Month: September 2025

**Staring Into the Void** Tom and Emily got married when they were just 19. They couldnt live or breathe

“Listen, Alice! You no longer have a mother or a father. You dont have a home, either,”

The supermarket receipt lay on the kitchen table, white and unassuming. Just the tally of Pauls evening

**Staring Into the Void** Tom and Emma married when they were just nineteen. They couldnt live or breathe

At her anniversary party, my mother-in-law called me a “country bumpkin.” I silently played

I invited all my family to dinner and set before each a beautiful, yet empty, plate adorned with delicate patterns.

At her grand birthday celebration, my mother-in-law called me a “country bumpkin.”

I endured my mother-in-laws jibes for twenty years, but her last words left me horrified. “

You can call me Dad. “Mum, are you really taking his side again?” Emily stood facing her

My mother-in-law “accidentally” locked me in the cellar. An hour later, I walked out with