The Extraordinary Wallflower

by Marissa Priddis

She'd never understood the word "wallflower." Read more.

Out of Time

by Kelly Gibbons

Every day the bank is open she arrives promptly at nine carrying a blue suitcase. She stands like a statue at the window watching people pass, searching for someone in the crowd. Her clothes are old, from a different era, but she looks as if she's going someplace special. She's known as Rosie because she wears a worn silk rose behind her ear, but other details have faded over the years. Rumors of a planned elopement gone sour and a subsequent nervous breakdown are the accepted causes of her daily journey to the bank. Read more.

Angel of Death

by Jo Dawe

Things never work out quite how I imagine they will. It's a flaw of mine, really. However I think things will go, they are bound to go in the opposite direction. It makes for difficult living. Have you ever tried not anticipating the future? Not a very possible task, let me tell you. Before we reach our tenth year we have enough life experience to see and recognize patterns. With these patterns in mind, we can, within reason, see a situation, equate it to something from the past, something familiar, and anticipate the outcome. Read more.