too hard. She was robbed of all her real potential because everyone...

This dream was better than waking. In it, his father took him fishing at Lake Oconee. They spent hours in their boat,...

This dream was better than waking. I was slim. Looked beautiful in the ivory vintage silk dress Mama had worn herself...

The dream was better than waking. I floated, all the past troubles seeming to dissipate before my very eyes. Luke was...

The young woman stood in the garden, clutching a bunch of dead flowers. "This place needs a LOT of work," she thoug...

I've love photography ever since my father got me into it a few years ago. It would be hard to fill in his shoes. Aft...

I clutched onto the flowers. Today was the day. I am only 19 but I am getting married right now. My father was a rich...

about 6 years ago, at the time I firstly thought about study in UK. So I prepare the ielts in Shanghai. When I finish...

He opened the letter from his cousin, reluctantly breaking open the blue air-mail envelope. Who uses old-fashioned sn...

The rain pounded on his jacket and head like furious warriors attempting to break the city's gates. His paced quick...

I don't like hats anymore. My friend from camp always wore a hat, and so did I. We would switch hats sometimes, weari...

Never leave the house looking less than your best. It is this way that we show respect for others (paraphrased from T...

Sometimes I am shocked at the state of America today. The young people just have not respect - no decency at all. The...

I am looking out the window of my tiny house in Michigan and watching the snow pile up on the road. I won't be going ...

Giving in wasn't an option. The first time Ted died he didn't really notice, being in a full on berserk. One of his i...

Giving in wasn't an option, but there was little else she could do. "Ok, ok," she told the young galant with the sh...

My father had died.I was lost without any one to hold my hand.I was left alone. With no family.My hand just banged ag...

It was such a long time ago. Such a very long time ago. Yet for some reason she had still believed she would know t...

When I lost my mother in the store, I was only three years old. I can't remember what happened but I still wake up in...