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The outcast stumbled over tree roots in the dark, and her feet slithered in mud. The moon appeared fitfully between curtains of rain. The tr...

‘Bloody relatives!’ The manager banged the phone down. ‘That was Betty Turner’s son. He’s one of them. Doesn’t come near the place all year ...

‘You know why you’re here, Elizabeth.’ Three people sat on the other side of the desk, their expressions unfriendly. Her immediate supervi...

 A man elbowed and pushed his way through the tightly packed crowd of revellers, triggering angry complaints. ‘Let me through. It’s an emerg...

 ‘If you don’t laugh at life, you’d cry,’ the card from her best friend said. A reluctant laugh escaped Jenny when she unwrapped the gift ...

Ahead, the first car blocked the road, doors hanging open. The driver lay collapsed by the front wheel. His dying words were “Shaman r...