Claire Smith

~ CHAPTER SEVEN ~ Emma could finally sense that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. She was now twenty and working. In fact...

~ CHAPTER FIVE ~ Helen shouldered her rucksack, collected the holdall from the bed and with absolute defiance in her vivid green eyes she...

Some hours later the party was in full swing if still a little light on personnel. Emma became increasingly aware that although nobody...

Sam was so excited he could almost taste it, getting ready to go to the party at Jack’s house. It meant he would see Emma. His heart...

Several days later and Emma was beginning to feel sick. It was now the Saturday following her birthday and in the absence of any other...

If Emma had been less absorbed in her day dreaming she might just have heard the faint, tell-tale crunch of rubber on concrete. “Just...

As babies we are usually born into the all-encompassing care of one or more parent, at least the vast majority of us are. Those parents,...

When starting out as a writer, or ‘aspiring writer’ as some people insist we are called until we crack the bestseller lists, we are...

Start a blog they said. It’ll be fun and a good way to network and sell books they said! Well OK, here goes ... Mac, Monty and me is a...