A mobile phone in the wrong hands, can lead to who knows what messages in the wrong ears...

Morning walks, an irrational fear, and a story of past, lethal transgression revealed.

If the public don't have the discipline to watch what they put into their mouths then the state is just going to have to do it for them...

A young girl from a poor family walks to and from her job in a factory in clothes ill suited to the cold winter weather. Her father, despite their lack of money, thinks something should be done about this.

Twelve stories for anyone who's ever been burned. Errant husbands, doomed newlyweds, bruised boxers, abandoned wives, damaged former-soldiers and, of course, the ghosts of the ones that got away - these are just a few of the protagonists that feature in a collection of stories and vignettes that explore the dark side of love. Ranging from the visceral to the tender, each deals with what can happen when the light of its promise gives way to the dark of its night. How it can injure, corrode and corrupt. What it does to us and what it can make us do. ***Please Note: Three stories from this collection - "Glass Jaw", "Itch/Scratch" and "Hocus Pocus" are also available separately on this site.*** The following extract is from the story "Needs":

Double the rent or half a flat. Your choice.

Ahead of a visit from her returning sister, a woman considers the effect of her father on their family.