A woman is abandoned by her father as a baby but he is never really out of her life.

George Tiller can't bring himself to open the box of his wife's belongings, neither can he compose himself to pray - but what he can do is perform a miracle...

A family's new life in Australia is threatened by a bush fire, but this is not the first time the family have had to run from fire. This story won the Eileen Gilmour Creative Writing Competition in 2009

Ellie works in a mortuary and lives on the premises. And then she falls in love with someone her employers consider totally unsuitable.

A story of role models, betrayal and journals - from A to Z

A woman leaving town decides to have a farewell drink with her ex-partner.

This is the story a day in the life of eleven-year-old Sara. Like thousands of other children in southern Africa, she’s an orphan, and she’s looking after her younger brothers and sisters. A kindly nun, Sister Constance, is due to visit the family today – but she’s late, and Sara is getting worried. Will she come? What if she doesn’t? Why hasn’t she come? What will the children do if Sister Constance doesn’t turn up?